Tuesday, November 27, 2018
The Prey - 2018 HIFF Movie Review
The Movie: The Prey
The Director: Jimmy Henderson
The Cast: Gu Shangwei, Vithaya Pansringarm, Byron Bishop, Sahajak Boonthanakit, Nophand Boonyai, Rous Mony, Dy Sonita, Vandy Piseth, Hun Sophy
The Story: After years of tracking down international criminals, a trip to a remote jungle prison will force Chinese cop Xin to become human prey to fight for his freedom - and to save his own life.
Sunday, November 25, 2018
Robin Hood (2018) - Movie Review
The Movie: Robin Hood
The Director: Otto Bathurst
The Cast: Taron Egerton, Jamie Foxx, Ben Mendelsohn, Eve Hewson, Jamie Dornan, Tim Minchin, F. Murray Abraham, Ian Peck, Cornelius Booth
The Story: A retelling of the classic tale that has been retold many times.
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2018 Movie Reviews
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Ben Mendelsohn
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Eve Hewson
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F. Murray Abraham
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Jamie Dornan
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Jamie Foxx
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Taron Egerton
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - Movie Review
The Movie: Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
The Director: David Yates
The Cast: Eddie Redmayne, Johnny Depp, Katherine Waterston, Zoë Kravitz, Callum Turner, Carmen Ejogo, Cornell John, Ezra Miller, Jude Law, Dan Fogler, Alison Sudol, Claudia Kim
The Story: The second installment of the "Fantastic Beasts" series set in J.K. Rowling's Wizarding World featuring the adventures of magizoologist Newt Scamander.
Friday, November 16, 2018
The Hungry Lion / 飢えたライオン - 2018 HIFF Movie Review
The Movie: The Hungry Lion / 飢えたライオン
The Director: Takaomi Ogata
The Cast: Urara Matsubayashi, Atomu Mizuishi, Mariko Tsutsui, Nanami Hidaka, Sakiko Kato
The Story: A high school teacher is fired when a video of him having sex with a teenage girl is exposed on the internet and one of his students suffers from being falsely pegged as the girl in the video.
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2018 Movie Reviews
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HIFF 2018
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Mariko Tsutsui
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Naoto Takenaka
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Urara Matsubayashi
Thursday, November 15, 2018
Suspiria (2018) - Movie Review
The Movie: Suspiria
The Director: Luca Guadagnino
The Cast: Dakota Johnson, Tilda Swinton, Doris Hick, Malgorzata Bela, Chloë Grace Moretz, Angela Winkler, Vanda Capriolo, Alek Wek, Mia Goth
The Story: A darkness swirls at the center of a world-renowned dance company, one that will engulf the artistic director, an ambitious young dancer, and a grieving psychotherapist. Some will succumb to the nightmare. Others will finally wake up.
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2018 Movie Reviews
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Chloë Grace Moretz
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Dakota Johnson
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Mia Goth
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Tilda Swinton
Wednesday, November 14, 2018
For Love's Sake / 恋のしずく - HIFF 2018 Movie Review
The Movie: For Love's Sake / 映画「恋のしずく」
The Director: Naoki Segi
The Cast: Chizuru Azuma, Rina Kawaei, Mantaro Koichi, Mao Miyaji, Yuichi Nakamura, Atsushi Nishida, Ren Ohsugi, Hayato Onozuka, Kanji Tsuda, Tomoya Warabino
The Story: An agricultural student who has a passion for wine is sent to a sake brewery on an internship she wanted no part of. While there, she begins to learn about how the creation of sake runs parallel to life and she begins to see the world in different ways.
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2018 Movie Reviews
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Hayato Onozuka
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HIFF 2018
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Mao Miyaji
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Rina Kawaei
Sunday, November 11, 2018
Overlord - Movie Review
The Movie: Overlord
The Director: Julius Avery
The Cast: Jovan Adepo, Wyatt Russell, Mathilde Ollivier, Pilou Asbæk, John Magaro, Iain De Caestecker, Jacob Anderson, Dominic Applewhite, Erich Redman, Bokeem Woodbine, Marc Rissmann
The Story: During a World War II mission, American soldiers drop into enemy territory and discover that the horrors of war can be much scarier than they ever imagined.
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2018 Movie Reviews
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Bokeem Woodbine
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John Magaro
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Joseph Quinn
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Jovan Adepo
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Pilou Asbæk
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Wyatt Russell
Gatao 2: Rise of the King / 角頭2:王者再起 - HIFF 2018 Movie Review
The Movie: Gatao 2: Rise of the King / 角頭2:王者再起
The Director: Yen Cheng-Kuo
The Cast: Collin Chou, Shih-Sian Wang, Jack Kao, Peng Sun, Hsin Shao, Ying Di, Jen-Shuo Cheng, Shang-Ho Huang
The Story: A gang lord in Taipei runs into trouble when an old friend returns to force a drug trade into the markets he controls causing chaos and disorder among an otherwise organized and honorable criminal enterprise.
