Writing With Fire Music Box Film Reviewed by Tami Smith, Film Reviewer for Shockya Grade: B+ Director: Rintu Thomas, Sushmit Ghosh Screenwriters: Rintu Thomas, Sushmit Ghosh Cast: Meera Devi, Shyamali Devi Suneeta Prajapati Release Date: November 26, 2021 The caste system in India is composed of priests, warriors, traders and laborers. The Dalits are the […]
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- 11/23/2021
- by Tami Smith
- ShockYa
Cinderella Amazon Studios Reviewed by Tami Smith, Film Reviewer for Shockya Grade: B+ Director: Kay Cannon Screenwriters: Kay Cannon, based on Cendrillon ou la petite pantoufle de verre by Charles Perrault Cast: Camila Cabello, Idina Menzel, Nicholas Galitzine, Billy Porter, Minnie Driver, Pierce Brosnan , Tullulah Greive, James Acaster, James Corden, Romesh Ranganathan Release Date: […]
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- 9/1/2021
- by Tami Smith
- ShockYa
The Macaluso Sisters (Le Sorelle Macaluso) Glass Half Full Media Reviewed by Tami Smith, Film Reviewer for Shockya Grade: B+ Director: Emma Dante Screenwriters: Emma Dante, Elena Stancanelli, Giorgio Vasta, adapted from a play: Le Sorelle Macaluso Cast: Alissa Maria Orlando, Laura Giordani, Rosalba Bologna, Susanna Piraino, Serena Barone, Maria Rosaria Alti, Anita Pomario, Donatella […]
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- 8/4/2021
- by Tami Smith
- ShockYa
John and the Hole Mutressa Movies & 311 Productions Reviewed by Tami Smith, Film Reviewer for Shockya Grade: B Director: Pascual Sisto Screenwriter: Nicolas Giacobone, adapted from his short story El pozo Cast: Charlie Shotwell, Jennifer Ehle, Michael C. Hall, Taissa Farmiga, Tamara Hickey Release Date: August 6th, 2021 His father calls him Buddy, his […]
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- 8/4/2021
- by Tami Smith
- ShockYa
Profile Focus Features Reviewed by Tami Smith, Film Reviewer for Shockya Grade: B+ Director: Timur Bekmambetov Screenwriters: Britt Poulton, Timur Bekmambetov, Olga Kharina Based on: In The Skin of a Jihadist by Anna Erelle Cast: Valene Kane, Shazad Latif, Christine Adams, Morgan Watkins Release Date: May 14th, 2021 Anna Erelle, a French journalist with a Parisian […]
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- 5/12/2021
- by Tami Smith
- ShockYa
Wet Season (Re Dai Yu) Strand Releasing Reviewed by Tami Smith, Film Reviewer for Shockya Grade: B+ Director: Anthony Chen Screen Writer: Anthony Chen Cast: Yeo Yann Yann, Koh Jia Ler , Yang Shi Bin, Christopher Lee Release Date: April 23, 2021 Abdominal injections, vaginal ultrasounds and artificial inseminations are all part of daily lives […]
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- 4/21/2021
- by Tami Smith
- ShockYa
The Courier Lionsgate/Roadside Attractions Reviewed by Tami Smith, Film Reviewer for Shockya Grade: B Director: Dominic Cooke Screenwriter: Tom O’Connor Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Merab Ninidze, Rachel Brosnahan, Jessie Buckley Release Date: March 18, 2021 ‘ The Courier adapts the real story of a British businessman Greville Wynne (Benedict Cumberbatch) who was recruited into service at […]
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- 3/15/2021
- by Tami Smith
- ShockYa
My Zoe Blue Fox Entertainment Reviewed by Tami Smith, Film Reviewer for Shockya Grade: B+ Director: Julie Delpy Screenwriter: Julie Delpy Cast: Julie Delpy, Richard Armitage, Sophia Ally, Daniel Bruhl, Saleh Bakri, Linday Duncan Release Date: February 26, 2021 My Zoe, which takes place in the near future, tells the story of Isabelle (Julie Delpy), […]
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- 2/25/2021
- by Tami Smith
- ShockYa
76 Days MTV Documentary Films. Reviewed by Tami Smith, Film Reviewer for Shockya Grade: B+ Director: Hao Wu, Weixi Chen, Anonymous Screenwriter & Editor: Hao Wu Cast: Residents and Health workers at Wuhan’s hospitals Release Date: December 4th, 2020 A recent article in The New York Times, In Hunt for Virus Source, posed the question: […]
