Sunday, November 29, 2020
Belushi - Documentary Review
The Documentary: Belushi
The Director: R.J. Cutler
The Story: Using previously unheard audiotapes recorded shortly after John Belushi's death, director R.J. Cutler's documentary examines the too-short life of once-in-a-generation talent who captured the hearts and funny bones of devoted audiences.
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Saturday, November 28, 2020
Friday, November 27, 2020
Collective - Documentary Review
The Documentary: Collective
The Director: Alexander Nanau
The Story: Director Alexander Nanau follows a crack team of investigators at the Romanian newspaper Gazeta Sporturilor as they try to uncover a vast health-care fraud that enriched moguls and politicians and led to the deaths of innocent citizens.
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Monday, November 23, 2020
Uncle Frank - Movie Review
The Movie: Uncle Frank
The Director: Alan Ball
The Cast: Paul Bettany, Sophia Lillis, Peter Macdissi, Judy Greer, Steve Zahn, Lois Smith, with Margo Martindale, Stephen Root
The Story: In 1973, when Frank Bledsoe and his 18-year-old niece Beth take a road trip from Manhattan to Creekville, South Carolina for the family patriarch's funeral, they're unexpectedly joined by Frank's lover Walid.
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Sunday, November 22, 2020
Happiest Season - Movie Review
The Movie: Happiest Season
The Director: Clea DuVall
The Cast: Kristen Stewart, Mackenzie Davis, Alison Brie, Aubrey Plaza, Daniel Levy, Mary Holland, Burl Moseley, Victor Garber, Mary Steenburgen
The Story: A holiday romantic comedy that captures the range of emotions tied to wanting your family's acceptance, being true to yourself, and trying not to ruin Christmas.
Koshien: Japan's Field of Dreams - Documentary Review
The Documentary: Koshien: Japan's Field of Dreams
The Director: Ema Ryan Yamazaki
The Story: Baseball is life for the die-hard competitors in the 100th annual Koshien, Japan's wildly popular national high school baseball championship, whose alumni include U.S. baseball star Shohei Ohtani and former Yankee Hideki Matsui. But for Coach Mizutani and his players, cleaning the grounds and greeting their guests are equally important as honing their baseball skills.
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Wednesday, November 18, 2020
The Twentieth Century - Movie Review
The Movie: The Twentieth Century
The Director: Matthew Rankin
The Cast: Dan Beirne, Sarianne Cormier, Catherine St-Laurent , Mikhaïl Ahooja, Brent Skagford, Seán Cullen, Louis Nigen, Trevor Anderson, Kee Chan
The Story: Determined to become the leader of the Dominion of Canada, a young W.L. Mackenzie King rises to power.
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Tuesday, November 17, 2020
Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on the Exorcist - Documentary Review
The Documentary: Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on the Exorcist
The Director: Alexandre O. Philippe
The Story: A lyrical and spiritual cinematic essay on The Exorcist, exploring the depths of William Friedkin's mind's eye, the nuances of his filmmaking process, and the mysteries of faith and fate that have shaped his life and filmography.
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Coded Bias - Documentary Review
The Documentary: Coded Bias
The Director: Shalini Kantayya
The Story: An exploration of the fallout of MIT Media Lab researcher Joy
Buolamwini's startling discovery of racial bias in facial recognition
algorithms.
Director Interview:
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Monday, November 16, 2020
Run (2020) - Movie Review
The Movie: Run
The Director: Aneesh Chaganty
The Cast: Sarah Paulson, Kiera Allen, Pat Healy, Sarah Sohn
The Story: A homeschooled teenager begins to suspect her mother is keeping a dark secret from her.
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Ainu Mosir / アイヌモシㇼ - 2020 HIFF Movie Review
The Movie: Ainu Mosir / アイヌモシㇼ
The Director: Takeshi Fukunaga
The Cast: Lily Franky, Kanto Shimokura, Riwka Shimokura, Debo Akibe, Tôko
Miura
The Story: A coming of age tale about Kanto, a 14 year old boy, and a
descendant of Japan's indigenous Ainu people, who struggles to come to terms
with the recent loss of his father.
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Saturday, November 14, 2020
Make Up - Movie Review
The Movie: Make Up
The Director: Claire Oakley
The Cast: Molly Windsor, Joseph Quinn, and Stefanie Martini
The Story: On a remote holiday park in Cornwall, a young woman is drawn into a mysterious obsession when she suspects her boyfriend has cheated on her.
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Friday, November 13, 2020
I Am Greta - Documentary Review
The Documentary: I Am Greta
The Director: Nathan Grossman
The Story: Documentary follows teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg on her international crusade to get people to listen to scientists about the world's environmental problems.
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Wednesday, November 11, 2020
Fatman - Movie Review
The Movie: Fatman
The Directors: Eshom Nelms, Ian Nelms
The Cast: Mel Gibson, Walton Goggins, Marianne Jean-Baptiste
The Story: To save his declining business, Chris Cringle, also known as Santa Claus, is forced into a partnership with the U.S. military. Making matters worse, Chris gets locked into a deadly battle of wits against a highly skilled assassin, hired by a precocious 12-year-old after receiving a lump of coal in his stocking.
