Director: Wi Ding Ho; Writers: Wi Ding Ho; Stars: Hong-Chi Lee, Lu Huang, Louise Grinberg (out of 5 stars) This is a story about a common man who has extraordinary events in his mundane life. The film depicts the protagonist’s turns of events in three eras, three seasons, three nights, in the same city, as told with reverse chronology. What I Liked… Continue reading #TIFF2018 Review: Cities Of Last Things
Are you guys ready for another year of TIFF!? I absolutely love this time of year! September rolls around, there’s a slight chill in the air, fall styles are returning and TIFF is coming back to Toronto! TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival) is Toronto’s festival for all things film! It draws massive crowds and all… Continue reading TIFF 2018: Films I’m Excited About!
Director: Greg Berlanti Writers: Elizabeth Berger , Isaac Aptaker & Becky Albertalli Stars: Nick Robinson, Katherine Langford, Jennifer Garner, Josh Duhamel Everyone deserves a great love story. But for Simon it’s complicated: no-one knows he’s gay and he doesn’t know who the anonymous classmate is that he’s fallen for online. Resolving both issues proves hilarious, scary and life-changing. A little while ago… Continue reading Movie Review: Love, Simon (2018)
Directed by: Mark Raso Starring: Jason Sudeikis, Elizabeth Olsen, Ed Harris Synopsis Set during the final days of the admired photo development system known as Kodachrome, a father and son hit the road in order to reach the Kansas photo lab before it closes its doors for good. Recently, I was lucky enough to catch a screening of… Continue reading #TIFF2017 Review: Kodachrome
Directed by: Brian O’Malley Starring: David Bradley, Eugene Simon, Charlotte Vega, Bill Milner 1920, rural Ireland. Anglo Irish twins Rachel and Edward share a strange existence in their crumbling family estate. Each night, the property becomes the domain of a sinister presence which enforces three rules upon the twins: they must be in bed by midnight; they may not… Continue reading #TIFF2017 Film Review: The Lodgers
Directed by: Nikolaj Arcel Starring: Idris Elba, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Taylor The last Gunslinger, Roland Deschain, has been locked in an eternal battle with Walter O’Dim, also known as the Man in Black, determined to prevent him from toppling the Dark Tower, which holds the universe together. With the fate of the worlds at stake, good and evil… Continue reading #FilmReview: The Dark Tower (2017)
Directed by: David Leitch, Written by: Kurt Johnstad (screenplay) & Antony Johnston (graphic novel) Starring: Charlize Theron, James McAvoy, John Goodman, Toby Jones, Eddie Marsan, James Faulkner, Roland Møller, Sofia Boutella, Bill Skarsgård + more An undercover MI6 agent is sent to Berlin during the Cold War to investigate the murder of a fellow agent and recover a missing list of double agents. Atomic Blonde was one of those… Continue reading #FilmReview: Atomic Blonde (2017)
Directed by: Edgar Wright, Written by: Edgar Wright Starring: Ansel Elgort, Kevin Spacey, Lily James, Jon Hamm, Eiza González, CJ Jones, Jamie Foxx After being coerced into working for a crime boss, a young getaway driver finds himself taking part in a heist doomed to fail. Although there was another huge movie by the name of Spiderman being released this past weekend, my sister and… Continue reading #Review: Baby Driver (2017)
On Thursday night, I had the amazing privilege of being able to attend a Nicola Yoon signing and an early screening of Everything Everything. While my friends and myself were initially extremely excited…things quickly started to spiral downward. Before you continue reading, I will warn you…this post starts to become a bit of a rant,… Continue reading #Recap: Nicola Yoon Signing + Everything Everything Film Screening!
Directed by: Dexter Fletcher Starring: Taron Egerton, Hugh Jackman, Iris Berben, Christopher Walken The story of Eddie Edwards, the notoriously tenacious British underdog ski jumper who charmed the world at the 1988 Winter Olympics. I’ve wanted to see this film for a while now and for whatever reason, I just never had the chance to watch it. In… Continue reading #FilmReview: Eddie The Eagle
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