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- 12/1/2020
- by Tami Smith
- ShockYa
Alone With Her Dreams (Picciridda – Con i piedi nella sabia) Corinth Films Reviewed by Tami Smith, Film Reviewer for Shockya Grade: B+ Director: Paolo Licata Screenwriters: Ugo Chiti, Catena Fiorello, Paolo Licata; based on a novel by Catena Fiorello Cast: Marta Castiglia, Lucia Sardo, Claudio Collova , Ileana Rigano, Tania Bambaci Release Date: October […]
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- 10/27/2020
- by Tami Smith
- ShockYa
Radioactive Amazon Studios Reviewed by Tami Smith, Film Reviewer for Shockya Grade: B Director: Marjane Satrapi Screenwriter: Lauren Redniss, Jack Thorne Cast: Rosamund Pike, Sam Riley, Anya Taylor-Joy Release Date: July 24, 2020 During a brief winter vacation in New Mexico we stopped at a military museum in Albuquerque and saw a short propaganda film: […]
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- 7/22/2020
- by Tami Smith
- ShockYa
The Truth (La vérité) IFC Films Reviewed by Tami Smith, Film Reviewer for Shockya Grade: B+ Director: Hirokazu Kore-eda Screenwriter: Hirokazu Kore-eda Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Juliette Binoche, Ethan Hawke, Clémentine Grenier Release Date: July 3rd, 2020 The Truth tells the story of a visit between a famous French actress Fabienne Dangeville (Catherine Deneuve) and her […]
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- 6/29/2020
- by Tami Smith
- ShockYa
Slay the Dragon Magnolia Pictures Reviewed by: Tami Smith, Film Reviewer for Shockya Grade: B+ Director: Barak Goodman, Chris Durrance Screenwriter: Barak Goodman, Chris Durrance Cast: Katie Fahey , Ari Berman, David Daley, Margaret Dickson, Anita Earls, Ruth Greenwood, Chris Jankowski, Justin Levitt, Vann Newkirk Release Date: April 3, 2020 Redistricting is the process of […]
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- 3/30/2020
- by Tami Smith
- ShockYa
Emma Focus Features Reviewed by: Tami Smith, Film Reviewer for Shockya Grade: B+ Director: Autumn de Wilde Screenwriter: Eleanor Catton; based on Emma, a novel by Jane Austen Cast: Anya Taylor-Joy, Johnny Flynn, Bill Nighy, Mia Goth, Release Date: February 21, 2020 “I am going to take a heroine whom no one but myself will […]
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- 2/18/2020
- by Tami Smith
- ShockYa
The Lodge Neon Reviewed by: Tami Smith, Film Reviewer for Shockya Grade: B- Director: Severin Fiala, Veronika Franz Screenwriter: Severin Fiala, Veronika Franz, Sergio Casci Cast: Riley Keough, Jaeden Martell, Lia McHugh, Richard Armitage, Alicia Silverstone Release Date: February 7th, 2020 The Lodge starts with a “bang” when Richard (Richard Armitage) tells Laura (Alicia Silverstone) […]
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- 2/7/2020
- by Tami Smith
- ShockYa
The Assistant Bleeker Street and 3311 Productions Reviewed by: Tami Smith, Film Reviewer for Shockya Grade: B+ Director: Kitty Green Screenwriter: Kitty Green Cast: Julia Garner, Matthew MacFadyen, Jon Orsini, Noah Robbins, Kristine Froseth Release Date: January 31st, 2020 On the surface it looks like Jane (Julia Garner) is having a routine and dull day […]
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- 1/29/2020
- by Tami Smith
- ShockYa
For Sama ITN Productions, Channel 4 News, Frontline, PBS Reviewed by Tami Smith, Film Reviewer for Shockya Grade: B+ Director: Waad al-Kateab, Edward Watts Cast: Waad al-Kateab, Hamza al-Kateab, Sama al-Kateab Release Date: July 26, 2019 A woman I met in New York City told me a story. After spending the first five years of […]
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- 7/24/2019
- by Tami Smith
- ShockYa