Tuesday, November 10, 2020
Come Away - Movie Review
The Movie: Come Away
The Director: Branda Chapman
The Cast: David Oyelowo, Jordan Nash, Keira Chansa, Reece Yates, Anna Chancellor, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Angelina Jolie, Derek Jacobi, Michael Caine
The Story: When their eldest brother dies, Peter and Alice seek to save their parents from despair until they are forced to choose between home and imagination, setting the stage for their iconic journeys into Wonderland and Neverland.
Lingering / 호텔 레이크 - Movie Review
The Movie: Lingering / 호텔 레이크
The Director: Yoon Eun-kyoung
The Cast: Lee Se-young, Park ji-young, Park Hyo-joo, Park So-yi, Jeon Su-ji, Lee Ju-won, Kim Bo-yoon, Moon Chang-gil
The Story: When Yoo-mi searches out her mother's friend at a hotel to drop off her younger sister, she falls into unexpected mystery and horror.
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Monday, November 9, 2020
Fireball: Visitors From Darker Worlds - Documentary Review
The Movie: Fireball: Visitors From Darker Worlds
The Directors: Werner Herzog, Clive Oppenheimer
The Story: A new documentary from Werner Herzog about meteors and comets and their influence on ancient religions and other cultural and physical impacts they've had on Earth.
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Minari - 2020 HIFF Capsule Review
The Movie: Minari
The Director: Lee Isaac Chung
The Cast: Steven Yeun, Han Ye-ri, Alan Kim, Noel Kate Cho, Scott Haze, Youn Yuh-jung, Will Patton
The Story: A Korean family moves to Arkansas to start a farm in the 1980s.
Capsule Review:
Minari is a beautifully written story about a Korean immigrant family's perspective on the American dream and features stellar performances from a cast that is highlighted by Steven Yeun and Han Ye-ri. The movie is primarily a family drama although writer and director Lee Isaac Chung adds in bits of comedy and social commentary to create a very well rounded and timeless story.
Minari is an official selection of the 2020 Hawaii International Film Festival.
To see more reviews, interviews, and festival coverage please go to: TwoOhSix at HIFF 2020
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Sunday, November 8, 2020
Kindred - Movie Review
The Movie: Kindred
The Director: Joe Marcantonio
The Cast: Tamara Lawrance, Jack Lowden, Fiona Shaw, Edward Holcroft
The Story: Plagued by mysterious hallucinations, a pregnant woman suspects that the family of her deceased boyfriend has intentions for her unborn child.
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Friday, November 6, 2020
TwoOhSix Picks - 2020 Hawaii International Film Festival
Welcome to TwoOhSix.com's coverage of the 2020 Hawaii International Film Festival. Each year in preparation for the event, HIFF programmers view some 1,000 films and choose an average of 150 features, documentaries and film shorts. From those final selections, I have selected the twenty films that you do not want to miss, Here are the 2020 HIFF TwoOhSix Picks.
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Thursday, November 5, 2020
18 to Party - Movie Review
The Movie: 18 to Party
The Director: Jeff Roda
The Cast: Alivia Clark, Tanner Flood, James Freedson-Jackson, Oliver Gifford, Nolan Lyons, Sam McCarthy, Ivy Miller, Taylor Richardson, Erich Schuett
The Story: It's 1984 and outside a small-town nightclub, a group of 8th graders gather, grappling with a spate of recent suicides, UFO sightings, their absentee parents, and each other.
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Tuesday, November 3, 2020
Blood Vessel - Movie Review
The Movie: Blood Vessel
The Director: Justin Dix
The Cast: Nathan Phillips, Alyssa Sutherland, Robert Taylor, Christopher Kirby, Alex Cooke
The Story: Somewhere in the North Atlantic, late 1945, a life raft adrift at sea, and in it, the survivors of a torpedoed hospital ship. With no food, water, or shelter, all seems lost until a seemingly abandoned German minesweeper drifts ominously towards them, giving them one last chance at survival.
Monday, November 2, 2020
Let Him Go - Movie Review
The Movie: Let Him Go
The Director: Thomas Bezucha
The Cast: Kevin Costner, Diane Lane, Lesley Manville, Jeffrey Donovan, Kayli Carter, Booboo Stewart, Will Brittain
The Story: A retired sheriff and his wife, grieving over the death of their son, set out to find their only grandson.
Sunday, November 1, 2020
Scare Package - Movie Review
The Movie: Scare Package
The Directors: Emily Hagins, Chris McInroy, Anthony Cousins, Hillary Andujar, Courtney Andujar, Aaron B. Koontz. Noah Segan, Baron Vaughn
The Cast: Jeremy King, Noah Segan, Toni Trucks, Zoe Graham, Chelsey Grant, Jocelyn DeBoer, Atsuko Okatsuka, Elizabeth Trieu, Lawrence Varnado
The Story: Chad, the owner of Rad Chad's Horror Emporium, recounts a series of bone-chilling, blood-splattered tales to illustrate the rules of the horror genre to his newest employee.
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