WATCH NOW In six words, Shakespeare asked what is perhaps the most profound question of human life: ‘To be, or not to be?’ Ingmar Bergman’s “Persona” character Elizabeth answers both with two words: ‘No, don’t!’ She plays an actress who has never spoken since she abruptly ceased mid-performance one night. Now, in a fit of […]
WATCH NOW Transforming notable athletes and musicians into movie stars isn’t a novel idea. For years, Hollywood has sought to do this to names such as The Rock, O.J. Simpson, John Cena, Mark Wahlberg (good ole Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch), and back in the 80’s they tried making Madonna a movie star. With
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WATCH NOW The question to define what type of movie ‘The Strange Love of Martha Ivers’ (1946) is, be it romance, melodrama, thriller, woman picture, anti-woman picture, noir, murder mystery, class struggle, or even a satire on American small towns, is valid. In this case, it seems like the love of Martha Ivers is quite
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WATCH NOW “Monster’s Ball” follows a black woman and a white man who, for a time at least, take comfort in each other’s pain. Their pain is still different and so are they. This isn’t a message movie about interracial relationships, but of two people who desperately try to cope with violent deaths that shake
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WATCH NOW It’s my grandmother’s bible. It still exists, although my grandmother left me unambiguous instructions that it should be destroyed by fire upon her death. She died when I was a child so I have only vague memories of her, but I certainly don’t recall anything that would make this odd request logical. My
WATCH NOW One could easily envision the adrenaline-fueled mentality that direct-to-video action movie lovers experienced some years back when they stumbled upon Lorenzo Lamas and Matthias Hues face-to-face on the cover of 1993’s Bounty Tracker at their local Blockbuster Video. Worst Vacation Ever: In the film, Lorenzo Lamas takes on the role of Johnathan Damone,
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WATCH NOW The film ‘Into the Deep’ stems from the mind of David Beton, who also penned ‘The Hatton Garden Job’. Kate Cox makes her directorial debut in this film that has been termed a thriller by many, but in reality does not seem to fulfill the prerequisites of the genre given how it lacks
WATCH NOW In the end, “The Autopsy of Jane Doe” makes for one more vivid nightmare in a good year for horror films. This thriller portrays the merger of concept-driven cinema with strong character work from the film’s leads, as is the case with many classic horror movies in 2016. Horror, which has emerged as
WATCH NOW All I am trying to articulate is what a vampire says after reading the mind of another vampire, this bears an uncanny resemblance to “incoherent thoughts and images nothing more” and I dare say that he’s not too far-fetched from the truth. What I’ve encountered here is a delightfully gruesome and hilariously absurd
WATCH NOW I am back after a short break during which I filmed a short movie. I have decided to share Welcome Home Brother Charles with you all. It is a socially aware revenge film by Jamaa Fanaka. It is about a man’s quest for street justice using his magic penis and a classic tale
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