David Crosby: Remember My Name Sony Pictures Classics Reviewed by Tami Smith, Film Reviewer for Shockya Grade: B Director: A.J/ Eaton Cast: David Crosby, Cameron Crowe, Henry Dlitz, Graham Nash, Stephen Stills, Neil Young, Jan Crosby Release Date: July 19, 2019 I thought I met a man who said he knew a man Who knew […]
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- 7/17/2019
- by Tami Smith
- ShockYa
Wild Rose Neon Reviewed by Tami Smith, Film Reviewer for Shockya Grade: A- Director: Tom Harper Screenwriter: Nicole Taylor Cast: Jessie Buckley, Julie Walters, Sophie Okonedo, Adam Mitchell, Daisy Littlefield Release Date: June 14, 2019 During the final act of Wild Rose Rose-Lynn (Jessie Buckley), a singer from Glasgow, Scotland is taking a smoking break […]
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- 6/13/2019
- by Tami Smith
- ShockYa
Late Night Amazon Studios Reviewed by Tami Smith, Film Reviewer for Shockya Grade: B Director: Nisha Ganatra Screenwriter: Mindy Kaling Cast: Emma Thompson, Mindy Kaling, Max Casella, Hugh Dancy, john Lithgow, Denis O’Hare, Reid Scott, Amy Ryan Release Date: June 7, 2019 Late Night deals with a subject matter familiar to women of a “certain […]
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- 6/5/2019
- by Tami Smith
- ShockYa
Non-Fiction IFC Films Reviewed by Tami Smith, Film Reviewer for Shockya Grade: B+ Director: Olivier Assayas Screenwriter: Olivier Assayas Cast: Guillaume Canet, Juliette Binoche, Vincent Macaigne, Christa Theret, Nora Hamzawi, Antonin Brehier Release Date: May 3, 2019 Many American movie buffs are familiar with Olivier Assayas’ films such as: Personal Shopper (2016), Clouds of Sils […]
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- 5/2/2019
- by Tami Smith
- ShockYa
Diane IFC Films Reviewed by Tami Smith, Film Reviewer for Shockya Grade: B+ Director: Kent Jones Screenwriter: Kent Jones Cast: Mary Kay Place, Jake Lacy, Deirdre O’Connell, Andrea Martin, Estelle Parsons Phyllis Somerville, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Glynnis O’Connor, Joyce Van Patten, Release Date: March 29, 2019 The subject matter of Diane is not exactly a cheerful […]
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- 3/27/2019
- by Tami Smith
- ShockYa
Making Babies Huber Bros. Productions Reviewed by: Tami Smith, Film Reviewer for Shockya Grade: B- Director: Josh Huber Screenwriter: Josh Huber Cast: Eliza Coupe, Steve Howey, Glenne Headly, Ed Begley Jr, Bob Stephenson Release Date: March 29, 2019 At some point during Making Babies Gordon (Bob Srephenson), a brother of John Kelly says: “The first […]
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- 3/27/2019
- by Tami Smith
- ShockYa
The Favourite Fox Searchlight Pictures Reviewed by: Tami Smith, Film Reviewer for Shockya Grade: B+ Director: Yorgos Lanthimos Screenwriter: Degorah Davis, Tony McNamara. Cast: Emma Stone, Rachel Weisz, Olivia Colman, Joes Alwyn, Mark Gatiss Release Date: November 23, 2018 During the last few frames in The Favourite we are introduced to some fifty young rabbits, […]
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- 11/19/2018
- by Tami Smith
- ShockYa
Boy Erased Focus Features Reviewed by: Tami Smith, Film Reviewer for Shockya Grade: B+ Director: Joel Edgerton Screenwriter: Joel Edgerton, based on Garrard Conley’s memoir: Boy Erased: A Memoir. Cast: Lucas Hedges, Nicole Kidman, Joel Edgerton, Russell Crowe, Joel Edgerton, Cherry Jones Release Date: November 2, 2018 For most people growing up is time for […]
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- 10/30/2018
- by Tami Smith
- ShockYa
Suspiria Amazon Studios Reviewed by Tami Smith, Film Reviewer for Shockya Grade: B- Director: Luca Guadagnino Screenwriter: David Kajganich, based on: Suspiria, a 1977 film directed by Dario Argento Cast: Tilda Swinton, Dakota Johnson, Angela Winkler, Mia Goth, Sylvie Testud Release Date: October 26, 2018 Suspiria is mystery-horror story of Susie Bannion, told in six […]
