Brother’s Nest, 2018. Directed by Clayton Jacobson. Starring Shane Jacobson, Clayton Jacobson, Kim Gyngell, Lynette Curran, Sarah Snook SYNOPSIS: With their Mother dying of cancer, intent on changing her will to benefit her new husband before she dies, two brothers go to extreme and deadly lengths to protect their inheritance from being signed away before […]
SXSW Movie Review – Heavy Trip (2018)
Heavy Trip, 2018. Directed by Juuso Laatio and Jukka Vidgren. Starring Johannes Holopainen, Samuli Jaskio, Antti Heikkinen and Max Ovaska. SYNOPSIS: Turo is trying to overcome his fears by leading the most unknown heavy metal band in Finland, Impaled Rektum, to the hottest metal festival of Norway. The journey includes heavy metal, grave robbing, Viking […]
SXSW Movie Review – The Breaker Upperers (2018)
The Breaker Upperers, 2018. Directed by Madeleine Sami and Jackie van Beek. Starring Madeleine Sami, Jackie van Beek, James Rolleston, Celia Pacquola, and Ana Scotney. SYNOPSIS: Two women cynical in love, set up an agency to break couples up as a way to avoid letting go and moving on with their lives. Breaking up with someone […]
SXSW Movie Review – Sorry to Bother You (2018)
Sorry to Bother You, 2018. Directed by Boots Riley. Starring Lakeith Stanfield, Tessa Thompson, Steven Yeun, Armie Hammer, Danny Glover, and David Cross. SYNOPSIS: In an alternate present-day version of Oakland, black telemarketer Cassius Green discovers a magical key to professional success – which propels him into a macabre universe. Being able to attend film […]
SXSW Movie Review – Upgrade (2018)
Upgrade, 2018. Directed by Leigh Whannell. Starring Logan Marshall-Green, Simon Maiden, Betty Gabriel SYNOPSIS: Set in the near-future, technology controls nearly all aspects of life. But when Grey, a self-identified technophobe, has his world turned upside down, his only hope for revenge is an experimental computer chip implant called Stem. There’s a scene in Upgrade […]
SXSW Movie Review – Isle of Dogs (2018)
Isle of Dogs, 2018. Directed by Wes Anderson. Featuring the voice talents of Bryan Cranston, Edward Norton, Bill Murray, Jeff Goldblum, Bob Balaban, F. Murray Abraham, Tilda Swinton, Frances McDormand, Scarlett Johansson, Greta Gerwig, Liev Schreiber, Harvey Keitel, Courtney B. Vance, Kunichi Nomura, Akira Ito, Akira Takayama, Koyu Rankin and Yoko Ono. SYNOPSIS: ISLE OF DOGS […]
SXSW Movie Review – Hereditary (2018)
Hereditary, 2018. Directed by Ari Aster. Starring Toni Collette, Gabriel Byrne, Ann Dowd, Milly Shapiro, and Alex Wolff. SYNOPSIS: When Ellen, the matriarch of the Graham family, passes away, her daughter’s family begins to unravel cryptic and increasingly terrifying secrets about their ancestry. The more they discover, the more they find themselves trying to outrun […]
SXSW Movie Review – Blindspotting (2018)
Blindspotting, 2018. Directed by Carlos López Estrada. Starring Daveed Diggs, Rafael Casal, Janina Gavankar, and Jasmine Cephas Jones. SYNOPSIS: Lifelong friends Daveed Diggs and Rafael Casal co-wrote and star in this timely and wildly entertaining story about the intersection of race and class, set against the backdrop of a rapidly gentrifying Oakland. Rubin’s vase is the […]
SXSW Review – A Quiet Place (2018)
A Quiet Place, 2018. Directed by John Krasinski. Starring John Krasinski, Emily Blunt, Noah Jupe, Millicent Simmonds, and Cade Woodward. SYNOPSIS: A family lives an isolated existence in utter silence, for fear of an unknown threat that follows and attacks at any sound. The best way to describe A Quiet Place, the new film by beloved TV-actor-turned-director […]
SXSW Exclusive Interview – Juuso Laatio, Jukka Vidgren, Johannes Holopainen and Ville Tiihonen discuss Heavy Trip
Following its world premiere at SXSW, Rafael Motamayor chats with writers/directors Juuso Laatio and Jukka Vidgren, as well as stars Johannes Holopainen and Ville Tiihonen to discuss the comedy road trip movie Heavy Trip… First I have to say, coming from Norway I loved this movie. It was funny but also really sweet. How did […]
