Monday, July 29, 2019
ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD (2019)
(Before you read this I suggest you see the film. As there are mild spoilers towards the end of this writing)
Written & Directed by: Quentin Tarantino
Cinematography: Robert Richardson
Editor: Fred Raskin
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Al Pacino, Margaret Qualley, Timothy Olyphant, Kurt Russell, Zoe Bell, Luke Perry, Emile Hirsch, Austin Butler, Lena Dunham, Bruce Dern, Dakota Fanning, Damien Lewis, Mike Moh, Kate Berlant, Danielle Harris, Lorena Izzo, Harley Quinn Smith, Maya Hawke, Kansas Bowling, Parker Love Bowling, Sydney Sweeney, Rumor Willis, Martin Kove, Leslie Bega, Dreama Walker, Clifton Collins Jr., Rebecca Gayheart, Samantha Robinson, Scoot Mcnairy, Omar Doom, Brenda Vacarro, Mikey Madison, Nicholas Hammond, Clu Gulager, Lew Temple, Vincent Laresca
Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood visits 1969 Los Angeles, where everything is changing, as TV star Rick Dalton and his longtime stunt double Cliff Booth make their way around an industry they hardly recognize anymore. The ninth film from the writer-director features a large ensemble cast and multiple storylines in a tribute to the final moments of Hollywood’s golden age.
Saturday, July 27, 2019
MIDSOMMAR (2019)
Written & Directed By: Ari Aster
Cinematography By: Pawel Pogorzelski
Editor: Lucian Johntson
Cast: Florence Pugh, Jack Reynor, Will Poulter, William Jackson Harper, Vilhelm Blomgren, Ellora Torchia
Dani and Christian are a young American couple with a relationship on the brink of falling apart. But after a family tragedy keeps them together, a grieving Dani invites herself to join Christian and his friends on a trip to a once-in-a-lifetime midsummer festival in a remote Swedish village. What begins as a carefree summer holiday in a land of eternal sunlight takes a sinister turn when the insular villagers invite their guests to partake in festivities that render the pastoral paradise increasingly unnerving and viscerally disturbing.
TEEN SPIRIT (2019)
Written & Directed By: Max Minghella
Cinematography: Autumn Durald
Editor: Cam McLauchlin
Cast: Elle Fanning, Agnieszka Grochowska, Archie Madekwe, Zlatko Buric, Millie Brady, Vivian Oparah, Rebecca Hall
Violet is a shy teenager who dreams of escaping her small town and pursuing her passion to sing. With the help of an unlikely mentor, she enters a local singing competition that will test her integrity, talent and ambition. Driven by a pop-fueled soundtrack, Teen Spirit is a visceral and stylish spin on the Cinderella story.
Labels:
2019,
DRAMA,
Elle Fanning,
Max Minghella,
Musical,
REBECCA HALL,
Robyn,
Sia,
Teen
RESTLESS (2011)
Directed By: Gus Van Sant
Written By: Jason Lew
Cinematography By: Harris Savides
Editor: Elliot Graham
Cast: Henry Hopper, Mia Wasikowska, Ryo Case, Jane Adams, Schuyler Fisk
Annabel is a terminally ill cancer patient and is quietly awaiting her death spending her time studying nature. Enoch is struggling to recover from the death of his parents and spends his time attending funerals with his only friend - a ghost named Hiroshi who was a WWII Japanese kamikaze pilot. Just as Annabel's sister is trying to cope with Annabel's impending death, Annabel and Enoch fall in love. They both finally have a reason to live, but is it too late to have a life together?