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2018 Movie Reviews
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Cheng Jen-shuo
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Collin Chou
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HIFF 2018
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Huang Shang-Ho
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Jack Kao
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SIFF 2019
Friday, November 9, 2018
50 First Kisses - HIFF 2018 Movie Review
The Movie: 50 First Kisses
The Director: Yûichi Fukuda
The Cast: Takayuki Yamada, Masami Nagasawa, Taiga, Jiro Sato, Myhraliza Aala, Tsuyoshi Muro, Katsuya, Hiroyasu Yamasaki
The Story: Meeting the woman of your dreams in Hawaii is a blessing until you discover she has short-term memory loss and forgets everything the very next day.
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2018 Movie Reviews
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HIFF 2018
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Masami Nagasawa
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Takayuki Yamada
Thursday, November 8, 2018
Bohemian Rhapsody - Movie Review
The Movie - Bohemian Rhapsody
The Director: Bryan Singer
The Cast: Rami Malek, Lucy Boynton, Gwilym Lee, Ben Hardy, Joseph Mazzello, Aiden Gillan, Allen Leech, Tom Hollander, Mike Myers, Aaron McCusker, Meneka Das, Ace Bhatti, Priya Blackburn, Dermot Murphy
The Story: A chronicle of the years leading up to Queen's legendary appearance at the Live Aid (1985) concert.
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2018 Movie Reviews
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Aiden Gillen
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Allen Leech
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Ben Hardy
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Gwilym Lee
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Lucy Boynton
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Rami Malek
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Tom Hollander
Tuesday, November 6, 2018
TwoOhSix Picks - 38th Annual Hawaii International Film Festival Presented by Halekulani
This is my fourth year covering the 38th Annual Hawaii International Film Festival Presented by Halekulani and, after looking at the lineup the organizers have put together, this may be their best event yet. You would think that a lineup of amazing movies from around the world would be enough but there are also several other types of events that attendees won't want to miss including a special night honoring the one and only Awkwafina!
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HIFF 2018
Sunday, November 4, 2018
TwoOhSix Recap - 2018 Portland Film Festival
One of the things I love about covering the Portland Film Festival is how they provide such a wide variety of unique films from all over the world giving viewers some truly one of a kind experiences. This year I was able to watch seven films that are about as different from each other as they could possibly be making it really hard to pick a favorite but of course I did because I had to for this recap post.
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PDXFF 2018
TwoOhSix Recap - My Saturday Adventure at GeekGirlCon
Getting to spend one day at the 2018 GeekGirlCon was a pleasure and quite the treat. The event was held at the Washington State Convention Center in downtown Seattle on October 27th and 28th and was filled with panels, discussions, costumes, celebrity guests, vendors, artists, escalators, and culture fans of all ages. Since my time was limited, I wanted to focus on checking out the vendors and artists while fitting in a couple of the panels.
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GGC 2018
Saturday, November 3, 2018
Rampant (창궐) - Movie Review
The Movie: Rampant (창궐)
The Director: Kim Seong-hoon
The Cast: Hyun Bin, Jang Dong-gun, Jo Woo-jin, Kim Eui-sung, Jung Man-sik, Seo Ji-hye and Lee Sun-bin.
The Story: A period zombie movie in which Yi Cheong (Hyun Bin) struggles to save the Joseon from evil that appears only at night.
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2018 Movie Reviews
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Hyun Bin
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Jang Dong-gun
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Jeon Woon-jong
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Jeong Man-sik
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Jo Woo-jin
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Kim Eui-sung
Piercing - 2018 Ithaca Fantastik Film Festival Movie Review
The Movie: Piercing
The Director: Nicolas Pesce
The Cast: Christopher Abbott, Mia Wasikowska, Olivia Bond, Laia Costa, Wendell Pierce
The Story: A man kisses his wife and baby goodbye and seemingly heads away on business, with a plan to check into a hotel, call an escort service, and kill an unsuspecting prostitute.
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2018 Movie Reviews
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Christopher Abbott
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IFFF 2018
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Maria Dizzia
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Marin Ireland
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Mia Wasikowska
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Wendell Pierce
Friday, November 2, 2018
Mid90s - Movie Review
The Movie: Mid90s
The Director: Jonah Hill
The Cast: Sunny Suljic, Katherine Waterston, Lucas Hedges, Na-kel Smith, Olan Prenatt, Gio Galicia, Ryder McLaughlin, Alexa Demie
The Story: A thirteen-year-old in 1990s-era Los Angeles spends his summer navigating between his troubled home life and a group of new friends that he meets at a Motor Avenue skate shop.
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2018 Movie Reviews
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Alexa Demie
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Katherine Waterston
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Lucas Hedges
Thursday, November 1, 2018
Campesino - 2018 Portland Film Festival Movie Review
The Documentary: Campesino
The Director: Mia Tate
The Story: Campesino celebrates the lives of the Cuban tobacco farmer as introduced to us by an American whose passion has been to photograph them for 15 years.
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2018 Movie Reviews
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Documentary
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PDXFF 2018
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