For those fortunate enough to catch an early screening of “IF” before its official release, John Krasinski’s new film “IF” , this may be preceded by a short message delivered by the writer/director, stating that “This film is for all the girl dads out there.” It is correct that they have already seen the film: […]
Satire can be defined in many ways, but it is not expansive enough in order to include “Krazy House”. This bloody, chaotic hand grenade of a film is undoubtedly dead wrong, with its first image being that of a cop shooting a nun to death and shockingly, it does not end there. Schneider and van
The children of Belfast colony are found in their classroom, participating in singing “Óró Sé do bheatha abhaile,” a denote the olden Irish song in the language which is a requirement in their school. They just know the words without putting any energy into it. Two boys sitting on the further end of the classroom
Fran (Daisy Ridley) is the protagonist in ‘Sometimes I Think About Dying’. She remains silent for her first 22 minute. Not a single sound emerges from her. Costarring with the main character’s inability to speak is Fran’s blunt introduction with the words ‘I am Fran. I love cottage cheese.’ She does not understand why it
The World of Emma’s Love Stories with Her Husband is Sad (Freshtv) is quite different and so is the proverbial family in it. However, she also has a husband and two lovely kids, Dave (David Oyelowo) – and at the same time she is a cold-blooded assassin. Such frequent “business trips” cause emotional and physical
After successfully completing the Marvel Cinematic Universe project styled “Captain Marvel,” for which they were helmed by Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden, who consider themselves more as indie filmmakers, their affection for the East Bay late 80s goes overrated in “Freaky Tales.” What does this have to do with a confused but 10 year old
A number of names seem to leap out during the opening credits for “Destroy All Neighbors”, an over-the-top horror-comedy about irritating neighbors and a self proclaimed “deus ex machina”. The first name that appears is Rich Zim, who directed the best part of the film – the animation of the psychedelically epileptic intertitle sequence that
“The Book of Clarence” which is religious in nature and is done brilliantly by Jeymes Samuel, the seemingly all-knowing producer is captivating but devoid of plot. Set in the year 33A.D. Jerusalem, the focal character of the film Clarence (LaKeith Stanfield) who is a street hustler, is treated in Samuel’s script as a ‘girl on
The best description of Levy is that he is very talented when it comes to acting – which is making her come across as so likable and approachable- this warms people to they fail sometimes quite badly to discriminate between the two as is the case in with “Good Grief”, a bland yet touchy focused
In the case of the movie “All Happy Families,” despite the over-used symbolism and pointless passive behavior of the film’s narrative, solid acting from an unbeatable cast is sufficient. The title is in attestation to the famous first line that is embodied in the book Anna Karenina where it is written that all the happy
