Showing posts with label 2017 Movie Reviews. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2017 Movie Reviews. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 7, 2018

Mudbound - Movie Review


The Movie: Mudbound

The Director: Dee Rees

The Cast: Garrett Hedlund, Carey Mulligan, Jason Clark, Jason Mitchell, Jonathan Banks, Rob Morgan, Mary J. Blige, Kerry Cahill, Dylan Arnold, Lucy Faust, Kelvin Harrison Jr.

The Story: Two men return home from World War II to work on a farm in rural Mississippi, where they struggle to deal with racism and adjusting to life after war.

Saturday, January 27, 2018

The Post - Movie Review


The Movie: The Post

The Director: Steven Spielberg

The Cast: Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Alison Brie, Bradley Whitford, Bruce Greenwood, Carrie Coon, David Cross, Jesse Plemons, Matthew Rhys, Michael Stuhlbarg, Pat Healy, Sarah Paulson, Tracy Letts

The Story: A cover-up that spanned four U.S. Presidents pushed the country's first female newspaper publisher and a hard-driving editor to join an unprecedented battle between the press and the government.

Saturday, January 20, 2018

Phantom Thread - Movie Review


The Movie: Phantom Thread

The Director: Paul Thomas Anderson

The Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Vicky Krieps, Lesley Manville, Brian Gleeson

The Story: Set in 1950's London, Reynolds Woodcock is a renowned dressmaker whose fastidious life is disrupted by a young, strong-willed woman, Alma, who becomes his muse and lover.

Tuesday, January 16, 2018

Blade of the Immortal (無限の住人) - Movie Review


The Movie: Blade of the Immortal (無限の住人)

The Director: Takashi Miike (100th film)

The Cast: Takuya Kimura, Hana Sugisaki, Sōta Fukushi, Hayato Ichihara, Erika Toda, Kazuki Kitamura, Chiaki Kuriyama, Shinnosuke Mitsushima, Ichikawa Ebizō XI, Min Tanaka, Tsutomu Yamazaki

The Story: A highly skilled samurai gains unwanted immortality from an 800 year old witch after winning a legendary battle that would have otherwise been his demise. He now must protect a young girl, who reminds him of his sister that died in the same battle, on her quest for revenge.

Saturday, January 13, 2018

Molly's Game - Movie Review


The Movie: Molly's Game

The Director: Aaron Sorkin

The Cast: Jessica Chastain, Idris Elba, Kevin Costner, Michael Cera, Jeremy Strong, Chris O'Dowd, Brian d'Arcy James, Natalie Krill, Stephanie Herfeld

The Story: The true story of Molly Bloom, an Olympic-class skier who ran the world's most exclusive high-stakes poker game and became an FBI target.

All the Money in the World - Movie Review


The Movie: All the Money in the World

The Director: Ridley Scott

The Cast: Michelle Williams, Christopher Plummer, Mark Wahlberg, Romain Duris, Timothy Hutton, Charlie Plummer, Andrew Buchan, Giuseppe Bonifati, Marco Leonardi

The Story: The story of the kidnapping of 16-year-old John Paul Getty III and the desperate attempt by his devoted mother to convince his billionaire grandfather Jean Paul Getty to pay the ransom.

The Battleship Island (군함도) - Movie Review


The Movie: The Battleship Island (군함도)

The Director: Ryoo Seung-wan

The Cast: Hwang Jung-min, Kim Su-an, Lee Jung-hyun, So Ji-seob, Song Joong-ki

The Story: During the Japanese colonial era, roughly 400 Korean people, who were forced onto Battleship Island ("Hashima Island") to mine for coal, attempt to escape.

Murder on the Orient Express (2017) - Movie Review


The Movie: Murder on the Orient Express

The Director: Kenneth Branagh

The Cast: Daisy Ridley, Johnny Depp, Josh Gad, Kenneth Branagh, Michelle Pfeiffer, Penélope Cruz, Willem Dafoe, Leslie Odom Jr., Josh Gad, Lucy Boynton, Sergei Polunin, Judi Dench, Olivia Colman

The Story: When a murder occurs on the train he's travelling on, celebrated detective Hercule Poirot is recruited to solve the case.

Wednesday, January 10, 2018

Bright - Movie Review


The Movie: Bright

The Director: David Ayer (Suicide Squad)

The Cast: Will Smith, Joel Edgerton, Noomi Rapace, Edgar Ramírez, Lucy Fry, Veronica Ngo, Alex Meraz, Margaret Cho, Happy Anderson, Ike Barinholtz

The Story: Set in a world where fantasy creatures live side by side with humans. A human cop is forced to work with an Orc to find a weapon everyone is prepared to kill for.