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- 10/24/2018
- by Tami Smith
- ShockYa
Bitter Harvest Roadside Attractions Reviewed by: Tami Smith, Film Reviewer for Shockya Grade: C+ Director: George Mendeluk Written by: Richard Bachynsky-Hoover, George Mendeluk Cast: Max Irons, Samantha Barks, Tom Austen, Richard Brake, Aneurin Barnard, Tamer Hassan, William Beck Release Date: February 24th, 2017 Most people never heard of the 1932 Holodomor in Ukraine, a man-made […]
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- 2/20/2017
- by Tami Smith
- ShockYa
Patriots Day Reviewed by Tami Smith, Film Reviewer for Shockya Grade: B+ Director: Peter Berg Written by: Peter Berg, Matt Cook, Joshua Zetumer, based on: “Boston Strong” by Casey Sherman and Dave Wedge Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Kevin Bacon, John Goodman, J.K. Simmons, Michelle Monaghan Release Date: December 21st, 2016 (limited) One sunny afternoon after completing a walking tour of the Acropolis we returned to the Electra Palace Hotel in Athens for R&R before dinner. While stretching on the bed and flipping channels of the TV monitor I stumbled upon CNN’s Wolf Blitzer standing at the Boston Marathon Finish Line while giving an agonizing speech about bombs, terrorists, and dead civilians. What [ Read More ]
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- 12/18/2016
- by Tami Smith
- ShockYa
Keeping Up with the Joneses 20th Century Fox Reviewed by: Tami Smith, Film Reviewer for Shockya Grade: C+ Director: Greg Mottola Written by: Michael LeSieur Cast: Zach Galifianakis, Isla Fisher, Jon Hamm, Gal Gadot Release Date: October 21st, 2016 Keeping up with the Joneses is a phrase that originated with a comic strip created by Arthur Momad in 1913. It depicts the social climbing McGinis family who struggle to “keep up” with their neighbors, the Joneses. The idiom has remained popular long after the strip’s end, and the philosophy of “keeping up with the Joneses” has widespread effects on some societies, where conspicuous consumption occurs when people care about their [ Read More ]
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- 10/19/2016
- by Tami Smith
- ShockYa
The Handmaiden Amazon Studios/ Magnolia Pictures Reviewed by: Tami Smith, Film Reviewer for Shockya Grade: A Director: Park Chan-wook Written by: Seo-Kyung Chung, Chan-wook Park; Based on “Fingersmith”, a novel by Sarah Waters Cast: Ha Jung-woo, Kim Tae-ri, Kim Min-hee, Cho Jin-woong Release Date: October 21, 2016 “Things are seldom what they seem, Skim milk masquerades as cream” sings Buttercup in Gilbert & Sullivan’s operetta, “H.M.S. Pinafore;” “A virtuous woman obeyed men throughout her life: in youth, she obeyed her father; when married, she obeyed her husband; if her husband died, she was subject to her son.” As per Korean Confucian standards Director Park Chan-wook and writer Seo-Kyung Chung must [ Read More ]
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- 10/17/2016
- by Tami Smith
- ShockYa
Denial Bleeker Street Media Reviewed by: Tami Smith, Film Reviewer for Shockya Grade: B+ Director: Mick Jackson Written by: David Hare; based on History on Trial: My Day in Court with a Holocaust Denier by Deborah Lipstadt Cast: Rachel Weisz, Tom Wilkinson, Timothy Spall Release Date: September 30, 2016 “I’d like people to understand that the Holocaust is the best documented genocide in the world. There is no denying it. You can debate aspects of it – why it happened, how it happened, but not the fact that it happened. It is incontrovertible fact. It can’t be debated. And that’s not being closed-minded, it’s acknowledging the truth.” – Deborah Lipstadt’s [ Read More ]
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- 9/26/2016
- by Tami Smith
- ShockYa
