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.
Friday, January 19, 2018
Circus Ecuador (Slamdance 2018) - Documentary Review
The Documentary: Circus Ecuador
The Directors: Ashley Bishop, James Brassard
The Story: Circus Ecuador follows the story of two, young filmmakers as they uncover murders, aliens, land rights issues, gold smuggling operations, and human trafficking while filming the construction of a primary school for the children of an indigenous community.
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2018 Movie Reviews
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Slamdance 2018
Rock Steady Row (Slamdance 2018) - Movie Review
The Movie: Rock Steady Row
The Director: Trevor Stevens
The Cast: Heston Horwin, Diamond White, Logan Huffman, Allie Marie Evans, Larry Miller
The Story: Rock Steady Row centers around a young college freshman who, after his bike is stolen, lands on a college campus and is compelled to take action against the reigning fraternities and ultimately the dean.
Thursday, January 18, 2018
Proud Mary - Movie Review
The Movie: Proud Mary
The Director: Babak Najafi
The Cast: Taraji P. Henson, Billy Brown, Jahi Di'Allo Winston
The Story: Mary is a hit woman working for an organized crime family in Boston, whose life is completely turned around when she meets a young boy whose path she crosses when a professional hit goes bad.
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.
Sunday, January 14, 2018
TwoOhSix Picks - 2018 Slamdance Film Festival
Hello, everyone! This is the first edition of TwoOhSix picks for the Slamdance Film Festival presented by DGA and my first festival coverage for 2018. After digging into the roster of available films, I was very excited to see a true independent spirit embedded throughout with some really interesting and timely topics being covered across the board. Out of this big pile of awesomeness, I have compiled my list of the 10 films (narrative, documentary, and shorts) that stood out from the pack as ones I do not want to miss.
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Slamdance 2018
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.
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2017 Movie Reviews
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Hwang Jung-min
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Kim Su-an
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Korean Films
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Lee Jung-hyun
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Song Joong-Ki
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.
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2017 Movie Reviews
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Daisy Ridley
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Derek Jacobi
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Hayat Kamille
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Johnny Depp
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Josh Gad
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Judi Dench
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Leslie Odom Jr.
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Lucy Boynton
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Marwan Kenzari
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Michelle Pfeiffer
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Olivia Colman
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Penélope Cruz
The Commuter - Movie Review
The Movie: The Commuter
The Director: Jaume Collet-Serra
The Cast: Liam Neeson, Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson
The Story: A businessman is caught up in a criminal conspiracy during his daily commute home.
Friday, January 12, 2018
Insidious: The Last Key - Movie Review
The Movie: Insidious: The Last Key
The Director: Adam Robitel
The Cast: Lin Shaye, Leigh Whannell, Angus Sampson, Kirk Acevedo, Caitlin Gerard, Spencer Locke, Bruce Davison, Javier Botet, Ava Kolker, Pierce Pope, Aleque Reid
The Story: Parapsychologist Dr. Elise Rainier faces her most fearsome and personal haunting yet - in her own family home.
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2018 Movie Reviews
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Angus Sampson
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Caitlin Gerard
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Josh Stewart
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Kirk Acevedo
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Leigh Whannell
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Lin Shaye
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.
2017 Recap - The Documentaries
Documentaries are great because, when done right, they are both entertaining and educational. Just like any genre, some are obviously better than others but only one can earn the title of 2017 TwoOhSix Favorite Documentary. Let's take a look and see how this year shook out.
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Best of 2017
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Documentary
2017 Recap - The Animated Films
So, I only watched five animated films this year which seems kind of weird but the good news is that they were all really, really good. Two of the releases were from Disney's Pixar studios, two were imported from Japan, and the other was a sequel of sorts from the Lego universe. Let's take a look and see how I have them ranked.
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Best of 2017
Sunday, January 7, 2018
2017 Recap - The Horror Films
2017 was a solid year for the horror genre with several really good entries and a few not so good. Below, you will find a list of all the horror movies I saw this year broken into three categories along with the recipient of my favorite horror film of the year.
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Best of 2017
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.
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2017 Movie Reviews
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Alex Roe
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Johnny Galecki
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Matilda Lutz
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Vincent D'Onofrio
Star Wars: The Last Jedi - Movie Review
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.
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2017 Movie Reviews
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Adam Driver
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Andy Serkis
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Billie Lourd
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Carrie Fisher
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Daisy Ridley
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Domhnall Gleeson
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Gwendoline Christie
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John Boyega
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Kelly Marie Tran
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Laura Dern
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Mark Hamill
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Oscar Isaac
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Veronica Ngo
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.
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2017 Movie Reviews
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Ahn Seo-hyun
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Andreas Fronk
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Byun Hee-bong
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Choi Woo-sik
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Giancarlo Esposito
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Jack Lyons
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Jake Gyllenhaal
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Lee Bong-ryeon
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Lee Jeong-eun
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Park Keun-rok
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Paul Dano
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Steven Yeun
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Tilda Swinton
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