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 [...]
Jan 28, 2012 | Categories: Movie reviews | Tags: bizarre love story, Byeong-ok Kim, chan-wook, Chan-wook Park, cyborg, eating disorder, electroshock therapy, healing process, Hie-jin CHoi, Ho-jeong Yu, I'm a cyborg but that's ok, mental hospital, mental institution, movie review, pink light, rain, review Im a cyborg but thats okay, romance, schizophrenia, Seo-Gyeong Jeong, Su-Jeong Lim, Yong-nyeo Lee | 2 Comments »
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 [...]
Jan 26, 2012 | Categories: Movie News | Tags: Bogg Wells, Brian Downey, free movie giveaway, giveaway hobo with a shotgun, Gregory Smith, hobo with a shotgun, Jason Eisenert, Molly Dunsworth, movie giveaway, movie news, movie review, Nick Bateman, Pasha Ebrahimi, Rutger Hauer | Leave A Comment »
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” [...]
Jan 14, 2012 | Categories: Movie reviews | Tags: a film about death and dying, Beginners, Beginners homosexuality, Beginners movie review, boyfriend boyfriend relationships, cancer, Christopher Plummer, Comedy, coming out, Cosmo the dog, Cosmo the dog in Beginners, death of father, death of mother, Drama, emotional healing, end of life, Ewan McGregor, finding love, Flashbacks, gay, gay father, Goran Visnjic, homosexuality, Kai Lennox, Mary Page Keller, Melanie Laurent, Mike Mills, movie review, movie review Beginners, museum curator, older man younger man relationship, romance, romantic comedy, Terminal cancer, terminal illness, the dog in beginners, The Sads | 3 Comments »
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 [...]
Jan 10, 2012 | Categories: Movie reviews | Tags: Alejandro Casaseca, Alfonso Bassave, Ana Torrent, canonization, Charlie Cox, Dougray Scott, Forgiveness, Geraldine Chaplin, Golshifteh Farahani, Jordi Molla, Josemaría Escrivá, movie review, Movie Review There Be Dragons, Olga Kurylenko, Opus Dei, Pablo Lapadula, Rodrigo Santoro, Rusty Lemorande, Spain, Spanish Civil War, There Be Dragona biography, There Be Dragons, Unax Ugalde, Wes Bentley | 2 Comments »
(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 [...]
Jan 07, 2012 | Categories: Movie reviews | Tags: Chang-dong Lee, child abduction, Chong-jun Yi, Do-yeon Jeon, foreign film review, foreign movie, indie & foreign film review, Kang-ho Song, kidnapping, Mi-kyung Kim, movie review, Movie Review Secret Sunshine, Secret Sunshine Review, Secret Sunshine south korean film, South Korean Drama, Yeong-jin Jo | 2 Comments »
“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 [...]
Jan 03, 2012 | Categories: Movie reviews | Tags: Andy Serkis, ape, Brian Cox, Charlton Heston, Charlton Heston Planet of the Apes, chimpanzee, David Oyelowo, epidemic, experimental drug, Freida Pinto, intelligence, James Franco, John Lithgow, movie about alzheimer's disease, movie review, movie review rise of the planet of the apes, novel planet of the apes, Pierre Boulle, planet of the apes, Planet of the apes trailer, Planet of the apes where man is brute and the ape intelligent, review planet of the apes, review rise of the planet of the apes, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Tom Felton, Tyler Labine | 3 Comments »
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 [...]
Dec 24, 2011 | Categories: Movie News | Tags: Antoine Sforza, christmas, Christmas 2011, christmas films, Christmas movies, Clotilde Hesme, Departures, Fall, foreign films, foreign films christmas, Kim Jong-ho, Kim Jung-young, Kim Ki-duk, Masahiro Motoki, movie review, Ryoko Hirosue, selfishness, Seo Jae-kyung, Shinmon Aoki, Spring, Summer, The Grocers Son, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Winter...and Spring, Yojiro Takita | 1 Comment »
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 [...]
Dec 13, 2011 | Categories: Movie News | Tags: Andy Nyman, Black Death, Black Death movie review, Black Death movie trailer, Black Death review, Black Death trailer, Daniel Steiner, David Warner, Eddie Redmayne, Emun Elliott, Indie Film, Jamie Ballard, John Lynch, Johnny Harris, Keith Dunphy, Kimberley Nixon, Marianne Gaffam, monk, movie review, movie review Black Death, Necromancer, Necromancy, Nostradamus, plague doctor, sean bean, the plague, Tim McInnerny, Tobias Kasimirowicz, Tygo Gernandt | 12 Comments »
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 [...]
Dec 08, 2011 | Categories: Movie reviews | Tags: action film, action thriller, crime thriller, Cyril Colbeau-Justin, foreign film Point Blank, foreign film review, Fred Cavaye, Jean-Baptiste Dupont, movie review, Movie Review Point Blank, Point Blank, Point Blank kidnapping, Point Blank movie review, Point Blank review, Point Blank trailer, pregnant wife kidnapping, review point blank | 2 Comments »
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 [...]
