I’m a Cyborg, But That’s Ok – Review
She isn’t crazy…really. When Young-goon’s mother, (Yong-nyeo Lee), was a little girl, she came home sick one day to find her mother feeding small mice picked radishes, she told her daughter that the mice were her long lost children. As her mother aged, she began to believe that she was a ‘Grandmother mouse,’ and voraciously began [...]
Giveaway: iTunes Digital Copy of ‘HOBO WITH A SHOTGUN’
Win the iTunes Digital Copy of ‘HOBO WITH A SHOTGUN‘ “A train pulls into the station – it’s the end of the line. A hobo jumps from a freight car hoping for a fresh start in a new city. Instead, he finds himself trapped in an urban hell. This is a world where criminals rule [...]
Beginners – Review
is a romantic comedy written and directed by Mike Mills and stars Ewan McGregor (Star Wars: Ep. I – III), Christopher Plummer (The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim voice “Arngeir”), Mélanie Laurent (Inglorious Bastards (2009), Goran Visnjic (The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo), and Mary Page Keller (NICS: Los Angeles TV Series). In Beginners, Hal (Plummer), at 75, “comes out” [...]
There Be Dragons – Review
is a war biography written and directed by Roland Joffé. The film stars Charlie Cox (Stardust), Wes Bentley (Jonah Hex), and Dougray Scott (My Week with Marilyn). In Joffe’s ‘There Be Dragons,’ a journalist discovers his father had a deep, dark, and devastating secret. “When fascism and communism were spreading across Europe. The people of Spain supported a new Republic [...]
Secret Sunshine – Review
(Milyang) (2007) is a Korean drama written and directed by Chang-dong Lee, based on the novel by Chong-jun Yi. The film stars Do-yeon Jeon (The Housemaid), Kang-ho Song (Thirst), and Jung-yeop Seon. A mother moves with her son to the town where her deceased husband was born, when she experiences another tragic event. I admire watching films that are successful [...]
Blu-ray Review: Rise of the Planet of the Apes
“The road to hell is paved with the best intentions”- H.G. Bohn I am about to stick my foot in my mouth because I am always ranting on how all of Hollywood has a serious problem with creating or producing a film worthy of my slightest interest. Since I have just received my review copy of Rise of the [...]
Aidy’s ‘Top 3′ Foreign Films To Watch this Christmas
selfless /self-lis/ ‘having little or no concern for oneself, especially with regard to fame, position, money; unselfish.’ Its that time of year again, where families and close friends get together to celebrate the holidays, and reflect on what their past year’s experiences were like. While everyone is eating, caroling, and perhaps watching football–I like to spend my time [...]
Black Death – Review
Black Death is a horror-mystery film by director Christopher Smith and written by Dario Poloni. A young monk is tasked to lead a band of rouge warriors to a small village left un-touched by the bubonic plague, that ravaged Europe in the 14-century. I’m a HUGE fan of these film types. So much so, that the games I play almost always reflect [...]
Point Blank – Review
Point Blank is an extremely intense action film by director Fred Cavayé (and co-scripted with Guillaume Lemans) that hooks you the moment the film begins. An injured, unidentified man is being chased by two tough looking men armed with pistols. This extraordinary chase takes you down stairwells, in dark alleyways and underpasses. He pauses in the middle [...]
Blu-ray Review: Another Earth
Rhoda (Marling) is a high-school senior with a bright future ahead of her at MIT. She was driving home from a night of celebrating when she had just heard on the radio that scientists discovered a planet just like Earth,–an “Earth 2″–and is visible in the night sky. Distracted, Rhoda anxiously looks up at the barely visible [...]
Aidy’s ‘Top 5′ Foreign Films To Watch This Thanksgiving
The holidays are upon us and for many of you, visiting with your loved ones may be a bit taxing on the nerves at times. Luckily, I have selected 5 awesome foreign films about families that I have seen over the last few years and picked out my top 5- films I think that you will enjoy and hopefully [...]
Sintel – Review
“Sintel is an independently produced short animated film, initiated by the Blender Foundation as a means to further improve and validate the free/open source 3D creation suite Blender. With initial funding provided by thousands of donations from the internet community, it has again proven to be a viable development model for both open 3D technology as [...]
A Clockwork Orange – Review
A Clockwork Orange (1971) is a film written & directed by Stanley Kubrick, which is adapted from the novel of the same name written by Anthony Burgess. The film stars Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Warren Clarke, James Marcus, Michael Tarn, and Michael Bates. This controversial film by Kubrick is set in ‘futuristic’ Britain where a quad of misfits, or ‘droogs,’ led by Alex DeLarge (McDowell), [...]
