We had the pleasure of seeing two films at Fantastic Fest. These films are the hilariously violent relationship comedy The Trip and the satirical dark comedy The Beta Test. Both The Trip and The Beta Test have characters with Hollywood backgrounds and both involve a degree of marital strife in their conflict. This said, the
When you think about it, everything boils down to family. Just ask Michael Gandolfini as we watch him step into the shoes of the iconic Tony Soprano. Michael is roughly the age of The Sopranos series after being born during the show’s first of six seasons (in 1999). When he was 11 years old Michael
Last month, we had the chance to see The Sadness at Fantasia Fest but due to unforeseen circumstances called the coronavirus, the review was not able to be done. As ironic as it may be that a virus interfered with a review of a film that speaks on the pandemic, nevertheless, we are dying to
When William Ludwig landed a film role that would change his life and the chance to tell the backstory of the iconic family man/mob boss, Tony Soprano, in the long-awaited crime drama, he clearly learned from the best. The 14-year-old L.A. native, who has wanted to become an actor since preschool, says it was an
The anthology franchise V/H/S/94 is back with a brand new bag of tricks and scares. This time with some familiar faces back in the director’s chair for various segments. Simon Barret has previously written other segments as well as directed Tape 49 in V/H/S/ 2. Then there is Timo Tjahjanto (The Night Comes for Us)
The Execution blisters its audience in dread as a decade-long mystery haunts a Russian police chief. There is something to be said about the shortcuts we take in life, and this unconventional police procedural depicts the slow unraveling of someone trying to reach an end result. The Russian film, which Lado Kvatanya directs, is the
Jamie New knows exactly who he wants to be. This teenager from Sheffield, England wants nothing more than a life filled with freedom, glamour and towering high heels. At sixteen years old, he suffers through career classes that serve him no purpose and a school that’s laden with homophobia. Everybody’s Talking About Jamie begins with
It all started with film and TV star Melissa McCarthy and her actor-producer husband Ben Falcone each wanting to get an original Bob Ross painting for their respective birthdays, which soon led them down a very windy path to tell Ross’s story. They had a shared love for the artist and instructor, who taught several generations his
French director Leos Carax has revitalized the horny musical genre with his latest movie Annette. This steamy musical stars actors Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard as “mildly offensive” comedian Henry McHenry and opera singer Ann Desfranoux, two doomed lovers. Watching Annette feels like a psychedelic trip, laden with dreamy musical sequences and sci-fi-esque imagery. The
Back in the ’80s, ’90s, and ’00s, action movies about police were basically the new westerns. Hong Kong especially had a huge wave of cop action movies such as Police Story, Hard Boiled, Infernal Affairs, and so many more. Raging Fire from director Benny Chan (Rest in Power) tries to bring back that familiar cop