What makes a ?good boss?? Having inherited a factory that produces industrial scales from his father, Blanco (Javier Bardem) believes himself to be a man of respect. Married without children of their own, Blanco tells his staff that they are his family and he wants to care for them as though they were blood. In fact, as…
?Remember when we talked about being alone in the world?? Aly Muritiba?s Private Desert is a story of a man?s search for a way out of his loneliness and isolation. Much of that solitude is self-imposed and the result of being in a very conservative masculine world. His journey will push his understandings about love…
We exist only if we are alive to others. There is more to the truth than facts and history. Stories (even fictional stories) often tell us more about life than all the facts that can be compiled. That is why stories have always been told to describe and define people and cultures. George Miller’s Three…
By Ben Dower Reporter Goro Maki (Ken Tanaka) stumbles across a missing fishing vessel, the Yahata-Maru, adrift at sea.??The lone survivor is Hiroshi Okamura (Shin Takuma), who claims he saw Godzilla.??The government orders the news of Godzilla and Hiroshi?s rescue to be kept a secret to avoid public panic.?? Knowing the news will likely have…
People often come to the church looking for God? but is he really there? Directed by Valerie Buhagiar, Carmen (Nastascha McElhone) is the younger sister of the current town priest. Designated as his caregiver, she lives a lonely life of shame and desolation. The priest is a harsh man, touting strict discipline and pervasive sinfulness of the…
Randy?s wasn?t a place you wanted to visit. Instead, it was a place where everyone could have their say. Directed by Mark James, Studio 17: The Lost Reggae Tapes chronicles the journey of Clive Chin, a man determined to rescue a long-lost treasure trove of reggae from oblivion. Having opened the doors on Randy?s, a record store…
After 13 long years, there is finally another addition to the Orphan cinematic universe. Set just months before the events of the original film, Orphan: First Kill offers some of Leena?s backstory and explaining how she became Esther. In many ways, the film is set up with the same basic premise as the original as Esther is adopted by…
Idris Elba vs. a Lion. Do you need more to peak your interest in Beast? By taking one of Hollywood?s best current actors and asking him to engage in a fight to the death with a wild animal, one would hope that the result would be entertaining. And, even though there’s not much more to…
Not every Hulk is the same. And that?s okay. She-Hulk: Attorney at Law follows Jennifer Walters (Tatiana Maslany), a brilliant and successful defense attorney. When travelling with her cousin, Bruce Banner (Mark Ruffalo), a car accident results in her receiving his Hulk-infused blood, transforming her into the She-Hulk. Determined to resume her life, Walters returns to…
Men are pigs. Sort of. This old truism trope lays the ground work for Squeal, a dark fairy tale that wants to explore man?s baser impulses and his potential for redemption. In Squeal, Samuel (Kevin Janssens), a man who is on a quest to find his long-lost father. When he finds himself lost in the remote forests of Eastern…
