Dave (Ewan McGregor) walks frantically across an empty parking lot at the beginning of “Mother Couch.” Dave, who is dressed in a black tuxedo, is going towards a furniture store that is filled with vintage and handcrafted pieces. Bella (Taylor Russell) is seated behind the counter whilst her father (F Murray Abraham), Marcus and his …
The film, “Touch,” is by the Icelandic director Baltasar Kormákur and it is about a broad subject matter over many years, across different countries, continents and cultures; thus memory, ageing, loss and love constitute its themes. However, this has an exquisitely tender sensibility like a butterfly wing beating. Kristófer (Egill Ólafsson) is a widowed old …
First things first, we have definitely had a feature Sisi & I film on the Empress Elisabeth of Austria, known to most people as Sisi, not too long ago. This was Marie Kreutzer’s film titled “Corsage” (2022), which starred Vicky Krieps who never really smiled and always looked serious throughout the movie to suit her …
When it comes to the Holocaust or Israel’s creation, there is no lack of films. But rarely do you witness these two areas being so intensely interwoven as in “June Zero.” It may be a unique idea to put all that in an anthology of interlinked short movies. American filmmaker Jake Paltrow (brother of actress …
Nothing original or very surprising about Kalki 2898 AD, a highly polished, expensively shot but not particularly original Telugu-language Indian sci-fi adventure. This big-budget fantasy film draws from elements of the Mahabharata and American science fiction like Star Wars and Mad Max, making it reminiscent of other recent Indian spectacles such as Brahmastra Part One, …
Although “Despicable Me 4” might not win any awards, it is the kind of thing you would enjoy if you love this type of movie. I laughed. The stupider and more hysterical the jokes were, the louder my laughter became. The kids who watched it with me laughed even more loudly than I did. However, …
The dialogue lies, but the faces do not. Faces tell stories. This takes a lot of trust by a director to let this happen, leaving most of the acting to be done by faces only.”Daddio,” a film about faces written and directed by Christy Hall, is quite amazing considering it is a two-character piece with …
Naturally, an Angel Studios picture calls for suspicion; this Utah-based movie studio had made its name last year with a shocking box office hit of the human trafficking thriller ‘Sound of Freedom’. The Sound of Hope film was a $242 million grossing QAnon pushing icon and a feeling of vengeance against godless, woke Hollywood that …
The elevator pitch is almost audible: Blonde Legally Blonde in Space Cadet , a highly underrated airhead who doesn’t dress or talk like snobs with golden resumes but demonstrate that she has the right stuff. Then perhaps a little bit of “Kingsman,” for some action, and voila. Rex here is played by Emma Roberts and …
Definitely, a theater would be the greatest place to catch “Kill,” an Indian action film set on a train to New Delhi. It was directed by Nikhil Nagesh Bhat, with fight scenes brilliantly choreographed by Se-yeong Oh and Parvez Sheikh (“Fighter,” “War”), and captured on film by Rafey Mehmood. However, despite its threadbare plot and …
