After over 50 years and twenty-five films, it would be understandable to think that James Bond was out of surprises. But, with the release of?No Time To Die, the greatest surprise is that there?s still room to grow. Directed by Cary Juji Fukanaga,?No Time to Die?picks up as Bond (Daniel Craig) is living a quiet…
When I got a ?For Your Consideration? feeler for an anime film with the title The Laws of the Universe: The Age of Elohim, ?I thought how can I resist this one?? I had to see how another culture would look at the God of the Jewish and Christian traditions. As expected, this is a…
How often do we try to judge based on assumptions that may not be true? In The Pit, Latvia?s submission for Best International Feature consideration, there are many assumptions that lead the characters to make judgements that may or may not be justified. Markuss, a ten year old boy who?s been sent to live with…
Amin Nawabi had never told this story to anyone. Until now. Directed by Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Flee tells the incredible true story of Amin Nawabi (a pseudonym), an immigrant to Denmark who fled Afghanistan as a young man. Over the course of a journey that included relying on human smugglers, almost drowning at sea and fake identities,…
Everyone has a birthday? but not everyone is able to celebrate it the way they want. Mr. Birthday tells the story of Barry (Jason London), a single father who works maintenance in an upscale hotel. Though he?s under constant pressure from his boss and works with a number of uncaring residents, Barry remains a positive soul…
?Do you think it?ll ever be normal?? ?No, but I think it can still be good.? Set in the near future, Mother/Android takes a familiar premise and makes it feel entirely fresh. While stories about robot uprising are far from new in the science fiction world, the execution of the story is particularly well told. Directed by…
If you think National Champions is a story about college football, you may be disappointed. I don?t recall seeing a single football play (although I may have missed some clips in the TV sports hype that opens the film). Rather this is a film about the business juggernaut that is college football as it has…
?Each day is a new day. We get up each morning and start again.? That is especially true for the characters in Sanremo from director Miroslav Mandi?. As dementia removes memories, it can make each day a horror, a challenge, or a wonder. Sanremo is Slovenia?s entry for Best International Film Oscar consideration. Bruno and…
Some relationships just don?t make sense. But they can sure be fun to watch. In the new?rom-com?superhero flick?Venom: Let There Be Carnage, Eddie Brock (Tom Hardy) has fallen on hard times. After the events of the first film, Brock has fallen on hard times. Struggling to pay the bills while living life with his frustrated…
In Netflix’s The Unforgivable, Sandra Bullock plays Ruth Slater, who went to prison for twenty years for murder and now slowly works to rebuild her life. Using Sally Wainwright’s British series Unforgiven as a road map, director Nora Fingscheidt sets the audience up for a series of shocking, emotional twists and turns, all while asking…
