Friday, April 25, 2025

The Legend of Ochi - Movie Review


The Movie: The Legend of Ochi

The Director: Isaiah Saxon

The Cast: Helena Zengel, Finn Wolfhard, Emily Watson, Willem Dafoe

The Story: In a remote village on the island of Carpathia, a shy farm girl named Yuri is raised to fear an elusive animal species known as Ochi. But when Yuri discovers a wounded baby Ochi has been left behind, she escapes on a quest to bring him home.

Wednesday, April 23, 2025

The Wedding Banquet - Movie Review


The Movie: The Wedding Banquet

The Director: Andrew Ahn

The Cast: Bowen Yang, Lily Gladstone, Kelly Marie Tran, Han Gi-Chan, Bobo Le, Camille Atebe, with Joan Chen, and Youn Yuh-Jung

The Story: A gay man makes a deal with his lesbian friend: a green-card marriage for him, in exchange for in vitro fertilization treatments for her. Plans evolve as Min's grandmother surprises them with a Korean wedding banquet.

Monday, April 21, 2025

Sinners (2025) - Movie Review


The Movie: Sinners

The Director: Ryan Coogler

The Cast: Michael B. Jordan, Hailee Steinfeld, Miles Caton, Jack O'Connell, Wunmi Mosaku, Jayme Lawson, Omar Miller, Li Jun Li, Delroy Lindo

The Story: Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back.

Friday, April 11, 2025

The Amateur (2025) - Movie Review


The Movie: The Amateur

The Director: James Hawes

The Cast: Rami Malek, Rachel Brosnahan, CaitrĂ­ona Balfe, Jon Bernthal, Michael Stuhlbarg, Laurence Fishburne

The Story: When his supervisors at the CIA refuse to take action after his wife is killed in a London terrorist attack, a decoder takes matters into his own hands.

Tuesday, April 8, 2025

Freaky Tales - Movie Review


The Movie: Freaky Tales

The Director: Ryan Fleck & Anna Boden

The Cast: Pedro Pascal, Ben Mendelsohn, Jay Ellis, Normani, Dominique Thorne, Jack Champion, and Tom Hanks

The Story: Set in 1987 Oakland, Freaky Tales is a multi-track mixtape of colorful characters — an NBA star, a corrupt cop, a female rap duo, teen punks, neo-Nazis, and a debt collector — on a collision course in a fever dream of showdowns and battles.

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