Incoming: Molly’s Game
Molly’s Game is based on the true story of Molly Bloom, an Olympic-class skier who ran the world’s most exclusive high-stakes poker game for a decade before being arrested in the middle of the night by 17 FBI agents wielding automatic weapons. Her players included Hollywood royalty, sports stars, business titans and finally, unbeknownst to …
Film Review: Sanctuary
A cursory glance at the list of Oscar winners would indicate that the Academy members love a film about someone with a disability or disease. However, when it comes to casting disabled actors, studios tend to run to the (Hollywood) hills. Thankfully, this seems to be changing. At least in independent cinema. Albeit, very slowly. …
Incoming: Pitch Perfect 3
After the highs of winning the World Championships, the Bellas find themselves split apart and discovering there aren’t job prospects for making music with your mouth. But when they get the chance to reunite for an overseas USO tour, this group of awesome nerds will come together to make some music, and some questionable decisions, …
Blu-Ray Review: Brawl in Cell Block 99
Since Vince Vaughn burst onto the scene with his performance in Doug Liman’s critically-acclaimed comedy-drama Swingers, his career has hardly taken the trajectory many expected. Most of his success has come in comedies, with notable performances in the likes of Wedding Crashers, Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, Old School and The Break-Up. His forays into …
Blu-Ray Review: Shot Caller
For over a century, there has been a continuing debate regarding the role of the criminal justice system in terms of punishment and rehabilitation. Those of a conservative persuasion largely see the prison system as a deterrent. A place to punish offenders for their crimes. Liberals would argue that the emphasis should be on rehabilitation. …
Incoming – Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
In the brand new adventure Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, the tables are turned as four teenagers in detention are sucked into the world of Jumanji. When they discover an old video game console with a game they’ve never heard of, they are immediately thrust into the game’s jungle setting, into the bodies of their …
Incoming: Youth
Xiaoping (Miao Miao), is a talented dancer from Beijing with a painful family history – her father has been sent for re-education. A shining prince, Liu Feng (Xuan Huang), brings her to the dancefloor of the PLA’s (People’s Liberation Army) dance troupe – soldiers charged with promoting revolutionary values through music and dance. Xiaoping’s dreams …
Film Review: Mountains May Depart
Until recently, the Mainland Chinese cinema was a mystery to almost everyone outside of the country. The economic and public reforms within China this century has led to an opening-up, both culturally and artistically. We’re reaching the stage where we’re exposed to its cinema in the same way as any other emerging film industry. Social …
Blu-Ray Review: The Apartment
For more than five decades Jack Lemmon was a familiar face on big screens and a much-loved actor. He won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Mister Roberts in 1955 and made over fifty films before he reprised his most famous double act with Walter Matthau in The Odd Couple II in 1998. …
Film Review: The Unseen
I can only imagine the kind of anxiety and fear being in charge of a child can instil in an adult who is more than a little terrified of the responsibility of parenthood. When it comes to losing a child, your own flesh and blood, I could never even contemplate the effect that has on …