Netflix vs Cannes: The 2018 Clash Over the Future of Cinema In 2018 a high-profile conflict exposed a growing divide in the film world: the streaming-first, on-demand model championed by services like Netflix versus the traditional theatrical, festival-focused view of cinema upheld by institutions such as the Cannes Film Festival. At the heart of the … Read more
Jaws (1975) Director: Steven Spielberg Screenwriters: Peter Benchley, Carl Gottlieb Starring: Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss, Lorraine Gary, Murray Hamilton, Carl Gottlieb and Jeffrey Kramer Plot: When a great white shark terrorizes the shores of a quiet town, the local sheriff forms an unlikely team to hunt the man-eating shark down, before it hunts … Read more
To the Bone (2017) — Review To the Bone (2017) Director: Marti Noxon Starring: Lily Collins, Keanu Reeves, Carrie Preston, Lili Taylor Plot: Ellen is a rebellious 20-year-old struggling with anorexia who has spent much of her teenage years moving through one recovery program after another, only to emerge lighter each time. Desperate for a … Read more
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017) Director: Jake Kasdan Screenwriters: Chris McKenna, Erik Sommers, Scott Rosenberg, Jeff Pinkner Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Jack Black, Karen Gillan, Rhys Darby, Bobby Cannavale, Nick Jonas Plot: Four teenagers are pulled into a video game called Jumanji and must defeat the villain Van Pelt to return to the … Read more
Ready Player One (2018) Director: Steven Spielberg Screenwriters: Ernest Cline, Zac Penn Starring: Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke, Ben Mendelsohn, Lena Waithe, T.J. Miller, Simon Pegg, Mark Rylance, Philip Zhao, Win Morisaki, Hannah John-Kamen Plot: When the creator of the virtual reality universe called the OASIS dies, he leaves behind a challenge: find his hidden Easter … Read more
“He was wounded for our transgressions, crushed for our iniquities, through His wounds we are healed” -Isiah 53; 700 BC. Mel Gibson opened The Passion of the Christ with Isaiah’s prophecy of the Suffering Servant, signalling a deliberate intent: to depict Jesus’ final hours with an unflinching realism that would cut against the sanitized portrayals … Read more
American filmmaker Cameron Crowe has built a distinctive career telling offbeat, character-driven stories that often resist the conventions of mainstream studio cinema. Across a career spanning nearly three decades, Crowe has directed ten feature films, many of which bear his unmistakable blend of music-loving sensibility, warm humanism and bittersweet humor. This article presents a ranked … Read more
If you’ve read part 1, part 2 and part 2.5 of this Movies I Had a Religious/Spiritual Experience With series, you know the drill: this is a personal and introspective journey that contains in-depth analysis and frank reflection—so consider this a “spoiler” alert. Prepare for some heavy theological discussion. Brazil (1985) Up to now, many … Read more
Dark River (2018) Director: Clio Barnard Screenwriter: Clio Barnard Starring: Ruth Wilson, Mark Stanley, Sean Bean Clio Barnard’s Dark River draws its title and mood from a line in the Ted Hughes poem—“any minute now a last kick, and the dark river will fold it away”—and builds a quietly devastating study of grief, memory and … Read more
Walk Like A Panther (2018) Director: Dan Cadan Screenwriter: Dan Cadan Starring: Stephen Graham, Dave Johns, Michael Socha, Jason Flemyng, Julian Sands, Jill Halfpenny, Robbie Gee, Stephen Tompkinson, Sue Johnston, Christopher Fairbank, Adam Fogerty, Steve Furst Dan Cadan’s Walk Like A Panther is a heartfelt tribute to British pro wrestling that arrives with good intentions … Read more