Samurai Marathon - Movie Review

The Movie: Samurai Marathon

The Director: Bernard Rose

The Cast: Takeru Satoh, Nana Komatsu, Mirai Moriyama, Shota Sometani, Munetaka Aoki, Ryu Kohata, Yuta Koseki, Danny Huston

The Story: In 1855, a daimyo sends his men on a grueling marathon to discover if they're tough enough to face the newly arrived Americans. Misunderstanding his intent, the Shogun dispatches assassins.

TwoOhSix.com Diversity In Film Podcast Interview Series

This is the official home page for the TwoOhSix.com Diversity In Film podcast interview series. This project has been in the works for about a year and I am so excited to see it finally coming together. Diversity has been a bit of a buzzword when it comes to how inclusive (or not) Hollywood and the entire film industry has been over the years and these conversations explore that topic in a variety of different ways. These are the discussions that will create possibility.

TwoOhSix Podcast - S01/E02 - Diversity in Film with Emily Ting

Hello, friends and welcome to the second episode of season one of the TwoOhSix.com Podcast! To kick things off, I have put together a special interview series about diversity in film and it has been such a pleasure to speak with all of the people who have donated their time to this project. Let's get to it!

TwoOhSix Podcast - S01/E01 - Diversity in Film with Lynn Chen

Hello, friends and welcome to the very first episode of the now officially launched TwoOhSix.com Podcast! To kick things off, I have put together a special interview series about diversity in film and it has been such a pleasure to speak with all of the people who have donated their time to this project. Let's get to it!

How to Build a Girl - Movie Review

The Movie: How to Build a Girl

The Director: Coky Giedroyc

The Cast: Beanie Feldstein, Alfie Allen, Paddy Considine, Chris O'Dowd, Emma Thompson

The Story: Johanna Morrigan is a bright, quirky, 16-year-old who uses her colorful imagination to regularly escape her humdrum life in Wolverhampton and live out her creative fantasies.

Better Days / 少年的你 - Movie Review

The Movie: Better Days / 少年的你

The Director: Derek Kwok-Cheung Tsang
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The Cast: Zhou Dongyu, Jackson Yee, Huang Jue, Yin Fang, Wu Yue, Zhou Ye, Zhao Runnan, Zhang Yao, Zhang Yifan

The Story: A bullied teenage girl forms an unlikely friendship with a mysterious young man who protects her from her assailants, all while she copes with the pressures of her final examinations.

TwoOhSix Podcast: Guest Announcements - Diversity in Film: Conversations from Within the Industry

TwoOhSix.com is proud to announce the official guest lineup for the Diversity In Film podcast interview series. This project has been in the works for about a year and I am so excited to see it finally coming together. Diversity has been a bit of a buzzword when it comes to how inclusive (or not) Hollywood and the entire film industry has been over the years and these conversations explore that topic in a variety of different ways. These are the discussions that will create possibility.

Tigertail - Movie Review

The Movie: Tigertail

The Director: Alan Yang

The Cast: Tzi Ma, Christine Ko, Hong-Chi Lee, Yo-Hsing Fang, Fiona Fu, Joan Chen, Kuei-Mei Yang, Cindera Che, Kunjue Li

The Story: A Taiwanese factory worker leaves his homeland to seek opportunity in America, where he struggles to find connection while balancing family and newfound responsibilities in this multi-generational drama.

The Wretched - Movie Review

The Movie: The Wretched

The Directors: Brett Pierce and Drew T. Pierce

The Cast: John-Paul Howard, Piper Curda, Jamison Jones, Zarah Mahler, Kevin Bigley, and Blane Crockarell

The Story: A defiant teenage boy, struggling with his parent's imminent divorce, faces off with a thousand year-old witch, who is living beneath the skin of and posing as the woman next door.

I Will Make You Mine - Movie Review

The Movie: I Will Make You Mine

The Director: Lynn Chen

The Cast: Lynn Chen, Yea-Ming Chen, Ayako Fujitani, Goh Nakamura, Tamlyn Tomita, Joy Osmanski, Mike Faiola, Ayami Riley Tomine

The Story: Three women wrestle with life's difficulties while confronting their past relationships with the same man.

