Film: The King of Staten Island Starring: Pete Davidson, Marisa Tomei, Bill Burr Director: Judd Apatow Rating: *** Reviewer: George Sylex Overview – With The King of Staten Island, filmmaker Judd Apatow marries his typical…
Film: The Woods Starring: Grzegorz Damięcki, Agnieszka Grochowska, Hubert Miłkowski, Wiktoria Filus, Jacek Koman, Krzysztof Zarzecki, Ewa Skibińska, Martyna Byczkowska, Roman Gancarczyk, Adam Wietrzyński Creator: Harlan Coben Rating: *** Reviewer: George Sylex Overview – The…
Film: “Axone” (film streaming on Netflix) Cast: Sayani Gupta, Lin Laishram, Rohan Joshi, Lanuakum Ao, Tenzin Dalha, Asenla Jamir, Dolly Ahluwalia, Vinay Pathak, Adil Hussain Direction: Nicholas Kharkongor Rating: * * * (three stars) Reviewer:…
Film: Artemis Fowl Cast: Ferdia Shaw, Lara McDonnell, Josh Gad, Tamara Smart, Nonso Anozie, Colin Farrell, Judi Dench Directed by: Kenneth Branagh Rating: *1/2 Reviewer: George Sylex Overview – Artemis Fowl, based on the mainstream…
Film: Da 5 Bloods Starring: Delroy Lindo, Jonathan Majors, Clarke Peters, Norm Lewis, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Mélanie Thierry, Paul Walter Hauser, Jasper Pääkkönen, Johnny Nguyen, Chadwick Boseman Director: Spike Lee Rating: ****1/2 Reviewer: George Sylex…
Film: “Gulabo Sitabo” (streaming on Amazon Prime) Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Ayushmann Khurrana, Vijay Raaz, Brijendra Kala, Srishti Shrivastava, Farrukh Jafar Direction: Shoojit Sircar Rating: **1/2 Reviewer: George Sylex Overview – Amitabh Bachchan and Ayushmann Khurrana’s…
“Axone” (film streaming on Netflix); Cast: Sayani Gupta, Lin Laishram, Rohan Joshi, Lanuakum Ao, Tenzin Dalha, Asenla Jamir, Dolly Ahluwalia, Vinay Pathak, Adil Hussain; Direction: Nicholas Kharkongor; Rating: * * * (three stars) By Vinayak…
Film: “Gulabo Sitabo” (streaming on Amazon Prime) Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Ayushmann Khurrana, Vijay Raaz, Brijendra Kala, Srishti Shrivastava, Farrukh Jafar Direction: Shoojit Sircar Rating: *** (three stars) Reviewer: Vinayak Chakravorty First thing, “Gulabo Sitabo” is…
Film: The Collini Case Starring: Elyas M’Barek, Alexandra Maria Lara, Heiner Lauterbach Director: Marco Kreuzpaintner Rating: *** Reviewer: George Sylex Overview – The Collini Case is tight, wise and entirely immersing legal spine chiller, in…
Film: Reality Z Starring: Ana Hartmann, Sabrina Sato, Luellem de Castro, Guilherme Weber, Emílio de Mello, Ravel Andrade, João Pedro Zappa, Julia Ianina, Pierre Baitelli, Jesus Luz, Carla Ribas, Wallie Ruy, Gabriel Canella, Natália Rosa,…
Series: Curon Starring: Valeria Bilello, Luca Lionello, Federico Russo, Margherita Morchio, Anna Ferzetti, Alessandro Tedeschi, Juju Di Domenico, Giulio Brizzi, Max Malatesta Creator: Ezio Abbate, Ivano Fachin, Giovanni Galassi, Tommaso Matano Rating: *** Reviewer: George…
Film: Becky Starring: Lulu Wilson, Kevin James, Joel McHale Director: Jonathan Milott, Cary Murnion Rating: *** Reviewer: George Sylex Overview – The path among retribution and murder is fanciful, best case scenario, and inside and…
“Chippa” (film streaming on Netflix); Cast: Sunny Pawar, Chandan Roy Sanyal, Mala Mukherjee, Ronjini Chakraborty; Direction: Safdar Rahman; Rating: * * * (three stars) By Vinayak Chakravorty For those of you who remember little Sunny…
Film: Be Water Starring: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar,Linda Lee Cadwell,Dan Inosanto Director: Bao Nguyen Rating: ***1/2 Reviewer: George Sylex Overview – After Bruce Lee’s awful demise from a brain’s illness at the young age of 32, in…
Film: Judy and Punch Starring: Mia Wasikowska, Damon Herriman, Benedict Hardie Director: Mirrah Foulkes Rating: *** Reviewer: George Sylex Overview – The movie written and directed by newbie Mirrah Foulkes — is motivated by the…
Film: Shirley Starring: Elisabeth Moss, Michael Stuhlbarg, Odessa Young, Logan Lerman Director: Josephine Decker Rating: ***1/2 Reviewer: George Sylex Overview – Shirley rises above the conventional biopic structure — it contains enough fiction and hypothesis…
Film: Tommaso Starring: Willem Dafoe Director: Abel Ferrara Rating: *** Reviewer: George Sylex Overview – Willem Dafoe is at his best in Abel Ferrara’s regularly confounding investigation of a pained indie movie director attempting to…
“The Last Days Of American Crime” (Netflix film); Cast: Edgar Ramirez, Anna Brewster, Michael Pitt, Sharlto Copley; Direction: Olivier Megaton; Rating: * * (two stars) By Vinayak Chakravorty The idiom of French action filmmaker Olivier…
Film: 2040 Starring: Damon Gameau, Eva Lazzaro,Zoe Gameau Director: Damon Gameau Rating: **** Reviewer: George Sylex Overview – Damon Gameau is famous for That Sugar Film (2014) in which he recorded the awful impacts of…
Film: A Good Woman is Hard to Find Starring: Sarah Bolger,Edward Hogg,Andrew Simpson Director: Abner Pastoll Rating: ***1/2 Reviewer: George Sylex Overview – Having established a strong first connection with his presentation feature film Road…