5 ideas about a movie: Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool

Hi! Welcome to a review of a film with the best title ever. This is Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool. IMDb summary: A romance sparks between a young actor and a Hollywood leading lady. Film Stars Don’t Die In Liverpool was written by Matt Greenhalgh (the British cinema writer). As the name suggests, this was a film

Movie review: Girls Trip

Hello! It seems that nowadays, more and more Hollywood films break the boundaries of disposable entertainment and start to provide commentary on or revelations about the modern society. Girls Trip has accidentally become one of those kinds of films too. Let’s review it! IMDb summary: When four lifelong friends travel to New Orleans for the annual

5 ideas about a movie: Moonlight

Hello! Welcome to probably the last review of the awards season. Today, we are discussing the frontrunner Moonlight! IMDb summary: A timeless story of human self-discovery and connection, the film chronicles the life of a young black man from childhood to adulthood as he struggles to find his place in the world while growing up in

Movie review: Hidden Figures

Hello! Welcome to a review of a movie that would have been on my Top 10 films of 2016 if I have seen it before the end of the year (when will the studios realize the benefits of the global day-in-day releases?). This is Hidden Figures! IMDb summary: Based on a true story. A team

5 ideas about a movie: Free State of Jones

Hello! Before 2016 comes to a close, I would like to catch up on smaller movies and their reviews. Some of the films that I’m going to talk about in the next two weeks might become awards contenders, so I’m basically kickstarting the reviews of the awards season early. First movie on my list –

Extraordinary Cinema Review II (The Shows of Shows + Persepolis)

Hello! I’m continuing my series of indie foreign films that I’ve started yesterday. My previous post and the reasons behind me doing this review series are here. The previous two films I discussed both belong to the narrative cinema genre, so they were fairly close the mainstream. However, these two are more outside the box: one