Showing posts with label 2019 Movie Reviews. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2019 Movie Reviews. Show all posts
Tuesday, November 26, 2019
Weathering with You 『天気の子』 - 2019 Hawaii International Film Festival Movie Review
The Movie: Weathering with You 『天気の子』
The Director: Makoto Shinkai
The Cast: Kotaro Daigo, Nana Mori, Kentaro Araki, Chieko Baishô and Kana Hanazawa
The Story: A high-school boy who has run away to Tokyo befriends a girl who appears to be able to manipulate the weather.
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2019 Movie Reviews
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HIFF 2019
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Mone Kamishiraishi
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Ryô Narita
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Ryûnosuke Kamiki
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Tôko Miura
The Fable / ザ・ファブル - 2019 Hawaii International Film Festival Movie Review
The Movie: The Fable / ザ・ファブル
The Director: Kan Eguchi
The Cast: Jun'ichi Okada, Fumino Kimura, Koichi Sato, Mizuki Yamamoto, Ryo Kimura
The Story: An legendary assassin from Tokyo is forced to live as a normal person in Osaka for one year without killing anyone.
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2019 Movie Reviews
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Fumino Kimura
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HIFF 2019
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Jun'ichi Okada
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Mizuki Yamamoto
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Sôta Fukushi
Saturday, November 23, 2019
Mina-Anud - 2019 Hawaii International Film Festival Movie Review
The Movie: Mina-Anud
The Director: Kerwin Go
The Cast: Dennis Trillo, Jerald Napoles, Matteo Guidicelli, Alvin Anson and Mara Lopez
The Story: Paradise is upturned when 3 tons of cocaine wash up on the peaceful shores of a fishing village. Two local surfers must decide if the lure of a richer tomorrow is really worth risking family and freedom.
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2019 Movie Reviews
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HIFF 2019
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Lou Veloso
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Mara Lopez
Yesterday - Movie Review
The Movie: Yesterday
The Director: Danny Boyle
The Cast: Himesh Patel, Lily James, Sophia Di Martino
The Story: A struggling musician realizes he's the only person on Earth who can remember The Beatles after waking up in an alternate timeline where they never existed.
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2019 Movie Reviews
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Himesh Patel
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Lily James
Thursday, November 21, 2019
21 Bridges - Movie Review
The Movie: 21 Bridges
The Directors: Brian Kirk
The Cast: Chadwick Boseman, Sienna Miller, J.K. Simmons, Stephan James, Taylor Kitsch, Keith David, Alexander Siddig
The Story: An embattled NYPD detective is thrust into a citywide manhunt for a pair of cop killers after uncovering a massive and unexpected conspiracy.
Tuesday, November 19, 2019
Charlie's Angels (2019) - Movie Review
The Movie: Charlie's Angels
The Director: Elizabeth Banks
The Cast: Kristen Stewart, Naomi Scott, Ella Balinska, Elizabeth Banks, Patrick Stewart, Djimon Hounsou, Sam Claflin, Jonathan Tucker, Nat Faxon, Chris Pang, Luis Gerardo Méndez
The Story: When a young systems engineer blows the whistle on a dangerous technology, Charlie's Angels are called into action, putting their lives on the line to protect us all.
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2019 Movie Reviews
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Chris Pang
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Djimon Hounsou
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Elizabeth Banks
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Kristen Stewart
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Laverne Cox
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Luis Gerardo Méndez
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Naomi Scott
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Nat Faxon
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Noah Centineo
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Patrick Stewart
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Robert Maaser
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Sam Claflin
Monday, November 18, 2019
Exit / 엑시트 - 2019 Hawaii International Film Festival Movie Review
The Movie: Exit / 엑시트
The Director: Lee Sang-geun
The Cast: Cho Jung-seok, Im Yoon-a, Ko Du-shim, Park In-hwan, Kim Ji-Young
The Story: A rock climber tries to save the day when a mysterious white gas envelops an entire district in Seoul, South Korea.
Labels:
2019 Movie Reviews
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Bae Yoo-ram
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Cho Jung-seok
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HIFF 2019
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Im Yoon-a
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Kim Kang-Hoon
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Lee Bong-ryeon
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Lee Dong-hwi
Sunday, November 17, 2019
Yellow Rose - 2019 Hawaii International Film Festival Movie Review
The Movie: Yellow Rose
The Director: Diane Paragas
The Cast: Eva Noblezada, Princess Punzalan, Dale Watson, Libby Villari and Lea Salonga
The Story: Rose, an undocumented 17 year old Filipina, dreams of one day leaving her small Texas town to pursue her country music dreams. Her world is shattered when her mom suddenly gets picked up by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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2019 Movie Reviews
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Eva Noblezada
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HIFF 2019
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Lea Salonga
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Libby Villari
Signal 100 / シグナル100 - 2019 Hawaii International Film Festival Movie Review
The Movie: Signal 100 / シグナル100
The Director: Lisa Takeba
The Cast: Kanna Hashimoto, Yuta Koseki and Toshiki Seto
The Story: A group of high school students are forced into a game where they are hypnotized to commit suicide on an unknown command. Where no one is safe from a sudden death, how can they avoid their fates?
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2019 Movie Reviews
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HIFF 2019
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Kanna Hashimoto
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Yuri Tsunematsu
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Yûta Koseki
Saturday, November 16, 2019
Blood Machines - 2019 Hawaii International Film Festival Movie Review
The Movie: Blood Machines
The Director: Seth Ickerman
The Cast: Elisa Lasowski, Anders Heinrichsen, Christian Erickson, Natasha Cashman, Joëlle Berckmans, Noémie Stevens, Alexandra Flandrin, Garance Silve and Walter Dickerson
The Story: An artificial intelligence escapes her spaceship to turn into a female ghost and challenges two blade runners to a galactic chase.