Blood Quantum - Movie Review

The Movie: Blood Quantum

The Director: Jeff Barnaby

The Cast: Michael Greyeyes, Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, Forrest Goodluck, Kiowa Gordon, Olivia Scriven, Stonehorse Lone Goeman, Brandon Oakes, Devery Jacobs

The Story: The dead are coming back to life outside the isolated Mi'gMaq reserve of Red Crow, except for its Indigenous inhabitants who are strangely immune to the zombie plague.

Korean Movie Night At Home - Free Movies!

Thanks to a friend of mine sharing a post from the Korean Consulate of Seattle, I have discovered this unique and free opportunity to watch Korean movies thanks to the Korean Cultural Center New York and JBG Pictures. The following is from the event's website page.

"In this unique revamp of Korean Movie Night, we’ve partnered with JBG Pictures to provide FREE access to these films online until the end of June. Since its inception in 2010, Korean Movie Night New York presented free film screenings that introduced the full spectrum of contemporary and classic Korean cinema to New York audiences, including popular blockbusters, independent films, documentaries, animation, and more."

TwoOhSix.com Presents - Diversity in Film: Conversations from Within the Industry

TwoOhSix.com is proud to announce the official (re)launch of the TwoOhSix.com Podcast with an exclusive interview series debuting on Monday, May 11th. Diversity in Film: Conversations from Within the Industry will feature ten exclusive interviews hosted by Marc Morin including directors, producers, actors, film critics, and other industry experts. Episodes will be released weekly on consecutive Mondays and once the interview series is complete, the podcast will continue with more details coming at a later date.

Extraction (2020) - Movie Review

The Movie: Extraction

The Director: Sam Hargrave

The Cast: hris Hemsworth, Rudhraksh Jaiswal, Golshifteh Farahani, Shivam Vichare , David Harbour

The Story: Tyler Rake, a fearless black market mercenary, embarks on the most deadly extraction of his career when he's enlisted to rescue the kidnapped son of an imprisoned international crime lord.

Thousand Pieces of Gold - Movie Review

The Movie: Thousand Pieces of Gold

The Director: Nancy Kelly

The Cast: Rosalind Chao, Chris Cooper, Will Oldham, Michael Paul Chan, Dennis Dun, Jimmie F. Skaggs

The Story: Based on the true story of Lalu Nathoy, a woman sold into slavery by her father and ent from China to America during the 1880's.

Warriors of the Nation / 黄飞鸿之怒海雄风 - Movie Review

The Movie: Warriors of the Nation / 黄飞鸿之怒海雄风

The Director: Marco Mak

The Cast: Vincent Zhao, Miya Muqi, Kenya Sawada, Lubing Li,

The Story: At the end of the Chino-Japanese War, top military officer Zhang Zhidong is kidnapped in the middle of the night by a militant organization called the White Lotus Society. When he overhears a sinister plot to overthrow the central government by China’s own military officials, Wong Fei-Hung knows he must rescue Zhang to protect China and prevent another war from happening.

Why Don't You Just Die! - Movie Review

The Movie: Why Don't You Just Die!

The Director: Kirill Sokolov

The Cast: Aleksandr Kuznetsov, Vitaliy Khaev, Evgeniya Kregzhde, Michael Gor, Elena Shevchenko

The Story: Andrei, a detective and the world's most horrible father, brings together a terrible group of people in his apartment: his resentful actress daughter, an angry thug, and a cheated cop. Each one of them has a reason to want revenge.

Abe - Movie Review

The Movie: Abe

The Director: Fernando Grostein Andrade

The Cast: Noah Schnapp, Seu Jorge, Dagmara Dominczyk, Arian Moayed

The Story: Abe is a 12-year-old boy from Brooklyn who cooks to unite his half Israeli and half Palestinian family, but everything goes wrong.

