Kathy (Melissa McCarthy), Ruby (Tiffany Haddish), and Claire (Elisabeth Moss) are three mob wives living in Hell’s Kitchen in the 1970s. When their husbands are arrested and sent to prison, they take matters into their own hands and run the … Continue reading REVIEW: The Kitchen (2019)
Áila (Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers) is a Canadian First Nations woman. On the street she discovers Rosie (Violet Nelson): barefoot, pregnant, and bleeding, her abusive boyfriend still shouting at her from across the road. Áila wants desperately to help – but does … Continue reading REVIEW: The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open (2019)
In July 2016 Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson filed a sexual harrassment lawsuit against CEO Roger Ailes, setting off a chain of accusations and denials that rocked the television network. The lead-up and repercussions of Carlson’s lawsuit are now the … Continue reading REVIEW: Bombshell (2019)
It takes a certain amount of nerve to attempt a new adaptation of the life of England’s King Henry V. William Shakespeare has effectively had Hal’s story sewn up since about 1599, with his rousing and patriotic account standing as … Continue reading REVIEW: The King (2019)
For international audiences it is generally thought that Akira Kurosawa is Japan’s greatest-ever film director. In Japan, however, the overwhelming consensus gives that honour to Yasujiro Ozu. Between 1927 and his death in 1962 Ozu directed numerous comedies and dramas, … Continue reading REVIEW: The End of Summer (1961)
Akio (Kentaro Sakaguchi) is a junior advertising executive who holds an obsession for the online videogame Final Fantasy XIV. When his father Akira (Kotaro Yoshida) – an aloof figure with whom Akio has always struggled to relate – suddenly ups … Continue reading REVIEW: Brave Father Online: Our Story of Final Fantasy XIV (2019)
Brooding former pop star Jyo Kaieda (Shodai Fukuyama) has abandoned his dreams of musical success in favour of studying for a law degree. Chance, however, leads him into reluctantly coaching three high schoolers in learning to play musical instruments and … Continue reading REVIEW: JK Rock (2019)
Kohichi (Kohki Maeda) and Ryunosuke (Ohshiro Maeda) are two brothers with separated parents. After a failed marriage, father Kenji (Joe Odagiri) has returned to Osaka with Ryunosuke to try and find commercial success with his band. Mother Nozomi (Nene Otsuka) … Continue reading REVIEW: I Wish (2011)
An inflatable sex doll spontaneously comes to life. When her owner heads out to work each day, Nozomi (Bae Doona) sneaks out herself. She meets the various people living in her neighbourhood. She finds herself a job at the local … Continue reading REVIEW: Air Doll (2009)
Two rival car manufacturers are in a race to release their new sports cars. When the Tiger company’s test vehicle crashes, photographers paid for by the rival Yamato corporation are there to shoot the accident and leak it to the … Continue reading REVIEW: Black Test Car (1962)