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2019 Movie Reviews
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Anders Heinrichsen
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HIFF 2019
The Serengeti Rules - Documentary Review
The Documentary: The Serengeti Rules
The Director: Nicolas Brown
The Story: Exploring some of the most remote and spectacular places on Earth, five pioneering scientists make surprising discoveries that flip our understanding of nature on its head, and offer new hope for restoring our world.
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2019 Movie Reviews
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Documentary
Friday, November 15, 2019
Moon Hotel Kabul - 2019 Romanian Film Festival Movie Review
The Movie: Moon Hotel Kabul
The Director: Anca Damian
The Cast: Florin Piersic Jr., Florin Ghioca, Alexandru Nagy, Rodica Negrea
The Story: An investigative journalist who bends the truth finds his reality shaken after a translator who he had a one night stand with ends up dead the following day.
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2019 Movie Reviews
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RFF 2019
Thursday, November 14, 2019
Frozen II - Movie Review
The Movie: Frozen II
The Directors: Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee
The Cast: Kristen Bell, Jonathan Groff, Evan Rachel Wood, Jason Ritter, Idina Menzel, Sterling K. Brown, Alan Tudyk, Josh Gad, Rachel Matthews, Ciarán Hinds, Alfred Molina
The Story: Anna, Elsa, Kristoff, Olaf and Sven leave Arendelle to travel to an ancient, autumn-bound forest of an enchanted land. They set out to find the origin of Elsa's powers in order to save their kingdom.
Tuesday, November 12, 2019
Feast of the Seven Fishes - Movie Review
The Movie: Feast of the Seven Fishes
The Director: Robert Tinnell
The Cast: Skyler Gisondo, Madison Iseman, Josh Helman, Addison Timlin, Ray Abruzzo, Andrew
Schulz, David Kallaway, Lynn Cohen, Joe Pantoliano, Paul Ben-Victor
The Story: In a Rust Belt town on the Monongahela River on Christmas Eve, 1983, a nice, working-class boy brings an affluent, Ivy League girl to his family’s raucous traditional Italian seafood feast, setting off a chain reaction of romantic, comedic and cultural conflicts.
Bad Guys: Reign of Chaos / 나쁜 녀석들: 더 무비 - 2019 Hawaii International Film Festival Movie Review
The Movie: Bad Guys: Reign of Chaos / 나쁜 녀석들: 더 무비
The Director: Son Yong-Ho
The Cast: Ma Dong-Seok, Kim Sang-Jung, Kim Ah-Jung, Jang Ki-Yong, Kang Ye-Won
The Story: Bad guy prisoners are sent on a mission to capture bad guy escaped prisoners.
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2019 Movie Reviews
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HIFF 2019
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Ma Dong-seok
The Report - 2019 Hawaii International Film Festival Movie Review
The Movie: The Report
The Director: Scott Z. Burns
The Cast: Adam Driver, Annette Bening, Jon Hamm, Linda Powell, Corey Stoll, Maura Tierney, Michael C. Hall, Joanne Tucker, Ian Blackman, Douglas Hodge, T. Ryder Smith, Tim Blake Nelson, Scott Shepherd, Ted Levine, Matthew Rhys, Kate Beahan
The Story: Idealistic Senate staffer Daniel J. Jones, tasked by his boss to lead an investigation into the CIA's post 9/11 Detention and Interrogation Program, uncovers shocking secrets.
Nina Wu / 灼人秘密 - 2019 Hawaii International Film Festival Movie Review
The Movie: Nina Wu / 灼人秘密
The Director: Midi Z
The Cast: Wu Ke-Xi, Sung Yu-Hua, Hsia Yu-Chiao and Shih Ming-Shuai
The Story: Struggling actress gets dream role and the experience comes with unexpected consequences.
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2019 Movie Reviews
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Cheng Jen-shuo
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HIFF 2019
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Huang Shang-Ho
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Ming-Shuai Shih
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Moon Wang
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Tang Chih-Wei
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Vivian Sung
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Wu Ke-Xi
Monday, November 11, 2019
Kampai! Sake Sisters - 2019 Hawaii International Film Festival Documentary Review
The Movie: Kampai! Sake Sisters
The Director: Mirai Konishi
The Cast: Miho Imada, Rebekah Wilson-Lye and Marie Chiba
The Story: Once forbidden to set foot into sake breweries, today women are the ones driving the most exciting changes within the sake industry in Japan. This documentary delves into the passionate lives of three pioneering women.
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2019 Movie Reviews
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Documentary
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HIFF 2019
Doctor Sleep - Movie Review
The Movie: Doctor Sleep
The Director: Mike Flanagan
The Cast: Ewan McGregor, Rebecca Ferguson, Kyliegh Curran,
The Story: Years following the events of "The Shining," a now-adult Dan Torrance meets a young girl with similar powers as he tries to protect her from a cult known as The True Knot who prey on children with powers to remain immortal.
Sunday, November 10, 2019
The White Storm 2: Drug Lords / 掃毒2天地對決 - 2019 Hawaii International Film Festival Movie Review
The Movie: The White Storm 2: Drug Lords / 掃毒2天地對決
The Director: Herman Yau
The Cast: Andy Lau, Louis Koo, Michael Miu and Karena Lam
The Story: A wealthy businessman tries to take down a drug kingpin that he used to work with, while a policeman tries to find justice without breaking the law.
Labels:
2019 Movie Reviews
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Andy Lau
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Cheung Kwok-Keung
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Chrissie Chau
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Jai Day
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Jin Au-Yeung
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Ka Tung Lam
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Kent Cheng
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Louis Koo
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Michelle Wai
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Sam Lee
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