A very close mother and daughter move to a new town hoping to start a new, better life. As teenage Iona tries to fit in, she makes some choices that will have a lasting impact on her and her mother’s life.
Category Archives: Movie Reviews
Prevenge (2016) [Final Girls Berlin Film Festival 2018]
A woman believing that her unborn child is talking to her goes on a killing spree following her child’s father’s death.
Hostiles (2018)
After accepting one last assignment, to bring a chief to his land in Montana, a military Captain and his platoon save a woman and each other while they go through the mountains and vistas. The journey is more complicated and difficult than expected and brings each of them much more than they thought.
The Music of Silence (La musica del silenzio) (2017)
A young Amos is losing his sight, as he becomes blind and discovers his voice, he has to surpass obstacle after obstacle to reach his goal of singing professionally on the international stage. Through this biography, the life and start of the career of Andrea Bocelli are explored in a way that sheds light on his difficulties and triumphs.
S.W.A.T. (2003): Special Edition [Blu-ray]
While I wouldn’t call it a action movie masterpiece, “S.W.A.T.” is a decent iteration of the television series that broadens its appeal for a younger audience. While I would have loved a movie that was darker and grittier, the movie works as a comic book kind of movie about the S.W.A.T. unit that look kind of like law enforcing Avengers. The 2003 action crime thriller flaunts every would-be super star and up and coming superstar, taking the S.W.A.T. team and turning it on its head when corruption reaches even its ranks.
Phantom Thread (2018)
In one of the most known fashion Maison of 1950’s London, Reynolds Woodcock runs his business and life the same way, his way. His habits, demands, and eccentricities are to be followed by all or risk dismissal. After meeting the young Alma, he refuses to let things change, until she takes things in her own hands and finds her own way to make him happy.
Desolation (2018)
Following a whirlwind romance, Katie follows Jay to Los Angeles to spend a few more days with him. After he has to leave for work, she is left alone in his apartment where odd things are happening at an accelerating rate.