The Witch: Subversion / 마녀 - Movie Review

The Movie: The Witch: Subversion / 마녀

The Director: Park Hoon-jung

The Cast: Kim Da-Mi, Jo Min-Soo, Choi Woo-Sik, Go Min-Si, Park Hee-Soon, Da-Eun

The Story: A high school student with amnesia tries to uncover what has happened to her. All leading her into deeper troubles ultimately revealing a darkness she could not have imagined.

The Captain / 中国机长 - Movie Review

The Movie: The Captain / 中国机长

The Director: Andrew Lau Wai-Keung

The Cast: Hanyu Zhang, Jiang Du, Qin Li,

The Story: When the windshield of his commercial airplane shatters at 30,000 feet in the air, a pilot and his flight crew work to ensure the safety of the passengers and land the plane.

The Other Lamb - Movie Review

The Movie: The Other Lamb

The Director: Malgorzata Szumowska

The Cast: Michiel Huisman, Raffey Cassidy, and Denise Gough

The Story: A girl born into an all-female cult led by a man in their compound begins to question his teachings and her own reality.

Butt Boy - Movie Review

The Movie: Butt Boy

The Director: Tyler Cornack

The Cast: Tyler Cornack, Tyler Rice, Shelby Dash, Austin Lewis, Kristina Clifford

The Story: A newly sober detective must prove his AA sponsor has a power to make people disappear using his butt.

Almost Love - Movie Review

The Movie: Almost Love

The Director: Mike Doyle

The Cast: Scott Evans, Kate Walsh, Augustus Prew, Michelle Buteau, Colin Donnell, Zoe Chao, Christopher Gray, John Doman, Patricia Clarkson

The Story: A romantic comedy about a group of friends navigating love, life, and relationships as they reach the mid-point.

Never Rarely Sometimes Always - Movie Review

The Movie: Never Rarely Sometimes Always

The Director: Eliza Hittman

The Cast: Sidney Flanigan, Talia Ryder, Théodore Pellerin, Ryan Eggold, Sharon Van Etten

The Story: A pair of teenage girls in rural Pennsylvania travel to New York City to seek out medical help after an unintended pregnancy.

Portrait of a Lady on Fire - Movie Review

The Movie: Portrait of a Lady on Fire

The Director: Céline Sciamma

The Cast: Noémie Merlant, Adèle Haenel, Luàna Bajrami, Valeria Golino

The Story: On an isolated island in Brittany at the end of the eighteenth century, a female painter is obliged to paint a wedding portrait of a young woman.

Inside the Rain - Movie Review

The Movie: Inside the Rain

The Director: Aaron Fisher

The Cast: Rosie Perez, Eric Roberts, Aaron Fisher, Ellen Toland, Catherine Curtin, Paul Schulze

The Story: Facing expulsion from college over a misunderstanding, a bipolar student indulges his misery at a strip club where he befriends a gorgeous, intelligent, outrageous woman and they hatch a madcap scheme to prove his innocence.

Bacurau - Movie Review

The Movie: Bacurau

The Directors: Juliano Dornelles, Kleber Mendonça Filho

The Cast: Kleber Mendonça Filho, Juliano Dornelles, Sônia Braga, Udo Kier, Bárbara Colen

The Story: After the death of her grandmother, Teresa comes home to her matriarchal village in a near-future Brazil to find a succession of sinister events that mobilizes all of its residents.

TwoOhSix Picks - Streaming on Shudder

Shudder is a streaming service that focuses on thrillers, suspense, fantasy, and horror films, most of which are smaller indie productions, cult classics, and festival favorites. Right now, they are offering a one month free trial so I have decided to create a list of my favorite films to keep you busy once you sign up. Because why wouldn't you sign up to watch awesome movies free for a whole month?

The Gentlemen (2020) - Movie Review

The Movie: The Gentlemen

The Director: Guy Ritchie

The Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Charlie Hunnam, Michelle Dockery, Hugh Grant, Jeremy Strong, Colin Farrell, Tom Wu, Eddie Marsan,

The Story: An American expat tries to sell off his highly profitable marijuana empire in London, triggering plots, schemes, bribery and blackmail in an attempt to steal his domain out from under him.

