A woman credited only as Girlie (Dakota Johnson) exits a plane and walks out to a cab, telling the coordinator that she needs to go to midtown Manhattan. She ends up in the back seat of a vehicle driven by Clark (Sean Penn), a tough guy who wishes he had a better name like Vinny, … Read more
Boy Kills World is a gory, action packed blast and a superb showcase for Bill Skarsgård’s action chops. PLOT: A deaf and mute warrior (Bill Skarsgård) raised by a mysterious shaman (The Raid’s Yayan Ruhian) attempts to topple a repressive regime. REVIEW: Earlier this year, Bill Skarsgård played a suave villain in Keanu Reeves’ John … Read more
One of the best horror films of the year is Jason Yu’s “Sleep,” which starts out like a comedy, shifts to marital drama, and then becomes something else altogether, all while barely leaving a single apartment. Yu has worked with Lee Chang-dong (“Burning,” for which Yu generated the English subtitles) and Bong Joon-ho (“Parasite”), and … Read more
PLOT: After his mother is killed during WW2, a young Japanese boy, Mahito Maki (Soma Santoki), is sent to go live with his Aunt, Natsuko (Yoshino Kimura), with whom his munitions factory owner father is trying to start a new family. Deeply scarred by the death of his mother and unable to accept his aunt, … Read more
It’s been an unusual Toronto International Film Festival. Thanks to the dual strikes, gone are the star-studded red carpets, replaced by relatively quiet introductions and a general lack of fanfare. Sure, there are a few famous faces around town, but it’s not the traditional celebrity-scape that this festival has become. It’s possible that the strike … Read more
Hayao Miyazaki has been capturing the hearts of children and adults everywhere for years. With this film, that will supposedly come to an end. Miyazaki is well-known for directing movies like Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro, and Ponyo through his company, Studio Ghibli. His works explore deep themes like family, magic, and the destructive forces wrought by unhampered … Read more
Ahead of its international premieres at Toronto International Film Festival and New York Film Festival, GKIDS Films has dropped a The Boy and The Heron video for Studio Ghibli’s newest Hayao Miyazaki movie, confirming the upcoming release of its teaser trailer. The pre-teaser video reveals the name of the film’s main character, while also confirming … Read more
The latest film from animation master Hayao Miyazaki has been brought almost the entire way from concept to release without a single teaser, trailer, or official publicity still. For a long time, Studio Ghibli didn’t even announce the movie’s official title. (It’s The Boy and the Heron, for the record.) There is going into a movie … Read more
The trailer for Top Boy Season 3 previews the final chapter of the Netflix series, which will decide who reigns as Top Boy of Summerhouse. “Sully’s actions at the end of the last series have rewritten his business rules with Dushane,” reads the official season 3 synopsis. “As new shared problems arise, everything they’ve built … Read more
The Good Boy trailer has been released. “A bold and original thriller from up-and coming director Viljar Bøe,” reads the synopsis. “Sigrid thinks she’s met her perfect match with the charming and handsome Christian, but there is one catch- he lives with a man who acts like his pet dog. Trying to be open-minded, Sigrid … Read more