Thirst – Review
Thirst (Bakjwi ) is a film written and directed by Park Chan-wook. The film was inspired by the book Thérèse Raquin by Émile Zola. Thirst stars Kang-ho Song (The Host; The Good, The Bad, The Weird), Ok-bin Kim (Arang), Hae-sook Kim (A Long Visit), and Ha-kyun Shin (Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance) and is about a priest whom was turned [...]
Dracula 2000 – Review
Dracula 2000 is a film directed by Patrick Lussier and jointly written by Lussier and Joel Soisson. The film stars Gerard Butler (300), Justine Waddell (Chaos), Omar Epps (House M.D. TV series), Jonny Lee Miller (Trainspotting), and Christopher Plummer (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)), and is about a group of thieves breaking into a chamber–winding up releasing an [...]
Skateland – Review
Skateland is a film directed by Anthony Burns, and co-written by Anthony Burns, Heath Freeman, and Brandon Freeman. Skateland stars Shiloh Fernandez (Red Riding Hood), Ashley Greene (Twilight Saga as Alice Cullen), Heath Freeman (The Closer and other TV Series), Brett Cullen, Melinda McGraw, Taylor Handley (Battle Los Angeles), and Haley Ramm (Rubber) and is set [...]
The Last Circus – Review
The Last Circus (Balada triste de trompeta) is a peculiar comedy/drama/war film written and directed by Álex de la Iglesia and stars Carlos Areces, Antonio de la Torre, and Carolina Bang. The film follows a second-generation clown, Javier, who has seen just about enough tragedy and suffering in his life. It is 1937 and Spain is [...]
Poetry – Review
Poetry (Shi) (2010) is a South Korean drama written and directed by Chang-dong Lee. The film stars Jeong-hie Yun, Nae-sang Ahn, Kira Kim, Da-wit Lee, and Yong-taek Kim, and is about Mija, a 66-year old woman in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease, who discovers a heinous family crime. The film begins poetically with the sounds of the wind [...]
Blu-ray Review: Henry’s Crime
Henry’s Crime is a crime/drama directed by Malcom Venville, starring Keanu Reeves (The Matrix), Vera Farmiga (Never Forever), and James Caan (The Godfather, Misery). The film is about a man just released from prison for a crime he did not commit, causing him to later rob the bank he was convicted of robbing in the first place. [...]
In 50-50, Will Reiser turns illness into opportunity
50-50 is a comedy/drama written by Will Reiser (Da Ali G Show), and directed by Jonathan Levine. The film stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Inception), Seth Rogen (Pineapple Express), Anna Kendrick (Twilight film series), Bryce Dallas Howard (The Help, Twilight film series), and Anjelica Huston (Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, The Royal Tenenbaums) and is about Adam, a 27-year-old [...]
Blu-ray Review: Straw Dogs (1971)
In celebration of the 40th anniversary of Peckinpah’s classic, Straw Dogs (1971) is a classic thriller from director Sam Peckinpah and stars the young, two time Academy Award® winner Dustin Hoffman (Meet the Faukers, Outbreak) and Susan George (The House Where Evil Dwells) in a film where a young American (Hoffman) and his wife (George) moved [...]
Biutiful – Review
Biutiful is a drama jointly written by Alejandro González Iñárritu, Armando Bo, Nicolás Giacobone, and directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu. The film stars Javier Bardem (No Country for Old Men), Maricel Alvarez (Little Miracles), Hanaa Bouchaib, Guillermo Estrella, and Eduard Fernandez creating a powerful story, about a single father with two children, diagnosed end-stage cancer, which guides his every move. [...]
Secretary – Review
Secretary (2002) is a black comedy directed by Steven Shainberg, written by Erin Cressida, Mary Gaitskill, and Steven Shainberg. It also stars Maggie Gyllenhaal (The Dark Knight, SherryBaby), James Spader (Stargate, The Practice TV Series), and Jeremy Davies (Saving Private Ryan, Lost TV series) in a film about a young woman, recently released from a [...]
Cama adentro (Live-in Maid) – Review
Cama adentro (Live-in Maid) is a drama written and directed by Jorge Gaggero and stars Norma Aleandro (Son of the Bride), and Norma Argentina (The City of Your Final Destination). The film is about a very wealthy woman and her live-in housekeeper’s relationship during the Argentina’s economic crisis. I always enjoy movies that have the ability to [...]
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