Bloodshot - Movie Review

The Movie: Bloodshot

The Director: Dave Wilson

The Cast: Vin Diesel, Eiza González, Sam Heughan, Toby Kebbell, Guy Pearce, Lamorne Morris, Talulah Riley, Siddharth Dhananjay

The Story: Ray Garrison, a slain soldier, is re-animated with superpowers.

The Review:
Bloodshot is like a poorly strung together series of poorly made video game cut scenes. The story doesn't make any sense and the visuals effects are terrible. That's it. That's the review.


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Extra Ordinary - 2019 NBFF Movie Review

The Movie: Extra Ordinary

The Directors: Mike Ahern and Enda Loughman

The Cast: Barry Ward, Maeve Higgins, Will Forte, Claudia O’Doherty, Jamie Beamish, Terri Chandler

The Story: Rose has been hiding her supernatural gifts ever since a deadly accident, but now she must take action to save a young girl from being sacrificed to an evil demon from the underworld.

The Hunt (2020) - Movie Review

The Movie: The Hunt

The Director: Craig Zobel

The Cast: Betty Gilpin, Hillary Swank, Ike Barenholtz, Wayne Duvall, Emma Roberts, Amy Madigan, Reed Birney

The Story: Twelve strangers wake up in a clearing. They don't know where they are, or how they got there. They don't know they've been chosen - for a very specific purpose.

Swallow - Movie Review

The Movie: Swallow

The Director: Carlo Mirabella-Davis

The Cast: Haley Bennett, Austin Stowell, Denis O'Hare, Elizabeth Marvel, David Rasche

The Story: Hunter, a newly pregnant housewife, finds herself increasingly compelled to consume dangerous objects. As her husband and his family tighten their control over her life, she must confront the dark secret behind her new obsession.

Burden - Movie Review

The Movie: Burden

The Director: Andrew Heckler

The Cast: Garrett Hedlund, Andrea Riseborough, Forest Whitaker, Crystal Fox, Tom Wilkinson, Tess Harper, Usher Raymond, Austin Hébert, Dexter Darden

The Story: When a museum celebrating the Ku Klux Klan opens in a South Carolina town, the idealistic Reverend Kennedy strives to keep the peace even as he urges the group's Grand Dragon to disavow his racist past.

Onward - Movie Review

The Movie: Onward

The Director: Dan Scanlon

The Cast: Tom Holland, Chris Pratt, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Octavia Spencer, John Ratzenberger, Ali Wong, Tracey Ullman, Mel Rodriguez

The Story: Set in a suburban fantasy world, two teenage elf brothers embark on a quest to discover if there is still magic out there.

The Way Back - Movie Review

The Movie: The Way Back

The Director: Gavin O'Connor

The Cast: Ben Affleck, Janina Gavankar, Michaela Watkins, Hayes MacArthur, Da'Vinchi, Lukas Gage, Al Madrigal, Melvin Gregg

The Story: Jack Cunningham was a HS basketball phenom who walked away from the game, forfeiting his future. Years later, when he reluctantly accepts a coaching job at his alma mater, he may get one last shot at redemption.

Blood on Her Name - Movie Review

The Movie: Blood On Her Name

The Director: Matthew Pope

The Cast: Bethany Anne Lind, Will Patton, Elisabeth Röhm, Jared Ivers, Jimmy Gonzales, Jack Andrews

The Story: A woman's panicked decision to cover up an accidental killing spins out of control when her conscience demands she return the dead man's body to his family.

Emma (2020) - Movie Review

The Movie: Emma

The Director: Autumn de Wilde

The Cast: Anya Taylor-Joy, Johnny Flynn, Bill Nighy, Mia Goth, Myra McFadyen, Josh O'Connor, Callum Turner, Rupert Graves, Gemma Whelan, Amber Anderson, Miranda Hart, Tanya Reynolds, Suzy Blum, Vanessa M. Owen, Isis Hainsworth

The Story: In 1800s England, a well meaning but selfish young woman meddles in the love lives of her friends.

