Disney+’s new spinoff series is unabashed, off-kilter, and unlike anything Marvel has ever attempted.
WandaVision Promises a New Beginning for the Marvel Cinematic Universe: Review
Set in the near future, a rogue scientist fights to free advanced humanoids that she built. Project Links Website Facebook Instagram News & Reviews “Should Robots Be Granted Legal Personhood?”
Short Film: SYNTH, 11min., USA
In a world where the wealthy can go for joyrides or outright steal the bodies of the young, one former victim, a young woman, raises an underground resistance to fight back. Project Links Website
Holland takes a Spider-Man break for this hard-hitting drama about the opioid crisis.
‘Cherry’ Trailer: Tom Holland Tackles the Opioid Crisis in Apple’s Big Oscar Season Drama
Stationary (2019) Director – Louis Chan Cast – Aaron Thomas Ward, Rebekah Murrell, Xavien Russell Plot – Childhood friends Jimmy (Ward) and Che (Murrell) discuss their traumatic pasts and their unknown futures while Che’s younger brother Gino (Russell) plays a dangerous game with his life decisions. “You see me living on my knees?” […]
Short Film Review – Stationary (2019)
Amores Perros (2000) Director – Alejandro G. Iñárritu (The Revenant) Cast – Gael García Bernal, Emilio Echevarría, Goya Toledo, Vanessa Bauche Plot – The lives of a group of Mexican citizens are bounded together unknowingly through an horrific car crash. “If you want to make God laugh… tell Him your plans” Review by […]
Classic Review – Amores Perros (2000)
Adopt a Highway (2019) Director – Logan Marshall-Green (feature debut) Cast – Ethan Hawke, Elaine Hendrix, Anne-Marie Johnson, Christopher Heyerdahl Plot – Released from prison after a 21 year stint, Russell Millings (Hawke) discovers an abandoned baby in a dumpster behind the burger joint he works at, offering him an unexpected chance at […]
Film Review – Adopt a Highway (2019)
Clemency (2019) Director – Chinonye Chukwu (alaskaLand) Cast – Alfre Woodard, Aldis Hodge, Wendell Pierce, Richard Schiff Plot – Prison warden Bernadine Williams (Woodard) finds herself struggling to stay on top of her mental state as her job of overseeing state sanctioned killings of death row inmates takes it’s toll on her and […]
An American Pickle (2020) Director – Brandon Trost (feature debut) Cast – Seth Rogen, Sarah Snook, Molly Evensen, Jorma Taccone Plot – Preserved in a vat of pickles in New York in the early 1900’s, Jewish immigrant Herschel Greenbaum (Rogen) reemerges into modern day society where he meets his last living relative Ben […]
Film Review – An American Pickle (2020)
Sound of Metal (2019) Director – Darius Marder (feature debut) Cast – Riz Ahmed, Olivia Cooke, Paul Raci, Mathieu Amalric Plot – Drummer Ruben Stone (Ahmed) has his life turned upside down when he begins to lose his hearing, putting in jeopardy his future plans and relationship with long term girlfriend Lou (Cooke). […]
Film Review – Sound of Metal (2019)
Ikiru (1952) Director – Akira Kurosawa (Seven Samurai) Cast – Takashi Shimura, Shin’ichi Himori, Nobuo Kaneko, Minoru Chiaki Plot – Diagnosed with terminal cancer, long-serving government office worker Kanji Watanabe (Shimura) begins to search for meaning in a life he realizes has been one he has wasted up to the point of him […]
Fatman (2020) Directors – Eshom Nelms & Ian Nelms (Small Town Crime) Cast – Mel Gibson, Walton Goggins, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Chance Hurstfield Plot – Angry with his lump of coal for Xmas, young boy Billy (Hurstfield) employs the services of Skinny Man (Goggins) to track down Santa (Gibson) and end his life for […]
The Dry (2021) Director – Robert Connolly (Balibo) Cast – Eric Bana, Genevieve O’Reilly, Keir O’Donnell, James Frecheville, John Polson, Matt Nable Plot – Returning to his rural Australian hometown after an apparent murder suicide involving his childhood friend, Federal Policeman Aaron Falk (Bana) gets caught up in the investigation of the crime […]
Candice (2017) Director – George Watson Cast – Nicholas Pinnock, Olivia Poulet Plot – On a walk back home through East London in the midst of a relationship breakdown, Candice (Poulet) runs into fellow apartment tenet Greg (Pinnock) who may offer her a chance of a fresh start. “You had a bad day?” […]
Short Film Review – Candice (2017)
Some Like it Hot (1959) Director – Billy Wilder (The Apartment) Cast – Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, Marilyn Monroe Plot – Musicians for hire Joe (Curtis) and Jerry (Lemmon) go undercover as female band members after they witness a mob hit. Complicating matters is the fact both men find themselves attracted to fellow […]
Classic Review – Some Like it Hot (1959)
Bill Murray and Rashida Jones star in writer/director Sofia Coppola’s latest comedy-drama ON THE ROCKS! Is this worth watching? Read this review to know my thoughts..
‘On the Rocks’: Film Review- DC’s Take
New to the neighborhood. So everybody’s favorite prehistoric family is back, and I’m not talking about the Flintstones. The Croods are searching for a place that they can call home, and they think that they may have found it when they come across the primitive equivalent of a gated community. The only trouble is that […]
Coming Out of My Cave – The Croods: A New Age (2020)
There are Series on Netflix that you have high hopes for or just seems good, but end up flat on their Faces when you finally watch it. On the other Hand, there are Series that you don’t have a lot of expectations or know little about, but turn out to be a really big surprise. […]
I was lucky enough to see this at the London Film Festival, where the film was preceded by a (Zoom) interview with the co-directors and producer. It gave some background information, including the score, new animation techniques, and the challenges posed by the pandemic, that really helped to appreciate the film more. (Seriously, there are […]
Most of the reviews were good to above avg. and i had almost an idea how this film is going to be. Many of them said that the 1st half was boring and slow with a lot of emotional songs and stuff like that. But for me, the first half was a brilliant set up […]