Director(s): Dan Kwan & Daniel Scheinert Starring: Paul Dano, Daniel Radcliffe, Mary Elizabeth Winstead The Overview A hopeless man stranded on a deserted island befriends a dead body and together they go on a surreal journey to get home. (Source: IMDb) The Good God bless IMDb in their attempts to make this movie sound like... Continue Reading →
Director: Peter Berg Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Kurt Russell, Gina Rodriguez, John Malkovich, Dylan O'Brien, Kate Hudson The Overview A story set on the offshore drilling rig Deepwater Horizon, which exploded during April 2010 and created the worst oil spill in U.S. history. (Source: IMDb) The Good Disaster movies can be a little hit or miss,... Continue Reading →
Director: Tim Burton Starring: Eva Green, Asa Butterfield, Samuel L. Jackson, Judi Dench, Chris O'Dowd. The Overview When Jacob discovers clues to a mystery that stretches across time, he finds Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. But the danger deepens after he gets to know the residents and learns about their special powers. (Source: IMDb) ... Continue Reading →
Director: Antoine Fuqua Starring: Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke, Vincent D'onofrio, Byung-Hun Lee, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Martin Sensmeier, Haley Bennett, Peter Sarsgaard The Overview When a small town is seized by greedy gold-miner Bartholomew Bogue (Sarsgaard), desperate widow, Emma Cullen (Bennett) turns to a Bounty Hunter (Washington) to assemble a team of gun-slingers to save... Continue Reading →
Director: Taika Waititi Starring: Sam Neill, Julian Dennison, Rima Te Wiata, Rachel House, Tioreore Ngatai-Melbourne The Overview A national manhunt is ordered for a rebellious kid and his foster uncle who go missing in the wild New Zealand bush. (Source: IMDb) The Good The thriving indie film scene of 2016 has come up with yet... Continue Reading →
Director(s): Joel & Ethan Coen Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Woody Harrelson, Kelly Macdonald Number 165 on the IMDb top 250. If you read last month's Movie 50/50, you'll know already that I was very excited about watching No Country for Old Men. I have seen this movie many times before, and have evangelised... Continue Reading →
Director: Matt Ross Starring: Viggo Mortensen, George MacKay, Samantha Isler, Annalise Basso, Nicholas Hamilton, Shree Crooks, Charlie Shotwell, Kathryn Hahn, Steve Zahn, Missi Pyle, Frank Langella The Overview In the forests of the Pacific Northwest, a father devoted to raising his six kids with a rigorous physical and intellectual education is forced to leave... Continue Reading →
Director: David Mackenzie Starring: Chris Pine, Ben Foster, Jeff Bridges, Gil Birmingham The Overview A divorced dad and his ex-con brother resort to a desperate scheme in order to save their family's ranch in West Texas. (Source: IMDb) The Good When this film was already mentioned in the same breath as Coen Brothers classic No Country... Continue Reading →
Director(s): Greg Tiernan & Conrad Vernon Starring: Seth Rogen, Kristen Wiig, Michael Cera, Bill Hader, Salma Hayek, Jonah Hill, Nick Kroll, David Krumholtz, Edward Norton, Paul Rudd. Please note this review contains minor spoilers, but no more than is seen in the trailer. The Overview A sausage strives to discover the truth about his existence.... Continue Reading →
Director(s): Akiva Schaffer & Jorma Taccone Starring: Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone, Akiva Schaffer, Sarah Silverman, Tim Meadows, Maya Rudolph, Imogen Poots, Chris Redd, Edgar Blackmon, James Buckley. This review is spoiler free! The Overview When it becomes clear that his solo album is a failure, a former boy band member does everything in his power... Continue Reading →
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