Labels:
1979,
2011,
DRAMA,
Gus Van Sant,
HARRIS SAVIDES,
Henry Hopper,
Jane Adams,
Jason Lew,
Mia Wasikowska,
Romance,
Ryo Case,
Schuyler Fisk
Friday, July 26, 2019
DIRTY GIRL (2010)
Written & Directed By: Abe Sylvia
Cinematography By: Steve Gainer
Editor: Jonathan Lucas
Cast: Juno Temple, Jeremy Dozier, Mary Steenburgen, Dwight Yoakam, Jack Kelher, Milla Jovovich, Pat Healy, Brent Briscoe, William H. Macy, Nicholas D’Agosto, Tim McGraw, Elsie Fisher
A comedic story of the search for identity and the redemptive power of unexpected friendship. Danielle is the dirty girl of Norman High School. When Danielle's misbehavior gets her banished to special ed, she teams up with an innocent closet-case and together they head out on a road trip to discover each other and themselves through a funny and serendipitous friendship.
Thursday, July 4, 2019
RIM OF THE WORLD (2019)
Directed By: McG
Written By: Zack Stentz
Cinematography: Shane Hurlbut
Editor: Vincent Tabaillion
Cast: Jack Gore, Miya Cech, Benjamin Flores Jr., Alessio Scalzotto, Anabeth Gish, Michael Beach, Andrew Bachelor, Scott Macarthur, Dean Jagger, Lynn Collins, Chris Wylde
Four misfit teenagers join forces to save the world when an alien invasion interrupts their summer camp.
THE HAPPYTIME MURDERS (2018)
Directed By: Brian Henson
Written By: Todd Berger
Story By: Todd Berger & Dee Austin Robertson
Cinematography: Mitchell Admunsen
Editor: Brian Oids
Cast: Melissa McCarthy, Elizabeth Banks, Maya Rudolph, Leslie David Baker, Michael McDonald, Joel Mchale, Cynthy Wu, Jimmy O. Yang, Ryan Gaul, Ben Falcone
A murder mystery set in a world where humans and puppets co-exist, but puppets are viewed as second-class citizens. When the puppet cast of an '90s children's TV show begins to get murdered one by one, a former cop, who has since become a private eye, takes on the case.
THE BRADY BUNCH MOVIE (1995)
Directed By: Betty Thomas
Written By: Bonnie Turner, Terry Turner, Rick Copp & Laurice Elehwany
Based On Characters created By: Sherwood Schwartz
Cinematography: Mac Ahlberg
Editor: Peter Teschner
Cast: Gary Cole, Shelly Long, Christine Taylor, Michael McKean, Judith Ivey, Christopher Daniel Barnes, Jennifer Elise Cox, Olivia Hack, David Graf, Megan Ward, Jack Noseworthy, Alanna Ubach, R.D. Robb, Shane Conrad, Marissa Ribisi, David Leisure, David Proval, Tamara Mello, Jennifer Blanc Biehn, Rupaul, Christopher Knight, Eric Nies, Ann B. Davis, Florence Henderson
Mike Brady and his wife Carol Brady have just only one week to come up with $20,000 in back taxes or their house is sold and they'll have no choice but to move. And it's up to the Brady kids to secretly raise money and save the homestead before they lose their house to their scheming neighbor Mr. Larry Dittmeyer.
THE AMERICAN DREAMER (1971)
Directed By: L.M. Kit Carson & Lawrence Schiller
A documentary about actor/director Dennis Hopper, showing him at his home and studio putting together his film THE LAST MOVIE
Labels:
1971,
Dennis Hopper,
Documentary,
L.M. Kit Carson,
Lawrence Schiller
Blast From The Past Review: POISON IVY (1992)
Directed By: Katt Shea
Story By: Melissa Goddard
Written By: Katt Shea & Andy Ruben
Cinematography By: Phedon Papamichael
Editor: Gina Mittelman
Cast: Drew Barrymore, Sara Gilbert, Tom Skeritt, Cynthia Gibb
Labels:
1992,
Cynthia Gibb,
Drew Barrymore,
Erotic,
Katt Shea,
Phedon Papamichael,
Sara Gilbert,
THRILLER,
Tom Skeritt
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