The Dressmaker Amazon Studios/ Broad Green Pictures Reviewed by: Tami Smith, Film Reviewer for Shockya Grade: B Director: Jocelyn Moorhouse Screenplay by: P.J. Hogan, Jocelyn Moorhouse; Based on The Dressmaker by Rosalie Ham Cast: Kate Winslet, Judy Davis, Liam Hemsworth Release Date: September 23, 2016 In The Visit, a 1956 play by Friedrich Dürrenmatt, a wealthy woman returns to her hometown after years of absence with one desire: revenge. A similar motif flows through The Dressmaker, based on a 2000 novel by Rosalie Ham, in which Myrtle “Tilly” Dunnage (Kate Winslet) returns to her small hometown of Dungatar, Australia with vindictive plans after twenty-five year banishment. Tilly has grown up [ Read More ]
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- 9/19/2016
- by Tami Smith
- ShockYa
Kate Plays Christine Reviewed by: Tami Smith, Film Reviewer for Shockya Grade: B+ Director: Robert Greene Written by: Robert Greene Cast: Kate Lyn Sheil, Dr. Steven Bovio, Stephanie Coatney, Michael Ray Davis, Zachary Gossett, Rod Grant, Holland Hayes, Tatyana Kukercht, David Mackey, Linda Roser, Michael Rubino, Marty Stonerock, Steve Zurk Release Date: August 24, 2016 The most common method of suicide the United States involves the use of a firearm, a bullet aimed at point-blank range to the head, chin or chest. One such successful attempt was made by Christine Chubbuck, a twenty-nine year old television news reporter in Sarasota, Florida, on the morning of July 15, 1974. What made [ Read More ]
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- 8/25/2016
- by Tami Smith
- ShockYa
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie Fox Searchlight Pictures Reviewed by: Tami Smith, Film Reviewer for Shockya Grade: C+ Director: Mandie Fletcher Written by: Jennifer Saunders Cast: Jennifer Saunders, Joanna Lumley, Julia Sawalha, Indeyarna Donaldson-Holness, Jane Jorrocks, June Whitfield Release Date: July 22, 2016 Absolutely Fabulous (a.k.a.: Ab Fab) was a BBC television sitcom, which first aired in the U.K. on November 1992 and continued till May 1995. The program featured Edina Monsoon, a PR agent, trying to stay young and her best friend Patsy Stone, a magazine editor and alcohol abuser. The program was so successful that it returned for special episodes on December 2011, January and July 2012. As if [ Read More ]
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- 7/18/2016
- by Tami Smith
- ShockYa
Our Little Sister Sony Pictures Classics Reviewed by: Tami Smith, Guest Reviewer for Shockya Grade: B Director: Hirokazu Koreeda Written by: Hirokazu Koreeda from Akimi Yoshida’s Umimachi Diary Cast: Haruka Ayase, Masami Nagasawa, Kaho, Suzu Hirose, Ryo Kase, Kirin Kiki, Lily Franky, Jun Fubuki, Shinichi Tsutsumi and Shinobu Otake, Opens: July 8th, 2016 Our Little Sister is a Japanese drama that opens and closes with a funeral, dealing with a family of three sisters living at a family home in a small Japanese town. The oldest sister Sachi (Haruka Ayase) is a nurse at a hospital’s Critical Care unit. She feels responsible for her siblings and runs the household. The [ Read More ]
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- 7/4/2016
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
Hunt for the Wilderpeople The Orchard Reviewed by: Tami Smith, Guest Reviewer for Shockya Grade: B+ Director: Taika Waititi Written by: Taika Waititi Based on: Wild Pork and Watercress by Barry Crump Cast: Julian Dennison, Sam Neill, Rima Te Wiata, Rachel House, Tuss, Finn Release Date: June 24th, 2016 Ricky (Julian Dennison), an abandoned, overweight, thirteen-year old child living in New Zealand, had his share of foster care homes. Life changes when he is delivered by Paula (Rachel House), a social worker, to the modest home of Aunt Bella (Rima Te Wiata) and Uncle Hec (Sam Neill). The couple live in a small house with outdoor plumbing and hunt for [ Read More ]
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- 6/21/2016
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
