SHADOWPLAY ** Malaysia 2019 Dir: Tony Pietra Arjuna. 90 mins Cinematographer Praveen Kumar and the score by Stellar Dreams makes this Kula Lumpur-set 21st century noir look and sound fabulous – it’s a shame the rest of the movie isn’t up to much. Small-time Private Eye Tony Eusoff is hired…
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This April a unique, stylish, genre-bending noir adventure from cult Canadian indie filmmaker Bruce McDonald (Pontypool, Weirdos) comes to DVD and Digital, DREAMLAND. Starring Stephen McHattie (Mother!), Henry Rollins (Lost Highway) and Juliette Lewis (Natural Born Killers). Synopsis: DREAMLAND tells the story of a gang who hire a hitman…
Gravitas Ventures have released writer / director Juan Cabral’s 2/1 starring Boyd Holbrook (Logan, The Predator, Gone Girl, Narcos), Song Yang, Dominique McElligott (House of Cards, Hell On Wheels, The Boys), and Beau Bridges (The Fabulous Baker Boys, The Descendants, Jerry Maguire) On Demand. Synopsis: Two men. Living on…
Princeton Holt’s award-winning, satiric comic fantasy “2050” will be released On Demand and DVD this January from Uncork’d Entertainment. The film, lauded by critics as “stylish and thoughtful” (Reel Reviews) and “as sharp and well produced as any film I’ve seen in theaters this year” (Sonic Cinema), will also screen…
EXTRA ORDINARY *** Ireland / Belgium 2019 Dir: Mike Ahern, Enda Loughman. 94 mins The first of several appealing gags in the wittily titled EXTRA ORDINARY sees the over-used “Based on a true story” tag (often present for supernaturally infused horror) wiped away by a departing bin lorry. Corny celebrity…