Shortwave, 2016. Directed by Ryan Gregory Phillips. Starring Juanita Ringeling, Cristobal Tapia Montt, and Kyle Davis. SYNOPSIS: Isabel and Josh, a young couple dealing with the recent loss of their child, move to a remote home that Josh’s work has can study mysterious radio signals. As Josh hones in on the origin of the signals, […]
Movie Review – Zoology (2016)
Zoology, 2016. Directed by Ivan I. Tverdovskiy. Starring Natalia Pavlenkova, Dmitri Groshev, Masha Tokareva, Aleksandr Gorchilin, Irina Chipizhenko, and Maria Tokareva. SYNOPSIS: Lonely middle-aged Natasha still lives with her mother and works a dead end job at the local zoo. However, one day she grows a tail, an external change that triggers a larger internal […]
Movie Review – The Confessions (2016)
The Confessions, 2016 Directed by Roberto Andò. Starring Toni Servillo, Daniel Auteuil, Pierfrancesco Favino, Connie Nielsen, Lambert Wilson, Marie-Josée Croze, and Moritz Bleibtreu. SYNOPSIS: At G8 meeting in Germany, a monk invited by director of the International Monetary Fund ends up thrust into the middle of a murder investigation while navigating a web of international […]
Movie Review – Bad Frank (2017)
Bad Frank, 2017. Directed by Tony Germinario. Starring Kevin Interdonato, Amanda Clayton, Tom Sizemore, Brian O’Halloran, Russ Russo, Ray “Boom Boom” Mancini, Brandon Heitkamp, and Lynn Mancinelli. SYNOPSIS: Construction worker Frank Pierce, formerly a baseball player and a Marine, goes on a brutal path of righteous vengeance after a scummy crime boss kidnaps his wife. […]
Movie Review – Sodom (2017)
Sodom, 2017. Written and Directed by Mark Wilshin. Starring Pip Brignall and Jo Weil. SYNOPSIS: British soccer hopeful Will finds himself naked and handcuffed to a streetlight in Berlin after his stag night goes awry. He is rescued by Michael, a dashing local, and the two head back to Michael’s apartment for a night of […]
Sci-Fi London 2017 Review – The Rizen (2017)
The Rizen, 2017. Directed by Matt Mitchell. Starring Laura Swift, Sally Phillips, Tom Goodman-Hill, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Bruce Payne, Lee Latchford-Evans, Jayson Dickens, Christopher Tajah, and Laurence Kennedy. SYNOPSIS: In the 1950s, a woman awakens in an underground tunnel with no memory of how she got there. She discovers that the military has been conducting occult experiments […]
Movie Review – My Pet Dinosaur (2017)
My Pet Dinosaur, 2017. Directed by Matt Drummond. Starring Jordan Dulieu, Annabel Wolfe, Harrison Saunders, Scott Irwin, Beth Champion, Chris Gabardi, Rowland Holmes, Tom Rooney, and Sam Winspear-Schillings. SYNOPSIS: A young boy, Jake, accidentally discovers and befriends a dinosaur-like creature, but his attempts to keep his new friend a secret cause problems with his family, his […]
Movie Review – The Outcasts (2017)
The Outcasts, 2017. Directed by Peter Hutchings. Starring Eden Sher, Victoria Justice, Ashley Rickards, Katie Chang, Jazmyn Richardson, Peyton List, Claudia Lee, Avan Jogia. SYNOPSIS: Two high school girls, tired of being bullied by the popular kids, set out to unite opposing factions of outsiders at their school in hopes of realigning the social pecking […]
Movie Review – Beacon Point (2016)
Beacon Point, 2016. Directed by Eric Blue. Starring Rachel Marie Lewis, Jon Briddell, Eric Goins, Jason Burkey, and RJ Shearer. SYNOPSIS: To mourn the death of her father, a young woman decides to take a 10 day guided hike on the Appalachian Trail, but instead of catharsis she and fellow hikers find a terrifying […]
Movie Review – The Olive Tree (2016)
The Olive Tree, 2016. Directed by Icíar Bollaín. Starring Anna Castillo, Javier Gutiérrez, Pep Ambròs, Manuel Cucala, Miguel Angel Aladren, and Carme Pla. SYNOPSIS: A young woman, along with her uncle and friends, embarks on a journey from rural Spain to Dusseldorf in order to reclaim her grandfather’s beloved olive tree, which is in the […]
