Short films can be good training for future filmmakers, or they can be an artform in themselves. Each year the Academy awards Oscars to three short films: Best Animated Short, Best Live Action Short, and Best Documentary Short. The nominees for these categories come from around the world and represent excellence, just as all the…
Wharf Rats may not be the finest vessel but don’t abandon ship yet. Written and directed by Jason Arsenault,?Wharf Rats?tells the story of Hughie Hackett (Robbie Carruthers), a lifelong slacker who lives in a coastal fishing community. Spending his nights caring for his traumatized mother and his days avoiding responsibility elsewhere, Hughie has little interest…
By Ben Dower In Mothra vs. Godzilla, a giant egg washes ashore during a typhoon.??Reporter Ichiro Sakai (Akira Takarada) and his assistant Junko Nakanishi (Yuriko Hoshi) head down to the beach where they meet Professor Shunsuke Miura (Hiroshi Koizumi), who has come to study the egg.??They are interrupted by Kumayama (Yoshifumi Tajima), who claims his…
Directed by Tony Stone, Ted K gives the viewer a look inside the life of Ted Kaczynski (Sharlto Copley), aka the infamous Unabomber. Once a genius mathematician, Ted now lives in insolation in the Montana mountains. Far from civilization, Ted grows an increasing contempt for women, technology, and modern society. Within the film, the viewer…
Director Matthew Vaughn and Ralph Fiennes have reunited a third time for The King’s Man, their prequel to 2014’s Kingsman: The Secret Service and 2017’s Kingsman: The Golden Circle. Based on characters created by Mark Millar and Dave Gibbons in their graphic novel, the prequel takes Orlando Oxford (Fiennes) back to his wife’s murder, and…
Though one could argue that it had a difficult launch last year,?Space Force?feels like it?s on course. With its release last May, Netflix?s Space Force began its first season with an Office problem. Known best for his work as Michael Scott, Carell and Greg Daniels did their very best to differentiate themselves from the affable boss. As a grumpy…
Author of Abe: Abraham Lincoln in His Times, David S. Reynolds? award-winning book serves as the foundation for AppleTV+’s new four-part documentary Lincoln’s Dilemma. From Barrington, R.I., Reynolds’ latest project includes the voices of Jeffrey Wright, Bill Camp, and Leslie Odom Jr. as the narrator, Lincoln, and Frederick Douglass throughout. To hear why he is…
There?s power in the Dog. Directed by Reid Carolin and Channing Tatum, Dog tells the story of Briggs (Tatum), an Army Ranger who has recently been discharged due to concussion protocols. Begging his old friend for a chance to get back into rotation, Briggs is given an assignment to prove himself by bringing Lulu, a Belgian Malinois military…
Abraham Lincoln ? The Great Emancipator. Well, yes and no. In Lincoln?s Dilemma, showing on Apple TV+, we see a much more complicated picture of Lincoln?s presidency, especially as it relates to the abolition of slavery. The series, directed by Jacqueline Olive and Barak Goodman, is done in a style popularized by Ken Burns, in…
When a film is produced by Red Bull, you should expect something designed to get the blood pumping. Directed by Eric Crosland, La Liste: Everything or Nothing is a harrowing documentary that follows pro skiers Jeremie Heitz and Sam Anthamatten as they attempt to break reacords in the world of freeskiing. When they set their sights on…
