If the musical biopic feels stale to you, then check out the defiantly non-traditional Born to Be Blue, which takes an impressionistic look at the troubled life of famed jazz musician Chet Baker, played by Ethan Hawke in yet another superb lead performance. Independently financed by multiple international production companies, the film was written, produced,…
Films like The Light Between Oceans are a tough and tricky task for some moviegoers, as pure, heartfelt, cinematic melodrama seems to be mostly out of fashion these days. I am not sure what some people were expecting from this visually lush, overtly sentimental, yet extremely dark film. While I would have preferred that this…
Hell or High Water is easily my second favorite movie of the year, not far behind the hard to classify gem Midnight Special. Of course Peter Berg produced (and was at one point attached to direct) this shit-kicking, dusty, Texas-set tale of brotherly love and bank robbing. It’s nothing revolutionary, but rather, underrated filmmaker David…
Afternoon Delight is a sweet little indie from 2013 that deserves more attention. Written and directed by Jill Soloway (Amazon’s award-winning series Transparent) and starring the always awesome Kathryn Hahn, this is an extremely funny, well observed, sexy comedy that hits all the proper notes of pathos and hilarity. Hahn’s wildly amusing and emotionally volatile…
With War Dogs, it’s clear that cinematic funnyman Todd Phillips (The Hangover, Due Date, Old School) wanted to make a film that would raise his dramatic credibility as a storyteller. Sort of akin to the transition that Adam McKay made with his blistering financial meltdown drama The Big Short, this new and extremely entertaining film…
Five strangers – newlywed serial killers, a suicidal cop, and two runaways – become suspect and victim when a masked murderer makes its presence known in an isolated mountain town. A very cool retro dramatic opening starts our story off with newlywed serial killers on their honeymoon of murderous rampage. There’s a cool antique vibe…
Set five years after the events of “Sharknado 3,” a pulse device has been invented by a billionaire that are rendering sharknados a thing of the past, but once a sandstorm hits Las Vegas and tears through a brand new shark inhabited hotel, this leads to another shakrnado killing spree on our hands. So I’m…
Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig are both absolutely fantastic in the poignant and hilarious black comedy The Skeleton Twins. Any movie that’s able to wring laughs out of the topic of suicide knows a thing or two about sly, subtle, dangerous humor; this is a film that goes to some tough places and asks for…
We are back again with another hooligan film review but this time Greenway Entertainment have stepped up their game from Essex Boys: Law of Survival, as I Am Hooligan improves on many of the flaws that the previous movies had in spades. The story is simple. Justin, a young lad from a rough estate is…
45 Years loves its silence. This is a patient, slow burn drama about the power that secrets have over a very long marriage. Featuring immaculate performances from Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay, writer/director Andrew Haigh steeps his film in small details, both written and visual, with results that are nothing short of quietly riveting. A…
Tiffany & Co. has captured the aspirational dreams of the world with its legendary jewels, signature blue box and timeless sophistication. Crazy About Tiffany’s is a provocative and rare glimpse into the world of the luxury jeweler, the first, fully authorized documentary, showcasing how Charles Lewis Tiffany’s vision transformed from a simple jewelry store in New…
Don’t let the cover image fool you, there is more to these short films than just people touching other people’s faces! Starring two of Game of Thrones biggest stars Maisie Williams and Emilia Clarke comes two short films that we were sent to review. Both films were directed by Nour Wazzi from the London based production…
The best man usually has a few tricks up his sleeve for the bachelor party, but the groom has a deadly one of his own in horror-comedy Bachelor Games. When five friends embark on a bachelor weekend in Argentina, everyone expects the usual hedonistic business. They do not expect to find themselves stranded, wounded, and…
Costing just £15,000 to make The Slayers just goes to show that in the right hands, low budget doesn’t mean low quality as this film oozes with comedy, class and great-looking indie special effects that really surprised me and exceeded my expectations. Nigel and Job are both members of a cult who stall on their…
There aren’t many movies like Buzzard. This film takes chances, daring the audience to turn it off at times, and features one of the more angry antiheroes that I’ve seen in a movie since Observe and Report. Also taking some visual and thematic cues from Taxi Driver, Joel Potrykus’ movie feels dangerous by design, showcasing…
Hail, Caesar! is light fun from the Coen brothers. I can see why it left general audiences cold but I am surprised it only did so-so with critics as this is a full-on film buff movie and satirical love letter to old-school cinema in general. Roger Deakins is essentially God with a Camera – this…