The Neon Demon Amazon Studios & Broad Green Pictures Reviewed by: Tami Smith, Guest Reviewer for Shockya Grade: B- Director: Nicolas Winding Refn Written by: Nicolas Winding Refn, Mary Laws, Polly Stenham Cast: Elle Fanning, Jena Malone, Desmond Harrington, Alessandro Nivola, Bella Heathcote, Karl Glusman, Keanu Reeves Release Date: June 24th, 2016 When sixteen-year old pretty Jesse (Elle Fanning) arrives in Los Angeles her aim is to break into the fashion industry. Little does she know that in this “dog-eat-dog” world a model is “finished” by the time she turns twenty-one. The competition is fierce but Jesse manages to charm many including: Dean (Karl Glusman), her new best friend and [ Read More ]
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- 6/20/2016
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
My Love, Don’t Cross That River Reviewed by: Tami Smith, Guest Reviewer for Shockya Grade: B Director: Moyoung Jin Written by: Moyoung Jin Cast: Kang Gye-Yeol, Byong-man Jo Release Date: June 17, 2016 Eighty-nine-year old Gye-yeul Kang and ninety-eight-year old Byong-man Jo have lived together for seventy-six years in South Korea. Moyoung Jin directing his first feature-length documentary, was given permission to follow them during the last year of their married life. We get a chance to see their modest house located in a small town in Hoengseong County in Gangwon Province; their dogs: a white nameless one and a black pregnant mixed terrier named Freebee; their sleeping arrangements, which [ Read More ]
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- 6/13/2016
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
Misconduct Lionsgate Reviewed by: Tami Smith, Guest Reviewer for Shockya Grade: B- Director: Shintaro Shimosawa Written by: Adam Mason, Simon Boyes Cast: Josh Duhamel, Al Pacino, Anthony Hopkins, Malin Akerman, Julia Stiles, Alice Eve Release Date: February 5, 2016 Misconduct, originally titled Beyond Deceit, opens “by-the-numbers”, introducing us to Ben (Josh Duhamel) a dedicated lawyer who spends most of his days and nights working at a New Orleans law firm, determined to prove himself to the firm’s big honcho Abrams (Al Pacino) and become a partner. He barely pays attention to his wife Charlotte (Alice Eve), a hospital nurse who works long shifts at the E.R. of a city hospital, and [ Read More ]
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- 2/1/2016
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
A Royal Night Out Atlas Distribution Company Reviewed by: Tami Smith, Guest Reviewer for Shockya Grade: B Director: Julian Jarrold Screenwriter: Trevor de Silva and Kevin Hood Cast: Sarah Gadon, Bel Powley, Emily Watson, Rupert Evert Release Date: December 4th, 2015 The future Queen Elizabeth II and her Sister Princess Margaret went “out” on May 8th, 1945 to celebrate V.E. Day. Their royal party of sixteen included a nanny, several friends, Captain Peter Towsend and military protection officers. The entire group returned to Buckingham palace at 01:00 hrs on May 9th. Screenwriters Trevor de Silva and Kevin Hood put that evening outing in a comedy-drama cinematic format and added some [ Read More ]
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- 12/2/2015
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
Carol The Weinstein Company Reviewed by: Tami Smith, Guest Reviewer for Shockya Grade: B+ Director: Todd Haynes Screenwriter: Phyllis Nagy; Based on the novel “The Price of Salt” by Patricia Highsmith Cast: Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Sarah Paulson, Kyle Chandler, Jake Lacy Release Date: November 20, 2015 Can two people become attracted to each other though their circumstances are different? Patricia Highsmith says Yes, in her 1952 romance novel “The Price of Salt”, describing life in New York City in the 1950’s. In the film version “Carol” we meet Carol Aird (Cate Blanchett), a married woman of leisure in her mid-forties, who is a mother of a young daughter. She [ Read More ]