Sunday, January 7, 2018

I, Tonya - Movie Review


The Movie: I, Tonya

The Director: Craig Gillespie (The Finest Hours)

The Cast: Margot Robbie, Sebastian Stan, Allison Janney, Julianne Nicholson, Paul Walter Hauser, Bobby Cannavale, Caitlin Carver, Mckenna Grace

The Story: Competitive ice skater Tonya Harding rises amongst the ranks at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, but her future in the activity is thrown into doubt when her ex-husband intervenes.

Saturday, January 6, 2018

Phoenix Forgotten - Movie Review


The Movie: Phoenix Forgotten

The Director: Justin Barber

The Cast: Florence Hartigan, Luke Spencer Roberts, Chelsea Lopez, Justin Matthews

The Story: March 13 1997, lights appear over Phoenix in the "most mysterious UFO sighting ever." 3 teens went looking for the truth. They were never seen again.

Rings (2017) - Movie Review


The Movie: Rings

The Director: F. Javier Gutiérrez

The Cast: Matilda Anna Ingrid Lutz, Alex Roe, Johnny Galecki

The Story: A young woman finds herself on the receiving end of a terrifying curse that threatens to take her life in seven days.

Star Wars: The Last Jedi - Movie Review



The Movie: Star Wars: The Last Jedi

The Director: Rian Johnson

The Cast: Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, Mark Hamill, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Carrie Fisher, Gwendoline Christie, Domhnall Gleeson, Andy Serkis, Laura Dern, Benicio Del Toro, Kelly Marie Tran, Justin Theroux, Lupita Nyong'o, Warwick Davis, Anthony Daniels, Joonas, Suatamo, Veronica Ngo

The Story: Having taken her first steps into the Jedi world, Rey joins Luke Skywalker on an adventure with Leia, Finn and Poe that unlocks mysteries of the Force and secrets of the past.

Wednesday, January 3, 2018

First They Killed My Father - Movie Review


The Movie: First They Killed My Father

The Director: Angelina Jolie

The Cast: Sareum Srey Moch, Phoeung Kompheak, Sveng Socheata,

The Story: Cambodian author and human rights activist Loung Ung recounts the horrors she suffered as a child under the rule of the deadly Khmer Rouge.

Monday, January 1, 2018

Okja - Movie Review


The Movie: Okja

The Director: Bong Joon-ho

The Cast: Tilda Swinton, Paul Dano, Ahn Seo-hyun

The Story: Meet Mija, a young girl who risks everything to prevent a powerful, multi-national company from kidnapping her best friend - a fascinating animal named Okja.

Sunday, December 31, 2017

Darkest Hour - Movie Review


The Movie: Darkest Hour

The Director: Joe Wright

The Cast: Gary Oldman, Lily James, Kristin Scott Thomas, Ben Mendelsohn, Ronald Pickup, Stephen Dillane

The Story: During the early days of World War II, the fate of Western Europe hangs on the newly-appointed British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Hitler, or fight on against incredible odds.

Saturday, December 30, 2017

The Greatest Showman - Movie Review


The Movie: The Greatest Showman

The Director: Michael Gracey

The Cast: Hugh Jackman, Michelle Williams, Zac Efron, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson

The Story: Inspired by the imagination of P.T. Barnum, The Greatest Showman is an original musical that celebrates the birth of show business and tells of a visionary who rose from nothing to create a spectacle that became a worldwide sensation.

Wednesday, December 27, 2017

Pitch Perfect 3 - Movie Review


The Movie: Pitch Perfect 3

The Director: Trish Sie

The Cast: Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson, Brittany Snow, Anna Camp, Hailee Steinfeld, Ester Dean, Hana Mae Lee, Kelley Jakle, Shelley Gregnar, Chrissie Fit, Elizabeth Banks, John Michael Higgins, John Lithgow, Matt Lanter, Buy Burnet, Alexis Knapp, DJ Khaled,

The Story: Following their win at the world championship, the now separated Bellas reunite for one last singing competition at an overseas USO tour.

Sunday, December 24, 2017

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle - Movie Review


The Movie: Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle

The Director: Jake Kasdan

The Cast: Dwayne Johnson, Karen Gillan, Kevin Hart, Jack Black, Rhys Darby, Bobby Cannavale, Nick Jonas, Alex Wolff, Ser'Darius Blain, Madison Iseman, Morgan Turner

The Story: Four teenagers discover an old video game console and are literally drawn into the game's jungle setting, becoming the adult avatars they choose.

Saturday, December 23, 2017

The Shape of Water - Movie Review


The Movie: The Shape of Water

The Director: Guillermo Del Toro

The Cast: Sally Hawkins, Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins, Octavia Spencer, Michael Stuhlbarg, Doug Jones, David Hewlett, Nick Searcy, Stewart Arnott, Nigel Bennett

The Story: In a 1960s research facility, a mute janitor forms a relationship with an aquatic creature.

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