Monday, May 29, 2017
Godspeed (路顺风) (SIFF 2017) - Movie Review
The Movie: Godspeed (路顺风)
The Director: Chung Mong-Hong
The Cast: Michael Hui, Na-Dou Lin, Leon Dai, Chung-Hua Tou, Matt Chung-tien Wu, Vincent Liang, Vithaya Pansringarm
The Story: A Taiwanese drug smuggler catches a ride with the wrong cab driver.
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The Bar (SIFF 2017) - Movie Review
The Movie: The Bar
The Director: Álex de la Iglesia
The Cast: Blanca Suárez, Mario Casas, Carmen Machi, Joaquín Climent, Jaime Ordóñez
The Story: A group of strangers are trapped inside a bar.
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Terror 5 (SIFF 2017) - Movie Review
The Movie: Terror 5
The Director: Sebastian Rotstein and Federico Rotstein
The Story: Five gruesome, interwoven tales based on Argentinian urban legends.
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Sunday, May 28, 2017
The Little Hours (SIFF 2017) - Capsule Review
The Movie: The Little Hours
The Director: Jeff Baena
The Cast: Aubrey Plaza, John C. Reilly, Molly Shannon, Alison Brie, Dave Franco, Kate Micucci
The Story: A young servant fleeing from his master takes refuge at a convent full of emotionally unstable nuns in the middle ages.
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Meatball Machine Kodoku (蠱毒 ミートボールマシン) (SIFF 2017) - Movie Review
The Movie: Meatball Machine Kodoku (蠱毒 ミートボールマシン)
The Director: Yoshihiro Nishimura
The Cast: Yoji Tanaka, Yurisa, Takumi Saito
The Story: A long-awaited sequel to the internationally acclaimed full-throttle splatter sci-fi action horror "Meatball Machine".
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TwoOhSix Interviews: Creating Time Trap with Directors Mark Dennis and Ben Foster (SIFF 2017)
The day after Time Trap's world premiere at the 2017 Seattle International Film Festival, I had a chance to sit down with directors Mark Dennis and Ben Foster for an in depth discussion on everything it took to put this film together. An hour later, I felt like these guys were the type of film makers who love making movies at least as much as I love watching them and that enthusiasm made for a very entertaining and informative interview.
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Friday, May 26, 2017
Landline (SIFF 2017) - Capsule Review
The Movie: Landline
The Director: Gillian Robespierre
The Cast: Jenny Slate, John Turturro, Edie Falco, Abby Quinn, Jay Duplass, and Finn Wittrock.
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Tuesday, May 23, 2017
TwoOhSix Picks: SIFF at Shoreline!
The Seattle International Film Festival is celebrating its second year of screening films at Shoreline Community College. From May 26th to June 3rd, 26 different movies will be screened at the college's recently refurbished theater and I've picked the ones you do not want to miss.
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The Last Animals (SIFF 2017) - Documentary Review
The Movie: The Last Animals
The Director: Kate Brooks
The Story: The Last Animals follows the conservationists, scientists and activists battling poachers and criminal networks to save elephants and rhinos from the edge of extinction.
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RIP Roger Moore
R.I.P. Roger Moore
Moonraker is one of my very first all time favorite movies. It was my introduction to James Bond. It had anything and everything you could ever want in a movie. There was action, suspense, shooting, explosions, car chases, boat chases, nefarious villains, beautiful women, evil henchmen, expendable extras, space battles, laser guns, comedy, romance, spies, gadgets, weapons, animals, space shuttles, and so much more.
Roger Moore will always be my favorite James Bond. His run as the character is one of the most entertaining in so many ways, but mostly because he added a certain comedic flair that edged just a little towards parody, but never strayed far from the essence of being the iconic super spy who had a knack for saving the world...and getting the girl in the process. He was a hero and a Hollywood superstar.
Thank you Mr. Moore for helping to instill a love of watching movies that goes deep into my heart and soul.
