Showdown In Manila This tail end of the title may have served as a hint as to what was to come. Alexander Nevsky isthe star of the film and you may know him from his work as a bodybuilder and action star. He now must concentrate on Africa Eye with all of its various tasks […]
The Huntress: Rune of the Dead Set in the 9th century, Runa Stefansdotter lives in Scandanavia in a forest with her mute grandfather Ragnvald played by Beck, mother Magnhild Idah, and sister Bothild Lyngbrant. Her absence will be her father Joar who is missing after going pillaging as a Viking for the family’s wealth and
Art College 1994 It’s odd and amusing to see a year referenced in the title of “Art College 1994,” a Chinese animated college dorm rom-com about young people and their great loves, themselves. This feature length cartoon could happen just as easily somewhere else or at another time without losing much of either its particularity
Apples Never Fall There are many females missing and dead on TV. It is not only the zombie shows or procedurals, also prestige series have been in on the game with feminine corpses powering entire series for a long time. In Peacock’s missing-woman mystery, “Apples Never Fall,” even the beloved and powerful Annette Bening potentially
Hundreds of Beavers “Hundreds of Beavers” is a completely wild, almost mute slapstick comedy about a 19th-century trapper at war with nature and that’s not just according to the title. I think there are thousands of beavers in this movie. Thousands! And boy, they’re nasty little buggers. The BADL (Beaver Anti-Defamation League) is going to
The Nature of Love “The Nature of Love,” a film by Monia Chokri, is about longing and searching for oneself through love. The movie lasts two hours. Magalie Lépine Blondeau plays Sophia, a philosophy professor who has been with Xavier (Francis-William Rhéaume) for ten years but is only in like with him because he is
The Old Oak Ken Loach, 87, is the director of “The Old Oak,” which is set in Durham. The pub is the last public space that everyone has staked a claim on before it shuts down. It may also be Loach’s last film and if so, it feels like a summation. This movie is as
The Monk and the Gun With his Oscar nominated debut film Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom, director Pawo Choyning Dorji took the world by storm. The Monk and the Gun is set in 2006, a year of political turmoil as Bhutan moves towards becoming the youngest democracy on Earth. Shot beautifully by cinematographer Jigme
Black Barbie When I think of Barbie, I imagine a small white doll with blue eyes and blonde hair. To me, she’s all pink–pink lips, pink dresses everything. So for this next piece, expect nothing less than an in depth discussion about the world’s most famous doll Barbie. Since her debut in 1959, she has
The Beast Bertrand Bonello’s film, “The Beast” (“La Bete”), is based on Henry James’ 1903 short story called “The Beast in the Jungle.” Some scholars of James see this as a tale in which he looks back with self-reproach on a life of inaction. It deals with John Marcher who tells his friend May Bartram
