Director: Kim Hopkins Life mimics art in this lovely tale of hobbyist filmmakers fighting to withstand the test of time Films about filmmaking are often arthouse in style and niche in appeal, but Kim Hopkins’ […]
Tag: Film Review
Joyride (Film Review)
Director: Emer Reynolds Cast: Olivia Colman, Charlie Reid and Lochlann Ó Mearáin Olivia Colman stars in an Irish road-trip caper that trades plausibility for punchlines It’s only fitting that Emer Reynolds’ Joyride opens in a […]
Akilla’s Escape (Film Review)
Director: Charles Officer Cast: Saul Williams, Thamela Mpumlwana, Ronnie Rowe, Colm Feore, Vic Mensa, Tony Nappo, Olunike Adeliyi This familiar-feeling thriller is spiced up by rapper-poet-actor Saul Williams as a jaded drug dealer trying to […]
Father Stu (Film Review)
Director: Rosalind Ross Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Teresa Ruiz, Mel Gibson, Jacki Weaver and Patricia Belcher Mark Wahlberg’s scrappy real-life boxer-turned-priest drama doesn’t land too many punches Never has the road to the priesthood been paved […]
The Lost City (Film Review)
Directors: Aaron Nee and Adam Nee Cast: Sandra Bullock, Channing Tatum, Daniel Radcliffe, Brad Pitt, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Patti Harrison, Oscar Nuñez Not since Muhammad Ali and George Foreman have heavyweights been this entertaining in […]
A Journal For Jordan (Film Review)
Main Cast: Michael B Jordan, Chanté Adams, Jalon Christian, Tamara Tunie, Robert Wisdom Director: Denzel Washington First Sergeant Charles Monroe King’s (Jordan) deployment to Iraq puts his life and relationship with partner Dana Canedy (Chanté […]
Pirates (Film – Review)
Director: Reggie Yates Main Cast: Reda Elazouar, Elliot Edusah, Jordan Peters, Aaron Shosanya With the millennium on the horizon, best friends Kidda (Reda Elazouar), Cappo (Elliot Edusah) and Two Tonne (Jordan Peters) embark on a […]
Encanto (Film Review)
Directors: Jared Bush and Byron Howard Main Cast: Stephanie Beatriz, Wilmer Valderrama, Diane Guerrero, Rhenzy Feliz If it took a decade to get “Let It Go” out of your head, brace your vocal chords because […]
The Harder They Fall (Film Review)
Director: Jeymes ‘The Bullitts’ Samuels Cast: Idris Elba, Regina King, Jonathan Majors, Lakeith Stanfield, Zazie Beetz, Delroy Lindo, Danielle Deadwyler, RJ Cyler When outlaw Nat Love (Jonathan Majors) discovers his nemesis Rufus Buck (Idris Elba) […]
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