A powerful movie about parents whose disciplines and teachings are viewed differently in another country. Sebastian Stan is known to a lot of young movie goers as Bucky Barnes, A.K.A. The Winter […]
Fjord
Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!
I’ve Had the Time of My Life with this high-spirited dancing romcom. We have a lot of “Dirty Dancing” spirits in “Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty,” a cultural intersection romcom that has exuberant […]
Hope
I hope you see this cool alien movie. Watching the new South Korean alien movie “Hope” reminds me of my youth. When I was learning all about the joys of independent and […]
The Kidnapping of Arabella
An Italian road trip movie with a bratty young passenger. “The Kidnapping of Arabella” is an Italian film and the first to have Chris Pine speaking in a non-English language role, and […]
Jinsei
A visually impressive, but confusing animated movie about a man going by many names. “Jinsei” means “life” in Japanese, and I guess the new animated feature deserves that title. As we begin […]
Exit 8
Lost in Transit. Found in Entertainment. We begin to watch the new Japanese thriller “Exit 8” through the eyes of the main protagonist as he’s getting on a subway, walks around the […]
The Stranger
No ennui for this French film about an emotionless man. “The Stranger” opens like a vintage French film with the black and white look and classic music that fits the ambiance quite […]
Alpha
No cure for this disease movie. In what appears to be in the tradition of the AIDS/HIV epidemic in the 80s, here’s a bone-borne disease spreading around, and it kills you by […]
All You Need is Kill
A repeat of dazzling colors and a complex alien battle. “All You Need is Kill” is the second exciting attempt to adapt the Japanese novel into a feature film after the Tom […]
A Private Life
Jodie Foster delivers in a Hitchcock-inspired film that starts fresh but ends up anticlimactic. “A Private Life” is a French thriller with an American leading actress and a Hitchcock concept. It regards […]