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- 11/16/2015
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
Heist Lionsgate Reviewed by: Tami Smith, Guest Reviewer, for Shockya Grade: C+ Director: Scott Mann Written by: Stephen Cyrus Sepher, Max Adams, based on a story by Stephen Cyrus Sepher Cast: Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Robert De Niro, Dave Bautista, Morris Chestnut, Gina Carano Release Date: November 13, 2015 Remember those “lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer// Those days of soda and pretzels and beer”? Those were the days of picnics, hotdogs, cola and apple pie. You would take the first bite of hotdog heavenly bliss, lather on the mustard and say: “this is heaven”. Fifteen minutes later, with Acid Reflux roaring with vicious intensity, you would reach for Tums. It [ Read More ]
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- 11/9/2015
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
The Wonders (Le meraviglie) Oscilloscope Laboratories Reviewed by: Tami Smith, Guest Reviewer for Shockya. Grade: B Director: Alice Rohrwacher Screenwriters: Alice Rohrwacher Cast: Alexandra Lungu, Sam Louwyck, Alba Rohrwacher, Sabine Timoteo, Agnese Graziani, Eva Morrow, Maris Stella Morrow, Monica Bellucci, Luis Huilca Release date: October 30, 2015 It is obvious right from the get-go that the beekeepers living in the broken house in the Tuscan countryside are not an ordinary family. No abbondanza is present anywhere, and the family does not keep up with the sterile conditions required for honey production and could easily be thrown in jail. Wolfgang (Sam Louwick) the father looks like an urban dweller pretending to be a farmer; [ Read More ]
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- 10/26/2015
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
The Intern Warner Bros Reviewed by: Tami Smith, Guest Reviewer for Shockya Grade: C+ Director: Nancy Meyers Written by: Nancy Meyers Cast: Anne Hathaway, Robert De Niro, Rene Russo, Adam DeVine, Andrew Rannells, Celia Weston Release: September 25, 2015 After Ben Whittaker (Robert De Niro) got bored of using “extra miles” for travel, doing T’ai chi in the park every morning, and learning Mandarin, he found a new “project” and applied for a Senior Intern’s position at a start-up online clothing catalog company in Brooklyn. The seventy-year old Ben got the job and was assigned to work for Jules Ostin (Anne Hathaway) the founder. Slowly but surely he progressed from [ Read More ]
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- 9/23/2015
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
Coming Home Sony Pictures Classics Reviewed by: Tami Smith, Guest Reviewer for Shockya. Grade: B Director: Zhang Yimou Screenwriter: Zou Jingzhi, Based on The Criminal Lu Yanshi by Yan Geling Cast: Chen Daoming, Gong Li, Zhang Huiwen, Guo Tao, Liu Peiqi, Zu Deng, Xin Baiqing, Zhang Jiayi, Chen Xiaoyi Opens: September 11, 2015 The Cultural Revolution took place in China from 1966 until 1976. One of its main purposes was to preserve the Communist ideology by purging capitalists from the Chinese society. China’s youth formed the Red Guard and many people were persecuted by public humiliation, imprisonment and harassment. These events provided the background to Yan Geling’s novel The Criminal [ Read More ]
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- 9/7/2015
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
