The Slayer, 1982. Directed by J.S. Cardone. Starring Sarah Kendall, Frederick Flynn, Carol Kottenbrook, Alan McRae, Newell Alexander, and Ivy Jones. SYNOPSIS: Two couples visit a secluded island where they are attacked by a monster linked to one of the visitor’s dreams. Brother and sister Eric (Frederick Flynn – The Forsaken) and Kay (Sarah Kendall […]
Movie Review – The Trip to Spain (2017)
The Trip to Spain, 2017. Directed by Michael Winterbottom. Starring Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan. SYNOPSIS: Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon embark on a six-part episodic road trip through Spain, sampling the restaurants, eateries, and sights along the way. Right from the beginning I will confess that I have never seen the previous two entries […]
Movie Review – Final Portrait (2017)
Final Portrait, 2017 Directed by Stanley Tucci Starring Geoffrey Rush, Armie Hammer, Clemence Poesy, Sylvie Testud and Tony Shalhoub. SYNOPSIS: American writer and art-lover James Lord pays a visit to Paris in 1964 and is asked by his friend, artist Alberto Giacometti, to sit for a portrait. It should only take a few days so the […]
Movie Review – Anti Matter (2016)
Anti Matter, 2016. Written and Directed by Keir Burrows. Starring Yaiza Figueroa, Philippa Carson, Tom Barber-Duffy, and Noah Maxwell Clarke. SYNOPSIS: Ana, an Oxford PhD student finds herself unable to build new memories following an experiment to generate and travel through a wormhole. The story follows her increasingly desperate efforts to understand what happened, and to find […]
Movie Review – Menashe (2017)
Menashe, 2017. Directed by Joshua Z. Weinstein. Starring Menashe Lustig and Ruben Niborski. SYNOPSIS: Within Brooklyn’s ultra-orthodox Jewish community, a widower battles for custody of his son. A tender drama performed entirely in Yiddish, the film intimately explores the nature of faith and the price of parenthood. Spoken primarily in Yiddish and subtitled in English, […]
Movie Review – A Ghost Story (2017)
A Ghost Story, 2017. Directed by David Lowery. Starring Casey Affleck, Rooney Mara, and Will Oldham. SYNOPSIS: After his sudden death in a car crash, a man returns to his home as a white sheeted ghost in an effort to re-connect with his grieving wife. An examination of love, loss and legacy. It’s not often […]
Movie Review – England Is Mine (2017)
England Is Mine, 2017. Directed by Mark Gill. Starring Jack Lowden, Jessica Brown Findlay, Jodie Comer and Laurie Kynaston. SYNOPSIS: The years in the life of one Steven Patrick Morrissey – his writings, the women in his life, his mental health issues – until the moment Johnny Marr turned up. And The Smiths were born. […]
Second Opinion – Atomic Blonde (2017)
Atomic Blonde, 2017. Directed by David Leitch. Starring Charlize Theron, James McAvoy, John Goodman, Eddie Marsan, Toby Jones, and Sofia Boutella. SYNOPSIS: In the run up to the fall of the Berlin Wall, top MI6 agent Lorraine Broughton (Charlize Theron) is sent on a solo mission to the city. She’s charged with investigating the death […]
Movie Review – The Domicile (2017)
The Domicile, 2017. Written and directed by Jared Cohn. Starring Steve Richard Harris, Demetrius Stear, Katherine Flannery, Sara Malakul Lane, and Amanda Ruth Ritchie. SYNOPSIS: When Russell’s wife accidentally dies in their home, his mental state goes from bad to one of utter despair. As the ghost of his dead wife awakens, her spirit becomes […]
Movie Review – Cardboard Gangsters (2017)
Cardboard Gangsters, 2017. Directed by Mark O’Connor. Starring John Connors, Jimmy Smallhorne, Kierston Wareing, Fionn Walton, and Fiona Twamley Hewitt. SYNOPSIS: Four childhood friends have grown up in the Darndale part of Dublin and are now determined to take control of the drug trade from the local crime lord. It means money, power, women and […]
