Based on a popular children novel by Arthur Ransome, Swallows and Amazons is the kind of old-fashioned, British family movies that is rarely seen these days in the landscape of animated movies, big budget blockbusters and family comedies. It’s 1935 and the Walker family heads up north to the Lake District for their summer vacation. The […]
M.L. Stedman’s novel comes to life on screen with this harrowing portrayal of life through the lens of a lighthouse and the attendant who cares for it. Tom Sherbourne (Michael Fassbender) is a soldier who has returned from World War I and is looking for some solitude from the horrors of war. He decides to take the position of […]
In rural Australia, life seems to centre on driving your ute (pick-up truck), drinking beer, living on the dole (welfare) and looking forward to the annual “Bachelors and Spinsters” party. This interpretation is based on Spin Out, the latest Australian film from directors, Tim Ferguson and Marc Gracie. They expose the world to the life of a ute […]
The original The Flight of the Phoenix, directed by Robert Aldrich, is a harrowing, character-driven survival film bolstered by terrific performances from James Stewart, Richard Attenborough and Hardy Krüger. A cargo plane carrying an assortment of oil workers and military personnel crashes into the Sahara Desert a good 130 miles off from its original course. […]
If you have watched any trailers or television ads for When the Bough Breaks, you can probably safely predict the entire plot with no issues. The only thing that would give you any trouble is the super convoluted third act, which feels like it was written about ten minutes before it was filmed. It’s pretty […]
Some critics and audience members have said they have suffered from superhero fatigue. I personally am suffering fatigue involving the releases of R-rated Hollywood comedy movies – similar flicks that believe swearing and having raunchy material is a substitute for being funny. Bad Moms continues this horrific trend in mainstream comedies. Amy Mitchell (Mila Kunis) […]
The symbolic emergence into adulthood from the world of adolescence is not to be an extraneous affair. We often forget that. Too much emphasis is placed upon the act of “growing up,” in which it becomes a euphemism for molding into a socially acceptable creature; rather than focusing on the term’s actual intent – that […]
How do you define a hero? Do they put on capes and appear in comic books or are they ordinary people who do exceptional things in extra-ordinary situations? On Thursday, January 15th, 2009, it was just another routine fight to Charlotte, North Carolina for Captain Chelsey Sullenberger, nicknamed ‘Sully’ (Tom Hanks) and his co-pilot Jeff Skiles (Aaron Eckhart). They had […]
Morgan is a sci-fi/horror film that revolves around a young girl created in a lab from synthetic DNA. Morgan (played by The Witch’s Anya Taylor-Joy), is seemingly a happy, brilliant young girl, who now, when provoked, seems to exhibit psychotic tendencies. Director Jake Scott, (son of legendary director, Ridley Scott who also serves as a […]
Suburra, directed by Stefano Sollima (Gomorrah, the upcoming Sicario sequel Soldado) and based on the novel of the same name co-written by Carlo Bonini & Giancarlo De Cataldo, is a harsh, unflinching Italian neo-noir film that boasts a talented cast and gorgeous cinematography, but struggles to resonate on an emotional level. The movie has a […]
