MUBI has released a trailer, poster and images for writer-director Amanda Kramer’s 1950s-set musical drama Please Baby Please. The film follows a couple (Andrea Riseborough and Harry Melling) who become the obsession of a greaser gang after they witness a murder in the gritty and surreal streets of Manhattan. Watch the trailer below… Please Baby […]
Movie Review – Please Baby Please (2022)
Please Baby Please, 2022. Directed by Amanda Kramer. Starring Andrea Riseborough, Harry Melling, Karl Glusman, Demi Moore, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Ryan Simpkins, Dana Ashbrook, Jaz Sinclair, Cole Escola, Jake Choi, Marquis Rodriguez, Karim Saleh, Jake Sidney Cohen, Matt D’Elia, Dalton Weaver, Yedoye Travis, and Alisa Torres. SYNOPSIS: Newlyweds Suse and Arthur become the dangerous obsession […]
International Film Festival Rotterdam 2022 Review – Amanda Kramer’s Please Baby Please & Give Me Pity!
Please Baby Please Directed by Amanda Kramer Starring Andrea Riseborough, Harry Melling, Demi Moore, Ryan Simpkins, Karl Glusman and Mary Lynn Rajskub. Give Me Pity! Directed by Amanda Kramer Starring Sophie von Haselberg Films directed by Amanda Kramer can often be summed up with a few generalising statements. The message of the piece is clear […]
Movie Review – Fear Street Part Three: 1666 (2021)
Fear Street Part Three: 1666, 2021. Directed by Leigh Janiak. Starring Kiana Madeira, Olivia Scott Welch, Benjamin Flores Jr., Ashley Zukerman, Fred Hechinger, Julia Rehwald, Jeremy Ford, Gillian Jacobs, Emily Rudd, McCabe Slye, Sadie Sink, Ted Sutherland, Ryan Simpkins, Darrell Britt-Gibson, Mark Ashworth, Randy Havens, Jordyn DiNatale, Jordana Spiro, Elizabeth Scopel, Matthew Zuk, Lacy Camp, […]
Movie Review – Fear Street Part Two: 1978 (2021)
Fear Street Part Two: 1978, 2021. Directed by Leigh Janiak. Starring Sadie Sink, Emily Rudd, Ryan Simpkins, Chiara Aurelia, Gillian Jacobs, McCabe Slye, Ted Sutherland, Drew Scheid, Kiana Madeira, Olivia Scott Welch, Benjamin Flores Jr., Matthew Zuk, Ashley Zukerman, and Jordana Spiro. SYNOPSIS: Shadyside, 1978. School’s out for summer, and the activities at Camp Nightwing […]
Netflix’s Fear Street Part 2: 1978 gets a trailer and poster
Netflix has released a poster and trailer for Fear Street Part 2: 1978; the second instalment in the three movie event based on R.L. Stine’s bestselling horror series which arrives on the streaming service this Friday; take a look here… Shadyside, 1978. School’s out for summer and the activities at Camp Nightwing are about to […]
Movie Review – Izzy Gets the F*ck Across Town (2018)
Izzy Gets the F*ck Across Town, 2018. Written and Directed by Christian Papierniak. Starring Mackenzie Davis, Carrie Coon, Alex Russell, Lakeith Stanfield, Haley Joel Osment, Alla Shawkat, Brandon T. Jackson, Ryan Simpkins, Dolly Wells, Sarah Goldberg, Rob Huebel, Sheldon Bailey, Melinda McGraw, Kyle Kinane, Lauren Miller Rogen, and Annie Potts. SYNOPSIS: A woman at rock […]
Second Opinion – Brigsby Bear (2017)
Brigsby Bear. 2017. Directed by Dave McCary. Starring Kyle Mooney, Mark Hamill, Jane Adams, Beck Bennett, Claire Danes, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., Greg Kinnear, Kate Lyn Sheil, Ryan Simpkins, Matt Walsh, Michaela Watkins, and Andy Samberg. SYNOPSIS: Brigsby Bear Adventures is a children’s TV show produced for an audience of one: James. When the show abruptly ends, James’s […]
Movie Review – Brigsby Bear (2017)
Brigsby Bear, 2017. Directed by Dave McCary. Starring Kyle Mooney, Mark Hamill, Jane Adams, Beck Bennett, Claire Danes, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., Greg Kinnear, Kate Lyn Sheil, Ryan Simpkins, Matt Walsh, Michaela Watkins, and Andy Samberg. SYNOPSIS: James (Kyle Mooney) adores the TV show Brigsby Bear, a ramshackle slice of 80s children’s entertainment about which he has created […]
Blu-ray Review – The House (2017)
The House, 2017. Directed by Andrew Jay Cohen. Starring Will Ferrell, Amy Poehler, Jason Mantzoukas, Nick Kroll, Ryan Simpkins, and Jeremy Renner SYNOPSIS: Forty somethings Scott and Kate Johansen (Will Ferrell and Amy Poehler) are proud that their daughter Alex (Ryan Simpkins) is going to college. She’s done so well that she’s getting a scholarship […]