The Teacher Who Promised the Sea Movie Review
The film is based on the book Unearthing the Silence: Antoni Benaiges, the master who promises the sea by Francesc Escribano and it is a powerful indictment against unchecked power and conservative thinking. In 1935 Antoni began teaching in a small village in the province of Burgos. His unique (for the time) teaching techniques were not well received nor was his political stance, one that openly opposed Fascism.
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Loved by all of his students yet loathed by their ...
Fly Me To The Moon Movie Review
Kelly Jones (Johansson) is a marketing and promotional genius from the Big Apple who plays fast and loose with the truth and is perfect for the job. After the tragic loss of the three astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee in a fire that happened during a training exercise, the race to the moon is lagging in popularity and it is Jones who is coerced into helping with lifting those sagging numbers.
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She runs headlong in the the conservative ways of ...
Maxxxine Movie Review
Cornered in a dark alley by a knife-wielding thug? It is nothing that the gun in her handbag and the stiletto heels to his testicles can’t take care of. Tackling a difficult and highly emotional reading for a film part, nailed it! Even freeing Los Angeles from the grip of fear caused by a certain serial killer? It’s all in a day's work.
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Made to complement the other editions in the trilogy, it is not a necessity to have seen the others but for those ...
Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line Movie Review
It covers most of the main signposts along the way, events like the overseas sojourns to record some of the earlier albums, The Black Fella White Fella Tour in 87, the anti-Exxon concert on Wall Street, where they brought almost all lunchtime traffic to a halt. They also discuss the events that led to the band going on hiatus and reforming for a world tour almost a decade later. The events that have a political agenda are given prominent attention.
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This is as you ...
Deadland Movie Review
Roberto Urbina plays Angel Waters, a man working for the US Border Patrol. He has a strong moral code but one that has been overwhelmed by witnessing a plethora of horrible events. He also has an innate sense of care for the co-workers and family that surround him. In a time of stress he makes a decision that will have have long reaching consequences for all those around him.
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The knock on effects of this action cause his two closest workmates, Ray Hitchcock ...
The Bikeriders Movie Review
Many say that this was also the perfect storm that helped to reinforce the toxic male energy that has blighted our society in the decades since. While this may be an oversimplification, it has had an undeniable impact on male behaviour since. As in all things that are created in an environment of excess energies, these clubs even though they started with the best of intentions became corrupted and changed to suit certain individual needs or desires.
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In this ...
Inside Out 2 Movie Review
The story is based around a world where our basic emotions are personified by characters that excel in those emotions, so you have Sadness (voiced by Phyllis Smith), Fear (Tony Hale), Disgust (Liza Lapira), Anger (Lewis Black) and Joy (Amy Poehler) who has the hardest job of all reigning in all these potentially destructive emotions. Now it wouldn’t be a relevant story without the addition of some new emotions and characters that mirror our times.
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Mirroring real ...
Delia’s Gone Movie Review
Louis (Stephan James) a young man with the mental age of a pre-teen lives with his older sister Delia (Genelle Williams) in the family home. Both parents are deceased and so Louis relies on his sibling heavily. He wakes up one morning and finds her dead in the kitchen. Although innocent he is charged and convicted of manslaughter.
After his release from prison, he returns home and thus starts his search for the truth. Untangling the details proves elusive as these secrets have been held ...
Bad Boys: Ride or Die Movie Review
The two quipsters are on the hunt for the behind-the-scenes scoundrels that are sullying the reputation of their late boss, Captain Howard (Joe Pantoliano). This of course spins things out into epic proportions. The night lights and pulsating colours of the Magic City play the backdrop as before and help to illuminate and excite the action. Fancy cars burn rubber and armed bad guys pop caps.
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The pacing is a bit inconsistent as the plot slows down occasionally to ...
The Three Musketeers – Part I: D’Artagnan Movie Review
The Three Musketeers touches on the timeless themes of integrity, a sense of duty and brotherhood but also includes kick-ass sword fights and more than its fair share of damsels in distress. With this new (2023) take on the classic, The Three Musketeers – Part I: D’Artagnan and Part 2: Milady, it’s fitting to be shepherded by French director and second-generation movie man Martin Bourboulon.
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These two films were major productions in France and as such ...
