WRATH OF MAN dir. Guy Ritchie, starring Jason Statham, Holt McCallany, Jeffrey Donovan, Josh Hartnett, et al Some actors were born to work with certain directors. Think DeNiro and Scorsese, Jackson and Tarantino, Murry and Coppola. Such is the case with Jason Statham and director Guy Ritchie,...
OXYGEN dir. Alexandre Aja, starring Melanie Laurent, Mathieu Amalric, Malik Zidi Melanie Laurent plays an amnesiac who wakes up in a cryogenic pod leaking air in Alexandre Aja's science fiction survival thriller. A young woman wakes up in a medical cryo unit. She doesn’t remember who she is...
LIMBO dir. Ben Sharrock, starring Amir El-Masry, Vikash Bhai, Oly Orebiyi, Kais Nashef, et al Limbo centers on four asylum seekers who are staying on a remote island in Scotland, and taking cultural awareness classes, while awaiting the processing of their refugee claims. Omar, a Syrian man who's...
WITHOUT REMORSE dir. Stefano Sollima, starring Michael B. Jordan, Jodie Turner-Smith, Jamie Bell, and Guy Pearce Adaptations of Tom Clancy's novels have been just as risky and hit-and-miss as adaptations of Stephen King works. Starting with the wildly successful and incredibly beloved The Hunt for Red October,...
MORTAL KOMBAT dir. Simon McQuoid, starring Lewis Tan, Jessica McNamee, Josh Lawson, Joe Taslim, Hiroyuki Sanada, et al MMA fighter Cole Young seeks out Earth's greatest champions in order to stand against the enemies of Outworld in a high stakes battle for the universe. Back in 1995, fans...
IN THE EARTH dir. Ben Wheatley, starring Joel Fry, Reece Shearsmith, Hayley Squires, and Ellora Torchia As the world searches for a cure to a disastrous virus, a scientist and park scout venture deep in the forest for a routine equipment run. Through the night, their journey...
GODZILLA vs KONG dir. Adam Wingard, starring Alexander Skarsgard, Millie Bobby Brown, Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry, et al BLUF: Legendary’s Monsterverse delivers its best entry because it focuses on delivering on its promise. And hell yeah, it delivers. Big time. The history of Godzilla and King Kong...
NOBODY dir. Ilya Naishuller, starring Bob Odenkirk, Connie Nielsen, the RZA, Aleksei Serebryakov, and Christopher Lloyd Nobody follows a man who helps a stranger being harassed by a group of men, only to become the target of a vengeful drug lord. Hutch Mansell, unassuming, affable, and mild-mannered family...
BLUF: Zack Snyder’s Justice League is a remarkable achievement on many levels. It is arguably Zack Snyder’s best film, utterly vindicates his DC efforts, and depending on your persuasion, either borders on or fully earns the label ‘epic masterpiece’. INTRODUCTION I really don’t want to dwell on...
DOLPHIN ISLAND 14 year old Annabel lives in island paradise with her fisherman grandfather and cast of loveable neighbors. All that is set to change when a lawyer is hired by her maternal grandparents to bring her back to New York. At the center of our...
