Sisu, 2023. Written and directed by Jalmari Helander. Starring Jorma Tommila, Aksel Hennie, Jack Doolan, Onni Tommila, and Mimosa Willamo. SYNOPSIS: When an ex-soldier who discovers gold in the Lapland wilderness tries to take the loot into the city, Nazi soldiers led by a brutal SS officer battle him. Finnish filmmaker Jalmari Helander (Rare Exports, […]
Movie Review – Sisu (2023)
Sisu, 2023. Written and Directed by Jalmari Helander. Starring Jorma Tommila, Aksel Hennie, Jack Doolan, Onni Tommila, and Mimosa Willamo. SYNOPSIS: When an ex-soldier who discovers gold in the Lapland wilderness tries to take the loot into the city, Nazi soldiers led by a brutal SS officer battle him. Sisu begins with a text graphic […]
Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Review – The Middle Man
The Middle Man, 2021. Written and directed by Bent Hamer. Starring Pål Sverre Hagen, Tuva Novotny, Paul Gross, Nina Andresen Borud, Don McKellar, Rossif Sutherland, Nicolas Bro, Kenneth Welsh, Trond Fausa Aurvåg, Aksel Hennie, and Sheila McCarthy. SYNOPSIS: Frank Farrelli takes on the job of a middle man in the God-forsaken town of Karmack, USA, […]
Movie Review – The Cloverfield Paradox (2018)
The Cloverfield Paradox, 2018. Directed by Julius Onah. Starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Daniel Bruhl, Elizabeth Debicki, David Oyelowo, Chris O’Dowd, Roger Davies, John Ortiz, Ziyi Zhang, Aksel Hennie, and Simon Pegg. SYNOPSIS: After a scientific experiment aboard the space station involving a particle accelerator has unexpected results, the astronauts find themselves isolated. Following their horrible discovery, […]
Movie Review – Last Knights (2015)
Last Knights, 2015. Directed by Kazuaki Kiriya. Starring Clive Owen, Morgan Freeman, Aksel Hennie, Cliff Curtis, Dave Legeno and Ayelet Zurer. SYNOPSIS: Academy Award Nominee Clive Owen delivers an electrifying performance as a fallen warrior who rises against a corrupt and sadistic ruler to avenge his dishonored master, Academy Award Winner Morgan Freeman in this […]