RIP
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Monday, May 22, 2017
Small Town Killers (Dræberne fra Nibe) (SIFF 2017) - Movie Review
The Movie: Small Town Killers (Dræberne fra Nibe)
The Director: Ole Bornedal
The Cast: Nicolas Bro, Ulrich Thomsen, Mia Lyhne, Lene Maria Christensen, Marcin Dorocinski, Gwen Taylor. Soren Malling
The Story: Two men decide to end their marriages, but when their wives decide to take them for all their money, they decide to hire a hit man to take them out once and for all.
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Sunday, May 21, 2017
TwoOhSix Interviews (SIFF 2017) - The Farthest Director Emer Reynolds
During the first weekend of the 2017 Seattle International Film Festival, I had an opportunity to sit down with Emer Reynolds to discuss her new documentary film, The Farthest, which is an in depth and entertaining exploration of the ongoing Voyager spacecraft mission. After watching the film, I was very excited to find out more about what went into creating this project and Ms. Reynolds was more than happy to tell me all about her latest passion project.
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Saturday, May 20, 2017
Time Trap (SIFF 2017) - Movie Review
The Movie: Time Trap
The Director: Mark Dennis and Ben Foster
The Cast: Andrew Wilson, Cassidy Gifford, Brianne Howey, Reiley McClendon, Olivia Draguicevich, Max Wright, Hans Marrero
The Story: A group of students become trapped inside a mysterious cave where they discover time passes differently underground than on the surface.
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Brianne Howey
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Friday, May 19, 2017
Lives with Flavor / Vidas con Sabor (SIFF 2017) - Documentary Review
The Movie: Lives with Flavor / Vidas con Sabor
The Director: Pablo Gasca Gollas
The Story: World renowned Mexican Chef Ricardo Muñoz Zurita takes us on a mouthwatering experience to discover the origins and struggles of Mexican cuisine to become one of the most important cuisines in the world.
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Thursday, May 18, 2017
Bad Black (SIFF 2017) - Movie Review
The Movie - Bad Black
The Director: Nabwana I.G.G.
The Cast: Nalwanga Gloria, Alan Hofmanis, Bisaso Dauda
The Story: A mild-mannered doctor is trained in the art of ass-kicking commando vengeance by a no-nonsense ghetto kid named Wesley Snipes.
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Tuesday, May 16, 2017
The Farthest (SIFF 2017) - Documentary Review
The Movie: The Farthest
The Director: Emer Reynolds
The Story: This celebration of NASA’s Voyager space missions, which have traveled farther than anyone could ever have hoped, explores the magnificent machines’ designs, the men and women who built them, and the vision that propelled them into the future.
Interview with director Emer Reynolds.
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Crazywise (SIFF 2017) - Documentary Review
The Movie: Crazywise
The Directors: Phil Borges, Kevin Tomlinson
The Story: Crazy…or wise? The traditional wisdom of indigenous cultures often contradicts modern views about a mental health crisis. Is it a ‘calling’ to grow or just a ‘broken brain’? This documentary explores what can be learned from people around the world who have turned their psychological crisis into a positive trans-formative experience.
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Entanglement (SIFF 2017) - Movie Review
The Movie: Entanglement
The Director: Jason James
The Cast: Thomas Middleditch, Jess Weixler, Nicole LaPlaca, Diana Bang, Johannah Newmarch
The Story: While recovering from a suicide attempt, Ben Layton accidentally falls in love with a girl who was very nearly, almost his sister - and then things start to get weird.
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Monday, May 15, 2017
Fermented (SIFF 2017) - Documentary Review
The Movie: Fermented
The Director: Jonathan Cianfrani
The Host: Chef Edward Lee
The Story: Celebrated chef Edward Lee travels the globe on a flavorful mission to discover how and why the fermentation process is a staple of world cuisine, including how it adds “culture” to cheese, beer, bread, pickles, kombucha, miso, and more.
