(courtesy IMDb) There is one line towards the end of this singularly charming but emotionally meaningful film with which anyone who has ever grown up in an oppressive environment where they cannot be themselves will readily identify. The titular protagonist of The Awakening of Motti Wolkenbruch (Wolkenbruchs wunderliche Reise in Continue Reading
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FESTIVE PREVIEW: Get merry … be jolly … and spread cheer … early trailer for Christmas movie Oh. What. Fun.
(courtesy First Showing) SNAPSHOTClaire Clauster (Michelle Pfeiffer) is the glue that holds her chaotic, lovable family together every holiday season. From perfectly frosted cookies to meticulously wrapped gifts, no one “decks the halls” quite like Claire. But this year, as her grown kids & distracted husband get swept up in Continue Reading
Movie review: Cicadas (Zikaden)
(courtesy IMDb) It’s not often that you emerge from a movie and wonder what on earth the point of it was. Usually even the films you don’t quite love, or outright dislike, have a clearly defined reason for being and you can very easily reconcile with what you liked and Continue Reading
Movie review: Long Story Short (Feste & Freunde – Ein Hoch auf uns!)
(courtesy IMDb) Being part of a solid and constant group of mutually supportive, caring friends is undoubtedly one of life’s great and often enduring gifts. Far from having to navigate life alone, we can do it, with all of its challenges and opportunities, its highs and lows, triumphs and deplorable Continue Reading
Movie review: Thunderbolts*
(courtesy IMP Awards) Once as close to a sure thing as any blockbuster can be, Marvel’s prodigious output of epic superhero storytelling has stumbled more often than not over the last few years, offering up films that felt they were mere Xeroxes of the studio’s previous glories which, if you Continue Reading
“Let’s keep our distance… because someday, I’ll be flying off to space.” The push-and-pull of love in Lost in Starlight
(courtesy First Showing) SNAPSHOT“Don’t forget. Out here in space, there’s someone who’s always rooting for you.” In 2050 Seoul, astronaut Nan-young’s ultimate life goal is to visit Mars. ✨ But she fails the final test to onboard the fourth Mars Expedition Project. The musician Jay buries his dreams in a Continue Reading
Movie review: The Last Showgirl
(courtesy IMP Awards) It’s rare for a movie to really leave a mark on your heart and soul. Most movies, while thoroughly enjoyable and well worth your cinematic or streaming time, glance off you, never to be heavily thought of again; they have their moment, sometimes a very good one, Continue Reading
Haha cinema: Trailers for Bride Hard, Heads of State and Jess Plus None
(via Shutterstock) Comedy is hit or miss, it’s true but if a creator gets it right, then on the soul-lightening joys that await! Life is so damn serious, dark and a thousand kinds of terrible all jostling for a place in our crowded slate of existential angst, and yet there Continue Reading
First hunt. Last chance. Teaser trailer releases for Predator: Badlands
(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOTThe sci-fi action movie Predator: Badlands is set in the future on a remote planet, where a young Predator (starring Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi), outcast from his clan, finds an unlikely ally with Thia (Elle Fanning) and embarks on a treacherous journey in search of the ultimate adversary. Predator: Continue Reading
Movie review: The Penguin Lessons
(courtesy IMP Awards) At first glance, you may not think there’s a great deal of emotional depth to The Penguin Lessons. This is not even remotely a criticism of the film adapted from the memoir of the same name by Tom Michell; it’s simply to say that the trailer suggests Continue Reading