Wolf Totem (Le Dernier Loup) Columbia Pictures Reviewed by Tami Smith, Guest Reviewer for Shockya. Grade: B+ Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud, Screenwriters: Jean-Jacques Annaud, Alain Godard, John Collee, Lu Wei Based on: Wolf Totem by Lu Jiamin (pseudonym: Jiang Rong) Cast: Feng Shaofeng, Ankhnyam Ragchaa, Basen Zhabu, Shawn Dou Yin Zhusheng, Yin Zhusheng Release date: September 11, 2015 Directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud, Wolf Totem is a Chinese/French action-adventure film that takes viewers into the remote land of Inner Mongolia, during the Cultural Revolution of 1967. Based on a novel by the same name Wolf Totem shows a clash of cultures between the ethnic Mongolian nomads and the Han Chinese farmers in the area. [ Read More ]
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- 9/7/2015
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
Wolf Totem (Le Dernier Loup) Columbia Pictures Reviewed by Tami Smith, Guest Reviewer for Shockya. Grade: B+ Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud, Screenwriters: Jean-Jacques Annaud, Alain Godard, John Collee, Lu Wei Based on: Wolf Totem by Lu Jiamin (pseudonym: Jiang Rong) Cast: Feng Shaofeng, Ankhnyam Ragchaa, Basen Zhabu, Shawn Dou Yin Zhusheng, Yin Zhusheng Release date: September 11, 2015 Directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud, Wolf Totem is a Chinese/French action-adventure film that takes viewers into the remote land of Inner Mongolia, during the Cultural Revolution of 1967. Based on a novel by the same name Wolf Totem shows a clash of cultures between the ethnic Mongolian nomads and the Han Chinese farmers in [ Read More ]
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- 9/7/2015
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
Peace Officer Gravitas Ventures Reviewed by Tami Smith, Guest Reviewer for Shockya. Grade: B Director: Scott Christopherson, Brad Barber Screenwriters: Brad Barber, Scott Christopherson Cast: William J. “Dub” Lawrence, Liz Wood, Jerry Wood, Nancy Lawrence, Radley Balko, Kara Dansky, Sheriff Jim Winder, Sheriff Todd Richardson, Det. Jason Vanderwarf, Officer Derek Draper, Mike Stewart, Chris Shaw Release date: September 16, 2015 at IFC Center, New York City While returning home from the office on one cold snowy evening in March 1974, I was attacked by a man who wanted my money. He punched me in the face, pushed me down to the ground and fled, but was caught and swiftly arrested [ Read More ]
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- 9/7/2015
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
Breathe (Respire) Film Movement Reviewed by: Tami Smith, Guest Reviewer for Shockya. Grade: B+ Director: Mélanie Laurent Screenwriter: Mélanie Laurent, Julien Lambroschini Based on: Breathe (Respire), a novel by Anne-Sophie Brasme Cast: Joséphine Japy, Lou de Laâge, Isabelle Carré, Radivoje Bukvic, Carole Franck Release date: September 11, 2015 I once knew a High School student who never stopped raving about the fact that his “father was a medical doctor, his mother was a psychiatrist, he had a German Shepard dog, and an aunt in Romania ”. He later became a “general manager in a large book store in New Jersey” and a “sky diver in Nevada”. In reality none of [ Read More ]
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- 8/26/2015
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
No Escape The Weinstein Company Reviewed by: Tami Smith, Guest Reviewer for Shockya. Grade: B- Director: John Erick Dowdle Screenwriters: John Erick Dowdle, Drew Dowdle Cast: Owen Wilson, Pierce Brosnan, Lake Bell, Sterling Jerins, Claire Geare Release date: August 26, 2015 After arriving in Istanbul on a bright day in May 1998 we stepped into an unknown land. Since we did not speak Turkish and the locals did not speak English or French we had to rely on hand movements and facial expressions. After eating a few Borekes, Baklava and drinking black tea we realized that this was going to be a fun-filled week even without understanding the local language. [ Read More ]
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- 8/24/2015
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
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