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…
Out of the billions of people alive, does the life and death of one person matter? In Somewhere with No Bridges, filmmaker Charles Frank looks back to find out about his cousin Richie Madeiras, a fisherman who drowned twenty years ago off of Martha?s Vineyard. Frank recalls that his earliest memory is the day that…
In a bid to boost ratings on the television programs Pacific Pharmaceuticals sponsors, company head Mr. Tako (Ichir? Arishima) sends a team to Faro Island to get King Kong. Meanwhile, Godzilla breaks out of an iceberg and, after a brief pitstop at an Arctic military base, makes his way to Japan. The Japanese government forbids Mr….
It’s always darkest before the Dawn. Cosmic Dawn introduces us to Aurora (Camille Rowe), a young woman who witnessed the alien abduction of her mother as a child. Plagued by the experience into her adulthood, Aurora has always sought answers for her experience. When Aurora meets alien-devotee Natalie (Emmanuelle Chriqui), she suddenly feels both validated and heard….
By Ben Dower The crew of a ship that was wrecked on the nuclear testing site Infant Island reports meeting natives there. An entrepreneur from the country of Rolisica named Clark Nelson (Jerry Ito) mounts an expedition to Infant Island. He gives orders to everyone on the expedition, including stowaway reporter Zen’ichir? Fukuda (Frankie Sakai) and scientist…
Say what you will about Poly Styrene but she was anything but a clich?. Directed by Celeste Bell and Paul Sng, the new documentary Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliche is a fascinating exploration of one woman?s legacy through the eyes of the daughter she left behind. Starring Oscar nominee Ruth Negga as the voice of Poly…
Even after almost 40 years, ?Bustin still makes you feel good. Directed by Jason Reitman, Ghostbusters: Afterlife revives the world of ghosts, goblins and proton packs once again. After her estranged father passes away, Callie (Carrie Coon) and her two children, Phoebe (McKenna Grace) and Trevor (Finn Wolfhard) move to a small town to examine what?s left…
Rodan?starts in the small town of Kitamatsu on the southern-most of Japan?s three main islands, Kyushu.??Shigeru Kawamura (Kenji Sahara) is an engineer at a coal mine where several people have been slashed to death.??Suspicions and accusations spread throughout the town until the culprit reveals itself: a giant insect called Meganulon! Mysteries and concerns continue to…
John Donne wrote that “no man is an island,” but no one told that to martial artist Scott Adkins, who miraculously dodges bullets and fights hand-to-hand with ease. His audience knows what Adkins is capable of based on his work in Ninja, The Expendables 2, and a host of action-heavy films. But, in One Shot,…
By Ben Dower With the success of?Godzilla, Toho immediately began production on a sequel.??Rather than Tokyo, this time it would be Osaka that would face the wrath of the monsters ? plural. In Godzilla Raids Again (1955), Shoichi Tsukioka (Hiroshi Koizumi) is a pilot who spots tuna for an Osaka-based cannery until he runs into…
