Belle is the story of Suzu, a girl in high school, still grieving the loss of her mother years prior. She’s invited to join U, a virtual reality social media app, but instead of creating an avatar, the app utilizes a biometric scan and in the world of U, Suzu becomes Belle. Suzu, who has […]
Ann Hu’s Confetti is a film about a young mother’s quest to find proper education for her dyslexic daughter, Meimei (Harmonie He). In a rural Chinese village, Chen Lan (Zhu Zhu) knows Meimei has difficulties learning but is intelligent. Chen Lan works as a cleaner at the school so that she can check up on
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Written and directed by Sir Kenneth Branagh, Belfast is a glimpse into Branagh’s childhood, growing up during the troubles there in the late 1960s. Branagh’s proxy is Buddy (Jude Hill), who, while heading home because it’s teatime, is stopped by an outbreak of violence. With his Pa (Jamie Dornan) away in England, working as a
Blue Bayou tells the story of Korean adoptee Antonio (Justin Chon). Raised in Louisiana by various foster families and following the instability of his life, Antonio seeks to live straight and be a family man for his pregnant wife, Kathy (Alicia Vikander). The film starts with Antonio in the middle of a job interview, accompanied
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Dopesick is an eight-part miniseries based upon Journalist Beth Macy’s book by the same name. The series chronicles the opioid epidemic in rural Appalachia, from the release of oxycontin by Purdue Pharma in the late 1990s to today. The series has a large cast of characters from every facet of the epidemic: the Sackler family,
The year 2021 was a funky year in general. From the launch of new streaming platforms, the same-day streaming, and a well-known director blaming millennials for the failure of his film (side-eye to Ridley Scott), it’s just been a mess. At least films and television shows delayed due to the pandemic were finally released. Some
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The King’s Man is Matthew Vaughn’s long-awaited prequel to the Kingsman films. The film begins during the Boer War, with Orlando Oxford (Ralph Fiennes) delivering supplies with the Red Cross in Africa, where he meets with Kitchener (Charles Dance) and Morton (Matthew Goode). During the visit, Orlando’s wife, Emily, is killed, and he promises her
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Be Somebody (Yang ming li wan) is a Mandarin-language film with Agatha Christie vibes. In Post-war Shanghai, Scriptwriter Li Jiahui (Yin Zheng) is invited to a dinner party at a seemingly remote mansion with other members of the Shanghai film industry. Lu Ziye (Minghao Chen), a producer, proposes a film about the infamous murder of
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House of Gucci rollicks through the story of the Gucci family/brand from the late 1970s to the 1990s. Patrizia Reggiani (Lady Gaga) meets Maurizio Gucci (Adam Driver) at a party and pursues him based upon his last name. Maurizio is one of the heirs to the fashion house Gucci and clearly has money. He quickly
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The first season of Tiger King was released at the perfect time, right as everyone was stuck at home during the initial COVID lockdown. It brought us into the world of the batsh*t crazy big cat people in the USA. Our Tiger King, Joe Exotic, a gun-toting, gay polygamist, ran an exotic zoo in the
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The Phantom is one of the newest Netflix true-crime documentary films that probably deserved a miniseries instead. The documentary covers the 1983 murder case of a convenience store attendant, Wanda, in Corpus Christie, TX. Carlos DeLuna was found shortly after the fatal stabbing in the area, hiding under a car. DeLuna proclaims his innocence, insisting
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Ridley Scott’s The Last Duel features the story of… well, the last judicially recognized duel, or trial by combat in France on 29 December 1386. The duel was between Sir Jean de Carrouges (Matt Damon), and Jacques le Gris (Adam Driver), after Marguerite de Carrouges (Jodie Comer), accuses le Gris of rape. The massive 2-hour
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The Lost Leonardo is a documentary film focusing on the last alleged Leonardo work, the Salvator Mundi. It’s a highly debated painting, as the circumstances surrounding the discovery of this Leonardo are suspect, to be kind. The commentary includes Art Historians, Restorationists, Leonardo Experts, Curators, and other people that deal in the art world. Honestly,
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Venom: Let There Be Carnage is the long-awaited (at least, for me) sequel to 2018’s Venom. Tom Hardy stars as both Venom and Eddie Brock, as expected. The film fully introduces Cletus Kasady (Woody Harrelson), who transforms into Carnage later in the film. The beginning focuses on Kasady, and Frances Barrison (Naomie Harris), later known
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The East (De Oost) is a Dutch film, and rumoured submission for consideration for the Best Foreign Film category at the Oscars. The film centres around Indonesia’s fight for independence from foreign colonialists after World War II. The Dutch military sends troops to the Indonesian colony to restore order and protect the people from rebels
The Eyes of Tammy Faye is based upon a documentary by the same name, involving Tammy Faye and Jim Bakker. The Bakkers were a team of televangelists who preached that greed was good, and Jim was eventually prosecuted and thrown in jail for fraud. First, let me get this out of the way, I am
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