Dec 07, 2011 | Categories: Movie reviews | Tags: Another Earth, Another Earth review, Another Earth trailer, Blu-ray review Another Earth, Brit Marling, Bruce Colbert, director Mike Cahill, DJ Flava, dystopian film, dystopian tale Another Earth, Fall on your Sword, Flint Beverage, Jordan Baker, Matthew-Lee Erlbach, Meggan Lennon, Mike Cahill, movie review, movie review Another Earth, Robin Taylor, Rupert Reid, sci-fi film, Sundance Film Another Earth, The First Time I Saw Jupiter, William Mapother | 13 Comments »
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 [...]
Nov 23, 2011 | Categories: Movie News | Tags: Adam Bousdoukos, aidy reviews, ang lee, Aruitemo aruitemo, Birol Unel, Eat Drink Man Woman, Fatih Akin, foreign film, foreign film reviews, Hirokazu Koreeda, Hiroshi Abe, Hui-Ling Wang, James Schamus, Kabei: Our Mother, May Chin, Moritz Beleibtreu, movie review, movies for thanksgiving, Neil Peng, Nobody Knows, reviews, Soul Kitchen, Still Walking, thanksgiving movies, The Way Home, The wedding banquet, Winston Chao, Xi yan, Ya-lei Kuei, You, Yui Natsukawa | Comments Off
“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 [...]
Nov 08, 2011 | Categories: Animated | Tags: animated film Sintel, animated review, Blender, Blender foundation, Blender movie, film review, he Durian Open Movie Project, movie review, Sintel review, Sintel Third Open Blender Movie | 6 Comments »
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), [...]
Nov 05, 2011 | Categories: Movie reviews | Tags: A Clockwork Orange, A Clockwork Orange 1971, A Clockwork Orange review, Alex DeLarge, Anthony Burgess, Anthony Burgess novel, droogs, film review A Clockwork Orange, Malcolm McDowell, Michael Bates, movie review, Patrick Magee, Stanley Kubrick | 7 Comments »
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 [...]
Oct 30, 2011 | Categories: Movie reviews | Tags: Chan-wook Park, Emile Zola, Ha-kyun Shin, Hae-sook Kim, horror movie review, Kang-ho Song, movie review, Ok-bin Kim, Park Chan-wook, South Korean film, Thirst, Thirst horror movie, Thirst movie review, vampire movie | 6 Comments »
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 [...]
Oct 28, 2011 | Categories: Movie reviews | Tags: Danny Masterson, Dracula 2000, Dracula 2000 cast, Dracula 2000 dvd, dracula 2000 movie review, Dracula 2000 trailer, film Dracula 2000, Gerard Butler, Gerard butler Dracula 2000, Halloween movie, Jonny Lee Miller, Justine Waddell, movie review, Omar Epps, Sean Patruck Thomas, vampire film, vampire horror films, Wes Craven Dracula | 1 Comment »
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 [...]
Oct 27, 2011 | Categories: Movie reviews | Tags: Anthony Burns, Ashley Greene, Brandon Freeman, Brett Cullen, bullying, coming of age tale, Haley Ramm, Heath Freeman, Melinda McGraw, movie about skateland, movie review, Shiloh Fernandez, skate rink, Skateland, skateland movie, skateland movie review, Taylor Handley | Comments Off
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 [...]
Oct 18, 2011 | Categories: Movie reviews | Tags: Álex de la Iglesia, Antonio de la Torre, Carlos Areces, Carolina Bang, clowns, foreign film review, happy clown, killer clowns, magnolia home entertainment, movie review, sad clown, the last circus, the last circus movie review | 7 Comments »
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 [...]
Oct 11, 2011 | Categories: Movie reviews | Tags: Da-wit Lee, Jeong-hie Yun, Kira Kim, korean movie, movie review, Nae-sand Ahn, poetry, poetry 2010, poetry film review, poetry korean film, poetry review, Yong-taek Kim | 6 Comments »
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. [...]
Oct 01, 2011 | Categories: Movie reviews | Tags: Crime, Danny Hoch, Drama, Fisher Stevens, Henry's Crime, Henry's Crime trailer, james caan, Judy Geer, keanu reeves, movie review, review, vera Farmiga | Comments Off
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 [...]
Sep 23, 2011 | Categories: Movie News | Tags: 50 50 film, 50 50 movie, 50 50 synopsis, 50-50 trailer, 50/50 film, 50/50 synopsis, 50/50 trailer, 5050 movie, cancer, film about cancer, Gordon-Levitt, Illness, movie review, review, Seth Rodgen | 2 Comments »
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 [...]
Sep 17, 2011 | Categories: Movie reviews | Tags: blu-ray review, movie review, straw dogs 1971, straw dogs blu-ray, straw dogs dustin hoffman, straw dogs movie, straw dogs scene, straw dogs susan george, straw dogs trailer, straw dogs video | Comments Off
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. [...]
Sep 12, 2011 | Categories: Movie reviews | Tags: biutiful dvd, biutiful javier bardem, biutiful movie review, biutiful plot summary, biutiful review, biutiful reviews, biutiful synopsis, biutiful the movie, indie review, javier bardem biutiful, movie review, movie review biutiful, the movie biutiful | 4 Comments »
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 [...]
Sep 05, 2011 | Categories: Movie reviews | Tags: egomania, film review, James Spader, maggie gyllenhaal, masochism, masochistic, masturbation, movie review, romance, S & M, sado, sadomasochism, secretary, secretary film, secretary movie review, self-loathing | 4 Comments »