Month: May 2020

Imagine for a moment that, instead of real life, this were a movie about a nation-wide and global pandemic bringing our lives to a screeching halt while threatening to kill millions if we don’t act responsibly. Hearing the president and some of his most influential supporters espouse an opinion that we need to sacrifice certain… Continue reading When our leaders sound like movie villains — Castles in the Sand

Happy new year! Okay I did anticipate this post would be out in December but I got waylaid eating copious amounts of cheese whilst watching On the Buses. Honestly the truth and why would I lie? Really? Anyway whilst the tree is still up (which it is, just) and there’s five jars of part-eaten chutneys […]… Continue reading Top 10 Christmas Movie Villains — emmakwall (explains it all)

An aspiring filmmaker gets more than she bargains for in this feature film debut of indie filmmaker Moez Solis. Nilah Williams has aspirations of becoming a filmmaker. Despite her dream, she finds herself locked out of the system. When she invites herself to a producer’s workshop at a local library, she is enthralled when she […]… Continue reading The Mentor (2020) — WorldFilmGeek

Rene Perez’s iconic horror franchise character is back and this time, he may have met his match in the form of Robert Bronzi! Ellen Weaver is an investigative reporter who has finally been given access to someone who is on the top 10 FBI’s most wanted list. The man she is interviewing is known simply […]… Continue reading Cry Havoc (2020) — WorldFilmGeek

https://youtube.com/watch?v=TUUgrhxryG8%3Fversion%3D3%26rel%3D1%26fs%3D1%26autohide%3D2%26showsearch%3D0%26showinfo%3D1%26iv_load_policy%3D1%26wmode%3Dtransparent A man’s new job goes from zero to one hundred in this thrilling film from writer-director Mark Schwab. Simon has been working his new job for a LGBT crisis hotline for just about a week. He’s not too thrilled because he gets calls that are not really crises but more complaints about certain things.… Continue reading Crisis Hotline (2020) — WorldFilmGeek

This tale from writer-director Issa Lopez can be seen as a modern-day thriller fused with perhaps an influence of Pan’s Labyrinth in terms of its narrative formula of mixing real-life drama and supernatural horror. Estrella is a young girl who finds herself living in a very bad neighborhood during the Mexican Drug War. When gunfire […]… Continue reading Tigers Are Not Afraid (2020) — WorldFilmGeek

He received Oscar nominations for his work on E.T., The Color Purple, and Empire of the Sun. via Allen Daviau, Spielberg’s Go-To Cinematographer Dies at 77 Due to Coroanvirus — Consequence of Sound

Released in Japan on the 24th of August 1950, Rashomon is a film that changed the world. The film went on to be entered at the Venice Film Festival in 1951, and it became the surprise winner of the Golden Lion. After that moment, the film industry we knew had changed. Akira Kurosawa entered the […]… Continue reading Celebrating 70 years since the release of Kurosawa’s Rashomon — Chelichan Blog

Robert Ford (Casey Affleck), who’s idolised Jesse James (Brad Pitt) since childhood, tries hard to join the reforming gang of the Missouri outlaw, but gradually becomes resentful of the bandit leader. The way this film unfolds is interesting. It’s narrated by Hugh Ross and with his dulcet tones and the way this film is beautifully […]… Continue reading A is for The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007) — Elena Square Eyes

Beginning in November 2019, I embarked on the Old Hollywood Best Picture Challenge, where I will endeavor to watch all 270 films that were nominated and/or won for Best Picture at the Academy Awards between the years 1927-1969. For a list of all films and reviews, please see my original post. ***** Nominees & Winner… Continue reading The Old Hollywood Best Picture Challenge: Summary of 1931/1932 — Hollywood Genes