Category: Film Reviews

The Magnificent Ambersons Rating Director Orson Welles Screenplay Orson Welles (Novel: Booth Tarkington) Length 1h 28m Starring Joseph Cotton, Dolores Costello, Anne Baxter, Tim Holt, Agnes Moorehead, Ray Collins, Erskine Sanford, Richard Bennett, Orson Welles MPAA Rating Not Rated Review How do you follow one of the greatest cinematic achievements in history? With a film…

L.A. Confidential Rating Director Curtis Hanson Screenplay Brian Helgeland, Curtis Hanson (Novel: James Ellroy) Length 2h 18m Starring Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, James Cromwell, Kim Basinger, Danny DeVito, David Strathairn, Ron Rifkin, Matt McCoy, Paul Guilfoyle, Paolo Seganti MPAA Rating R Review In the sun-drenched streets of Los Angeles, a darkness creeps through…

Funhouse Rating Director Jason William Lee Screenplay Jason William Lee, Henrik Santesson Length 1h 46m Starring Valter Skarsgård, Khamisa Wilsher, Gigi Saul Guerrero, Karolina Benefield, Amanda Howells, Mathias Retamal, Dayleigh Nelson, Jerome Velinsky, Kylee Bush, Debs Howard, Bradley Duffy, Michael MacKinnon, David Peniuk, Ben Heidi, Scotty Scnurr Mac, Aron Olaf Johnson, Sean Scott MPAA Rating…

Bloody Hell Rating Director Alister Grierson Screenplay Robert Benjamin Length 1h 33m Starring Ben O’Toole, Meg Fraser, Caroline Craig, Matthew Sunderland, Travis Jeffery, Jack Finsterer, David Hill, Joshua Brennan, Ashlee Lollback, Sophia Emberson-Bain, Ryan Tarran MPAA Rating R Review It’s difficult to imagine how a horror film based around the concept of post-traumatic stress can…

Grand Illusion Rating Director Jean Renoir Screenplay Charles Spaak, Jean Renoir Length 1h 53m Starring Jean Gabin, Dita Parlo, Pierre Fresnay, Erich von Stroheim, Carette, Peclet, Werner Florian, Daste, Itkine, Modot, Dalio MPAA Rating Not Rated Review Although we continue to get pro- and anti-war films in a modern framework, looking back at those from…

Challengers Rating Director Luca Guadagnino Screenplay Justin Kuritzkes Length 2h 11m Starring Mike Faist, Josh O’Connor, Zendaya, Darnell Appling MPAA Rating R Original Preview Click Here Review Interpersonal drama on the tennis court shows the extent to which Challengers tries to twist the narrative threads into a constantly shifting power play between three unlikely competitors.…

Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl Rating Director Merling Crossingham, Nick Park Screenplay Mark Burton, Nick Park Length 1h 22m Starring Ben Whitehead, Peter Kay, Lauren Patel, Reece Shearsmith, Diane Morgan, Adjoa Andoh, Muzz Khan MPAA Rating PG Original Preview Click Here Review Twenty years after the adventures in Curse of the Were-Rabbit, Oscar-winning duo…

Memoir of a Snail Rating Director Adam Elliot Screenplay Adam Elliot Length 1h 35m Starring Jacki Weaver, Sarah Snook, Eric Bana, Saxon Wright, Dominique Pinon, Selena Brennan, Adam Elliot, Paul Capsis, Davey Thompson, Braiden Asciak, Bernie Clifford, Alexander Esenarro, Nick Cave, Magda Szubanski MPAA Rating R Original Preview Click Here Review Australian creatives have a…

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga Rating Director George Miller Screenplay George Miller, Nick Lathouris Length 2h 28m Starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Hemsworth, Tom Burke, Alyla Browne, George Shevtsov, Lachy Hulme, John Howard, Angus Sampson, Charlee Fraser, Elsa Pataky, Nathan Jones, Josh Helman, David Feld, Rahel Romahn, David Collins, Goran D. Kleut MPAA Rating R Original…

The Substance Rating Director Coralie Fargeat Screenplay Coralie Fargeat Length 2h 21m Starring Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley, Dennis Quaid, Edward Hamilton Clark, Gore Abrams, Oscar Lesage, Christian Erickson, Robin Greer MPAA Rating R Original Preview Click Here Review To make a film about ageism in Hollywood, you must invariably make your film outside Hollywood. The…

Anora Rating Director Sean Baker Screenplay Sean Baker Length 2h 19m Starring Mikey Madison, Mark Eydelshteyn, Yura Borisov, Karren Karagulian, Vache Tovmasyan, Aleksei Serebryakov, Darya Ekamasova, Lindsey Normington MPAA Rating R Original Preview Click Here Review Where is the line between representation and exploitation. Anora comes down on one side of the line but only…

97th Oscar-Nominated Shorts (Documentary) Death by Numbers (Short Film) Rating Director Kim A. Snyder Screenplay Sam Fuentes Length 33m Starring None MPAA Rating Not Rated Review In 2018, a school shooter killed 17 students and injured 18 others at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. This short film follows the story of one…

97th Oscar-Nominated Shorts (Live Action) A Lien (Short Film) Rating Director David Cutler-Kreutz, Sam Cutler-Kreutz Screenplay David Cutler-Kreutz, Sam Cutler-Kreutz Length 15m Starring Victoria Ratermanis, William Martinez MPAA Rating Not Rated Review In our first alphabetical nominee in the Live Action Short Film category, we have A Lien. The title doesn’t make sense until you…

97th Oscar-Nominated Shorts (Animated) Beautiful Men Rating Director Nicolas Keppens Screenplay Nicolas Keppens Length 18m Starring Peter Van den Begin, Peter De Graef, Tom Dewispelaere, Nayat Sari, Laure Van Medegael MPAA Rating Not Rated Review In Istanbul, three brothers have come to seek treatment at a hair replacement clinic. Unfortunately, the booking is misplaced and…

Emilia Pérez Rating Director Jacques Audiard Screenplay Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain, Léa Mysius, Nicolas Livecchi (Novel: Boris Razon) Length 2h 12m Starring Zoe Saldaña, Karla Sofía Gascón, Selena Gomez, Adriana Paz, Edgar Ramirez, Mark Ivanir, Eduardo Aladro, Emiliano Hasan MPAA Rating R Original Preview Click Here Review Conventional stories about drug runners are passé and…