Shanghai vs Dayton: a review of American Factory Produced by Higher Ground Directed by Steven Bognar & Julia Reichert Cast Junming ‘Jimmy’ Wang… Vice President, Fuyao Sherrod Brown… U.S. Senator, Ohio Dave Burrows… Vice President, Fuyao Glass America John Gauthier… President, Fuyao Glass America Rob Haerr… Furnace Supervisor Cynthia Harper… Lamination Specialist Wong He… Furnace …
Director: Alex Burunova Writers: Julia Yorks (Writer), Meggy Garol (additional writer) Stars: Kenji Kamiyama, Shinji Aramaki, Kôzô Morishita, Tania Nolan | Netflix With Enter the Anime director/presenter Alex Burunova bit off more than she could chew. And by the end of the all-too-brief hour, she admits as such. It’s not that she didn’t try. She …
April and the Extraordinary World Directed by Christian Desmares & Franck Ekinci Produced by Michel Dutheil, Franck Ekinci and Marc Jousset Screenplay by Franck Ekinci & Benjamin Legrand Starring Marion Cotillard, Philippe Katerine, Jean Rochefort, Olivier Gourmet, Marc-André Grondin and Bouli Lanners French-language animation is almost always worth seeking out. It doesn’t have to be …
Missing Link Directed by Chris Butler Produced by Travis Knight & Arianne Sutner Screenplay by Chris Butler Starring Hugh Jackman, Zoe Saldana, Emma Thompson, Stephen Fry, David Walliams, Timothy Olyphant, Matt Lucas, Amrita Acharia, Zach Galifianakis LAIKA studio is becoming a worthy rival to Pixar, Dreamworks and Disney in the realm of feature-length animated films. …
The Red Turtle Directed by Michaël Dudok de Wit Produced by Toshio Suzuki, Isao Takahata, Vincent Maraval, Pascal Caucheteux, Grégoire Sorlat, and Léon Perahia Written by Michaël Dudok de Wit and Pascale Ferran Production companies: Prima Linea Productions, Why Not Productions, Wild Bunch, Studio Ghibli, CN4 Productions, Arte France Cinéma, Belvision Corporation Yes, this is …
I Am Mother Directed by Grant Sputore Produced by Timothy White & Kelvin Munro Screenplay by Michael Lloyd Green Starring Clara Rugaard, Luke Hawker, Rose Byrne & Hilary Swank Intelligent, contemplative science fiction movies are hard to come by. There was The Martian, although the ridiculous Earth-return sequence at the end did Matt Damon no …
See You Yesterday Producer: Spike Lee Director: Stefon Bristol Writers: Fredrica Bailey (co-writer), Stefon Bristol (co-writer) Stars: Eden Duncan-Smith, Dante Crichlow, Astro OK, fair warning: See You Yesterday is just terrible at being a science fiction movie. It’s a time travel yarn, and on the surface, a very formulaic one: Two high school geniuses invent …
Iron Sky: The Coming Race Directed by: Timo Vuorensola[1] Produced by: Tero Kaukomaa[1], Oliver Damian, Peter De Maegd Screenplay by: Dalan Musson[1] Story by: Johanna Sinisalo, Timo Vuorensola, Jarmo Puskala, Tero Kaukomaa, Samuli Torssonen Starring: Lara Rossi, Vladimir Burlakov, Kit Dale, Julia Dietze, Stephanie Paul, Tom Green, Udo Kier Imagine a world populated by Nazis, …
Velvet Buzzsaw Directed by Dan Gilroy Produced by Jennifer Fox Written by Dan Gilroy Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Toni Collette, Zawe Ashton, Tom Sturridge, Natalia Dyer, Daveed Diggs, Billy Magnussen and John Malkovich First off, Velvet Buzzsaw is a slasher movie. That said, I’m going to be using all sorts of words you don’t …
Black Mirror: Bandersnatch Directed by David Slade Produced by Russell McLean Written by Charlie Brooker Starring Fionn Whitehead, Will Poulter, Asim Chaudhry, Craig Parkinson, Alice Lowe Production company Netflix Distributed by Netflix I didn’t rush to watch Bandersnatch before because I read that it was based on 1980s computer interactive games. Aside from sounding like …