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.

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?

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

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