In the cinematic adaptation of Australian author Jane Harper’s mystery The Dry, Eric Bana’s federal agent Aaron Falk returns to his village of Kiewarra, having left as a teenager under a cloud of mystery. He’s returned for the funeral of his childhood best friend, who apparently killed his wife and child and then himself. While…
Hello darkness, my old friend? Written and directed by Alex Noyer, Sound of Violence is a dark and brutal horror film that dives into its world with such enthusiasm that one can?t help but find it entertaining, even in places where it feels predictable. As a first-time director, Noyer takes the opportunity to let his creative juices…
Is there anything scarier than hatred and bigotry? In new horror/thriller The Retreat, Renee (Tommie-Amber Pine) and Valerie (Sarah Allen) are a young couple who venture off into the wilderness for some secluded romance. With their relationship hitting a crossroads, the two women hope that this weekend in a remote cabin will provide the spark that…
Set in Denmark,?Riders of Justice?follows Mathilde (Andrea Heick Gadeberg), who suffers an incredible loss when her mother is killed in a train crash. When her father, Markus (Mads Mikkelson) hears about the incident, he immediately returns home to be with his daughter. As they grieve together, they are surprised when Otto (Nikolaj Lie Kaas) arrives…
?Surely we belong to God and to Him we shall return.? In Zeshawn Ali?s Two Gods we see the struggles of people dealing with violence in their lives and neighborhoods. The documentary set mostly in Newark, New Jersey, focuses on Hanif, a Muslim casket maker and ritual body washer. Hanif knows the dangers of the…
One of the rites of passage in the teenage years is to fall in love. In Spring Blossom we watch a young woman who doesn?t feel at ease with her peers begin an infatuation with an older man, who has his own issues about fitting in. Together they enter into a relationship that we know…
I mean, who doesn?t think a mutated head bent on murder and ruling the world is adorable? Wait. Maybe I should rewind a little bit. Marvel?s M.O.D.O.K. follows Marvel supervillain MODOK (voiced by Patton Oswalt) who has come to major crossroads in his life. After years of failure in his attempts to defeat the Avengers and take over…
?On the run for crime he didn?t commit, a man must step into the light once more in order to help clear his name and move on with his life.? It?s a story-telling device that we?ve heard many times before, and with mixed results. However, when put into the right hands, the concept can be…
Directed by Stephen Johnson,?High Ground?follows Travis (Simon Baker), a policeman in northern Australia tasked with supporting a local missionary amongst the Indigenous peoples. Once a sniper in WWI, Travis is meant to maintain control of the operation from above with his bird?s-eye view of the situation. Then, when the operation results in a massacre of…
What do you do when your main character leaves the studio? Pick a door. Any door. In the long blue corridor there are many of them. Which one will the hero walk through? Or is it the hero? Maybe it is the director? Rajat Kapoor?s new (crowdfunded!) absurdist comedy takes us through the door and onto the set of his…
