top of page
All Articles
Uncle Vanya
There is a useful directness to Uncle Vanya, a drama shaped by Ross MacGibbon with a firm understanding of its audience. In Uncle Vanya, Roger Allam provides the anchor while Richard Armitage introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Uncle Vanya opens from this situation: The Professor retires and moves back into his estate with his young wife, turning the lives of those who have been maintaining it in his absence upside down. The resulting its 2
Aug 103 min read
Taming the Younger Sister-in-Law
There is a useful directness to Taming the Younger Sister in Law, a romance shaped by Pae Kon with a firm understanding of its audience. In Taming the Younger Sister in Law, Rika provides the anchor while Shi Woo introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Taming the Younger Sister in Law opens from this situation: One day, Min sang who is not that handsome becomes a huge success because of a webtoon. The resulting its 1h 41m running time feels mos
Aug 103 min read
Love Wedding Repeat
There is a useful directness to Love Wedding Repeat, a comedy shaped by Dean Craig with a firm understanding of its audience. In Love Wedding Repeat, Sam Claflin provides the anchor while Olivia Munn introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Love Wedding Repeat opens from this situation: While trying to make his sister's wedding day go smoothly, Jack finds himself juggling an angry ex girlfriend, an uninvited guest with a secret, a misplaced slee
Aug 103 min read
The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two
There is a useful directness to The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two, a comedy shaped by Chris Columbus with a firm understanding of its audience. In The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two, Kurt Russell provides the anchor while Goldie Hawn introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two opens from this situation: Kate Pierce, now a cynical teen, is unexpectedly reunited with Santa Claus when a mysterious troublemaker threa
Aug 103 min read
Really Love
There is a useful directness to Really Love, a romance shaped by Angel Kristi Williams with a firm understanding of its audience. In Really Love, Kofi Siriboe provides the anchor while Yootha Wong Loi Sing introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Really Love opens from this situation: Set in contemporary Washington D.C., a rising black painter strives to break into the competitive art world, while balancing a bittersweet romance he never expecte
Aug 103 min read
I'm Your Woman
There is a useful directness to I'm Your Woman, a crime drama shaped by Julia Hart with a firm understanding of its audience. In I'm Your Woman, Rachel Brosnahan provides the anchor while Marsha Stephanie Blake introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, I'm Your Woman opens from this situation: In this 1970s set crime drama, a woman is forced to go on the run after her husband betrays his partners, sending her and her baby on a dangerous journey.
Aug 103 min read
Lazy Susan
There is a useful directness to Lazy Susan, a comedy shaped by Nick Peet with a firm understanding of its audience. In Lazy Susan, Sean Hayes provides the anchor while Maria Shriver introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Lazy Susan opens from this situation: A slice of life comedy about a woman on the edge with nowhere to go but over, Lazy Susan is a story about a spectacularly unmotivated woman for whom doing nothing is exhausting. The result
Aug 103 min read
Dry Wind
There is a useful directness to Dry Wind, a drama shaped by Daniel Nolasco with a firm understanding of its audience. In Dry Wind, Leandro Faria Lelo provides the anchor while Allan Jacinto Santana introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Dry Wind opens from this situation: A shy, middle aged gay factory worker in the small town of Goiás, initiates casual sexual friendship with his co worker Ricardo. The resulting its 1h 50m running time feels m
Aug 103 min read
Initiation
There is a useful directness to Initiation, a horror film shaped by John Berardo with a firm understanding of its audience. In Initiation, Isabella Gomez provides the anchor while Lindsay LaVanchy introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Initiation opens from this situation: Whiton University unravels the night a star athlete is murdered, kicking off a spree of social media slayings that force students to uncover the truth behind the school's hi
Aug 102 min read
Love Sarah
There is a useful directness to Love Sarah, a comedy shaped by Eliza Schroeder with a firm understanding of its audience. In Love Sarah, Celia Imrie provides the anchor while Shannon Tarbet introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Love Sarah opens from this situation: A young woman wishes to fulfill her mother's dream of opening her own bakery in Notting Hill, London. The resulting its 1h 37m running time feels most convincing whenever Love Sara
Aug 103 min read
Your Name Engraved Herein
There is a useful directness to Your Name Engraved Herein, a romance shaped by Kuang Hui Liu with a firm understanding of its audience. In Your Name Engraved Herein, Edward Chen provides the anchor while Jing Hua Tseng introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Your Name Engraved Herein opens from this situation: In 1987, as martial law ends in Taiwan, Jia han and Birdy fall in love amid family pressure, homophobia and social stigma. The resulting
Aug 103 min read
Occupation: Rainfall
There is a useful directness to Occupation: Rainfall, an action film shaped by Luke Sparke with a firm understanding of its audience. In Occupation: Rainfall, Dan Ewing provides the anchor while Temuera Morrison introduces a contrasting energy. Without revealing later complications, Occupation: Rainfall opens from this situation: Two years after aliens land on Earth, survivors from Sydney, Australia, fight in a desperate war as the number of casualties continue to grow. The r
Aug 103 min read
bottom of page