Based on the true story, Ford v. Ferrari takes us back to the year 1966 when the Ford Motor Company was at a crossroads. Losing money and having failed in their attempt to buy Ferrari, they decide that they ultimate opportunity to turn around their company is to compete against the race cars of Enzo Ferrari at the… [Read More]
Saving Atlantis: Fighting for Nature
Directed by Justin Smith and David Baker, Saving Atlantis focuses on the dramatic effect of the loss of coral reef ecosystems around the world. Beautifully shot over exotic locales, the film effectively interweaves several narratives together, including the potential threat of a Columbian reef at the hands of ‘progress’, a group of aboriginal students attempting to restore… [Read More]
The Peanut Butter Falcon – Heart of a Hero
Road movies such as this are usually about the change the journey brings to the characters. The Peanut Butter Falcon is not so much about transformation as it is about revealing what might be hidden in rough or seemingly broken exteriors.
Doctor Sleep: Facing Our [Literal] Demons
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[Caution: The following review contains spoilers for Doctor Sleep.] A continuation of Stanley Kubrick’s classic horror movie, The Shining, Doctor Sleep takes place after the events that occurred at the Overlook Hotel and follows the now grown-up Danny Torrance (Ewan McGregor). Doing his best to live with the horror that transpired as a child, Danny is tired and beaten… [Read More]
6.07 Fighting the Future in TERMINATOR: DARK FATE
The past and future collide once more in the latest (and potentially final) entry of James Cameron’s famed sci-fi series, TERMINATOR: DARK FATE. Nearly 30 years after the events of T2, Sarah Connor returns to battle to protect Dani Ramos, a mysterious young woman who may be the key to saving the future of the… [Read More]
Midway: Battle-Ready, Willing and Able
Set in the heart of WWII, Midway tells the dramatic story of the US soldiers and pilots who fought during the Battle of Midway in June 1942. Having remained ‘officially’ neutral in the war, the US found themselves drawn into the conflict after the bombing of Pearl Harbour in December 1941 at the hands of the Japanese…. [Read More]
Disco’d – Meet Your Neighbors
In 2016 the homeless population of Los Angeles grew to 58,000 people. Disco’d is Matthew Siretta’s look at a handful of those people. Siretta gives us a very personal look at some of those who live in homeless encampments. The title comes from a slang term that means confused, disconcert, or discombobulate. An early scene… [Read More]
Mr. Toilet: The World’s #2 Man
“Turning poop culture into pop culture is the fastest way to solve the sanitation crisis” (Jack Sim) Yes, there is scatological humor in Lily Zepeda’s documentary Mr. Toilet: The World’s #2 Man. How can there not be given the subject: a worldwide sanitation crisis. It tells us that 2.5 billion people (about 40 percent of… [Read More]
Marriage Story: Love Unraveled
Marriage Story examines the fallout of Charlie (Adam Driver) and Nicole’s (Scarlett Johansson) failed marriage as they begin divorce proceedings. Though both of them want to ‘make this easy’ and ‘do what’s best for their son’, civility slowly begins to disintegrate by adding lawyers and looking out for their own interests. When Nicole moves from New… [Read More]
Parasite: Class Struggle
The intersection of the haves and have-nots is the world of Parasite, for which director Bong Joon-ho won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival this year. Set in South Korea, where I’m told the difference of economic divisions is very real, the story also taps into a more universal understanding of the disdain… [Read More]
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