The Invisible Man (2020) - Movie Review

The Movie: The Invisible Man

The Director: Leigh Whannell

The Cast: Elisabeth Moss, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Harriet Dyer, Aldis Hodge, Storm Reid, Michael Dorman. Benedict Hardie, Renee Lim

The Story: When Cecilia's abusive ex takes his own life and leaves her his fortune, she suspects his death was a hoax. As a series of coincidences turn lethal, Cecilia works to prove that she is being hunted by someone nobody can see.

Disappearance at Clifton Hill - Movie Review

The Movie: The Disappearance at Clifton Hill

The Director: Albert Shin

The Cast: Tuppence Middleton, Hannah Gross, Marie-Josée Croze, Eric Johnson, David Cronenberg, Andy McQueen, Noah Reid, Dan Lett, Aaron Poole

The Story: Follows a troubled young woman returning to her hometown of Niagara Falls, where the memory of a long-ago kidnapping quickly ensnares her.

The Lodge (2020) - Movie Review

The Movie: The Lodge

The Director: Severin Fiala and Veronika Franz

The Cast: Richard Armitage, Riley Keough, Alicia Silverstone, Jaeden Martell, Lia McHugh

The Story: A soon-to-be stepmom is snowed in with her fiancé's two children at a remote holiday village. Just as relations begin to thaw between the trio, some strange and frightening events take place.

The Assistant - Movie Review

The Movie: The Assistant

The Director: Kitty Green

The Cast: Julia Garner, Matthew Macfadyen, Makenzie Leigh, Kristine Froseth, Jon Orsini, Noah Robbins

The Story: A searing look at a day in the life of an assistant to a powerful executive. As Jane follows her daily routine, she grows increasingly aware of the insidious abuse that threatens every aspect of her position.

Downhill - Movie Review

The Movie: Downhill

The Director: Nat Faxon and Jim Rash

The Cast: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Will Ferrell, Miranda Otto, Zoe Chao, Zach Woods, Julian Grey, Ammon Jacob Ford, Kristofer Hivju, Giulio Berruti

The Story: Barely escaping an avalanche during a family ski vacation in the Alps, a married couple is thrown into disarray as they are forced to reevaluate their lives and how they feel about each other.

The Photograph - Movie Review

The Movie: The Photograph

The Director: Stella Meghie

The Cast: LaKeith Stanfield, Issa Rae, Chanté Adams, Chelsea Peretti, Teyonah Parris, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Rob Morgan. Courtney B. Vance, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Lil Rel Howery

The Story: A series of intertwining love stories set in the past and in the present.

Sonic the Hedgehog

The Movie: Sonic the Hedgehog

The Director: Jeff Fowler

The Cast: Jim Carrey, Ben Schwartz, James Marsden, Tika Sumpter, Adam Pally, Neal McDonough, Lee Majdoub, Natasha Rothwell

The Story: After discovering a small, blue, fast hedgehog, a small-town police officer must help it defeat an evil genius who wants to do experiments on it.

Lillian - 2020 Slamdance Movie Review

The Movie: Lillian

The Director: Andreas Horvath

The Cast:  Patrycja Płanik

The Story: An emigrant in New York decides to walk back to her home in Russia.

Birds of Prey - Movie Review

The Movie: Birds of Prey

The Director: Cathy Yan

The Cast: Margot Robbie, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Ewan McGregor, Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Rosie Perez, Bojana Novakovic, Chris Messina, Greice Santo, Ali Wong, Ella Jay Basco, Charlene Amoia

The Story: After splitting with the Joker, Harley Quinn joins superheroes Black Canary, Huntress and Renee Montoya to save a young girl from an evil crime lord.

One Night Only / 天亮之前 - Movie Review

The Movie: One Night Only / 天亮之前

The Director: Matt Wu

The Cast: Aaron Kwok, Yang Zishan, Hao Lei, Andy On, Jack Kao, Zhou Yutong, Li Haofei, Jessie Li, Fan Tiantian

The Story: After squandering his inheritance, a gambling addict befriends a prostitute who decides to help him find his daughter, while avoiding the local gangsters who want him to repay his debts.