The Quake, 2019. Directed by John Andreas Andersen. Starring Kristoffer Joner, Ane Dahl Torp, and Kathrine Thorborg Johansen. SYNOPSIS: A geologist races against time to save his estranged wife and two children when a devastating earthquake strikes Oslo, Norway. Now I’m the first to admit, that having read this brief blurb on Google prior to […]
Movie Review – Motel Mist (2016)
Motel Mist, 2016. Directed by Prabda Yoon Starring Surapol Poonpiriya, Prapamonton Eiamchan, Vasuphon Kriangprapakit, Wissanu Likitsathaporn, and Katareeya Theapchatri. SYNOPSIS: In just a few hours, at an unusual love motel on the outskirts of Bangkok called Motel Mistress, four (human) lives intertwine and change forever. Motel Mist takes place at a weird out of town motel where sexual proclivity […]
Movie Review – Red Room (2017)
Red Room, 2017. Directed by Stephen Gaffney. Starring Brian Fortune, Cristina Ryan, Eddie Jackson, Rodrigo Ternevoy, Fionna Hewitt-Twamley, Martin O’Sullivan, Aisling O’Neill, Michelle Audrey, John Dalessandro, Eoin Quinn, Saoirse Doyle, Sohaila Lindheim, and Roisin Whelan. SYNOPSIS: The film sees three women held captive in a ‘room’ and told they can’t leave until it’s “their turn.” In […]
When Will the Oscars Get It Right?
Olly Krizan on the Oscars… While we’re warming our winter woes with the glitz and glamour of awards season, The Academy are having yet another nightmare of a year. This time around they’ve decided to get ahead of the game by airing these issues before the ceremony has even taken place. From what I can […]
13 Reasons Why (Television is the New Hollywood…and Vice Versa)
Olly Krizan on television and Hollywood… With the likes of literature and classical art having had years to hone their craft, film, comparatively wet behind the ears, has gone from strength to strength. Now, almost a century after the arrival of the “talkies”, a medium with horns all the greener has started to outdo its […]