Browsing: Uncork’d Entertainment

WATCH LIST ***** Philippines/USA/Canada 2019 Dir: Ben Rekhi. 94 mins Set in recent times in the Philippines the WATCH LIST follows Maria Ramon (Alessandra de Rossi) and her husband Turo. As recovering addicts they are forced to “surrender” to the police under the new laws set out by President Rodrigo…

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BLACKSTOCK BONEYARD ** USA 2021 Dir: Andre Alfa. 80 mins Southern Noir has been a genre unto itself; along, perhaps, with Southern Horror. Those goings on in the swamps, plantations, roads, hidden cabins and police jails transplant urban fears to a section of the country.   BLACKSTOCK BONEYARD (2021) is an…

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REPLACE **** Germany / Canada 2017 Dir: Norbert Keil. 101 mins A dark, compelling satire of our obsession with “beauty” and youth co-written by director Norbert Keil and Richard Stanley. Rebecca Forsythe is excellent as a pretty young musician who begins suffering blackouts and short-term memory loss, while her boyfriend…

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2050 ** China / USA 2018 Dir: Princeton Holt. 104 mins Operating out of 666 Main Street (so you know it’s legit), “Butterfly Chasers” is a future means of customising your own lover, providing complete subordinates to specification that are then available to own, lease or rent. Programmed to do…

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