Keisuke Korada (Kiichi Nakai) is Japan’s all-time least popular Prime Minister. Coarse, corrupt, foul-mouthed, and sexist, his antagonistic behaviour and punitive policies have delivered him the ire of the Japanese people and an approval rating of 2.3%. When a protester … Continue reading REVIEW: Hit Me Anyone One More Time! (2019)
Billie (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) and Pete Staunton (Will Ferrell) take a vacation with their two sons to an Austrian ski resort. When an avalanche threatens to kill them over lunch, Pete runs – leaving his wife and children behind, and opening … Continue reading REVIEW: Downhill (2020)
Victor (Daniel Auteuil) is a retired comic book creator in his 60s. When his wife (Fanny Ardant) demands a divorce, he takes up the offer to participate in an exclusive performative experience in which a team of technicians and actors … Continue reading REVIEW: La Belle Époque (2019)
A man named Joe reminisces on his childhood in the early 1940s, when his extended family lived together in Rockaway Beach and radio was the king of American culture. In a series of anecdotes he recalls both the famous incidents … Continue reading REVIEW: Radio Days (1987)
Six people arrive at a wedding, only to find themselves relegated to a back end table away from family and friends: the fighting married couple of Jerry and Bina Kepp (Craig Robinson and Lisa Kudrow), lustful teenager Renzo Eckberg (Tony … Continue reading REVIEW: Table 19 (2017)
Mel (Rose Byrne) and Mia (Tiffany Haddish), friends since childhood, operate their own makeup business. With the bills piling up, they likely have six months left before going out of business. When world-famous cosmetics tycoon Claire Luna (Salma Hayek) arrives … Continue reading REVIEW: Like a Boss (2020)
Frank (Keanu Reeves) is reluctantly attending his half-brother’s wedding in Paso Robles, California. At the airport he has an unpleasant encounter with Lindsay (Winona Ryder) – who turns out to be Frank’s brother’s ex-fiancée, and is attending the same wedding. … Continue reading REVIEW: Destination Wedding (2018)
Johannes “Jojo” Betzler (Roman Griffin Davis) is an enthused 10 year-old member of the Hitler Youth; so dedicated to the Nazi cause that he has Adolf Hitler (Taika Waititi) for an imaginary friend and dreams of showing enough bravery to … Continue reading REVIEW: Jojo Rabbit (2019)
Casey (Jesse Eisenberg) is assaulted on the street and grows fearful of his everyday life. To regain control of his courage, he enlists in a local martial arts dojo – only to find its sensei (Allesandro Nivola) governing more and … Continue reading REVIEW: The Art of Self-Defense (2019)
It is a decade after we last saw the pseudonymous zombie outbreak survivor Colombus (Jesse Eisenberg) and his travelling companions. Man-child Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson) is busy appointing himself President of the United States. Columbus and Wichita (Emma Stone) are settling … Continue reading REVIEW: Zombieland: Double Tap (2019)