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Sunday, May 14, 2017
Born In China - Movie Review
The Movie: Born In China
The Director: Chuan Lu
The Cast: John Krasinski, Xun Zhou (Narrators)
The Story: Venturing into the wilds of China, "Born in China" captures intimate moments with a panda bear and her growing cub, a young golden monkey who feels displaced by his baby sister, and a mother snow leopard struggling to raise her two cubs.
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The Wall (2017) - Movie Review
The Movie: The Wall
The Director: Doug Liman (Edge of Tomorrow)
The Cast: Aaron Taylor Johnson, John Cena, Laith Nakli
The Story: Two American Soldiers are trapped by a lethal sniper, with only an unsteady wall between them.
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King Arthur: Legend of the Sword - Movie Review
The Movie: King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
The Director: Guy Ritchie (Snatch, Sherlock Holmes)
The Cast: Charlie Hunnam, Astrid Bergès-Frisbey, Jude Law, Djimon Hounsou, Eric Bana, Aiden Gillan
The Story: Robbed of his birthright, Arthur comes up the hard way in the back alleys of the city. But once he pulls the sword from the stone, he is forced to acknowledge his true legacy - whether he likes it or not.
Thursday, May 11, 2017
TwoOhSix Picks for SIFF 2017 Part 4 - Midnight Movies
25 Films for 25 Days of SIFF!
Over the course of nearly four weeks, the Seattle International Film Festival will feature 400 films from around the world and, since it would be physically impossible to watch them all, I am giving you a starting point with this list of the films that I am most looking forward to watching. The entire roster of films comes from 80 different countries and features 36 world premieres and 20 US premieres screening at venues all around the greater Seattle area.
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TwoOhSix Picks for SIFF 2017 Part 3 - Documentaries
25 Films for 25 Days of SIFF!
Over the course of nearly four weeks, the Seattle International Film Festival will feature 400 films from around the world and, since it would be physically impossible to watch them all, I am giving you a starting point with this list of the films that I am most looking forward to watching. The entire roster of films comes from 80 different countries and features 36 world premieres and 20 US premieres screening at venues all around the greater Seattle area.
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TwoOhSix Picks for SIFF 2017 Part 2 - Around the World
25 Films for 25 Days of SIFF!
Over the course of nearly four weeks, the Seattle International Film Festival will feature 400 films from around the world and, since it would be physically impossible to watch them all, I am giving you a starting point with this list of the films that I am most looking forward to watching. The entire roster of films comes from 80 different countries and features 36 world premieres and 20 US premieres screening at venues all around the greater Seattle area.
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TwoOhSix Picks for SIFF 2017 Part 1 - Star Power
25 Films for 25 Days of SIFF
Over the course of nearly four weeks, the Seattle International Film Festival will feature 400 films from around the world and, since it would be physically impossible to watch them all, I am giving you a starting point with this list of the films that I am most looking forward to watching. The entire roster of films comes from 80 different countries and features 36 world premieres and 20 US premieres screening at venues all around the greater Seattle area.
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Sunday, May 7, 2017
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 - Movie Review
The Movie: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
The Director: James Gunn
The Cast: Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Bradley Cooper, Dave Bautista, Karen Gillan, Vin Diesel, Kurt Russell, Michael Rooker, Sean Gunn, Pom Klementieff, Elizabeth Debicki, Sylvester Stallone
The Story: Set to the backdrop of Awesome Mixtape #2, 'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2' continues the team's adventures as they unravel the mystery of Peter Quill's true parentage.
Wednesday, May 3, 2017
The Circle (2017) - Movie Review
The Movie: The Circle
The Director: James Ponsoldt (The Spectacular Now)
The Cast: Emma Watson, Tom Hanks, John Boyega, Ellar Coltrane, Karen Gillan, Patton Oswalt, Bill Paxton, Nate Corddry, Glenne Headley, Mamoudou Athie, Smith Cho, Amir Talai, Poorna Jagannathan
The Story: A woman lands a dream job at a powerful tech company, only to uncover a nefarious agenda that will affect the lives of her friends, family and that of humanity.
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