If you have ever wanted to see Richard Gere (Pretty Woman, The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel) at his eccentric best, watch Franny. Gere stars as the title character Franny, a wealthy philanthropist who has always been a tad outlandish. His behavior becomes altogether erratic after he loses his best friends in a car crash and […]
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Edinburgh 2015: The Thought-Provoking Future Of ‘Index Zero’
Italian Director/Screenwriter Lorenzo Sportiello has a very unique vision of the future, as seen in his debut feature film Index Zero. It is the year 2035, and gone are the European Countries we know so well; in their place is the United States of Europe. How this came to be we shall never know. It […]
Edinburgh 2015: Hirschbiegel’s Outstanding WWII Thriller ’13 Minutes’
A mere 13 minutes would have changed the world forever, and one of the greatest atrocities in history could have been avoided. In German director Oliver Hirschbiegel’s (Downfall, Das Experiment) newest film, the WWII-centered thriller 13 Minutes (Elser), he tells the true story of how one man, working alone, tried to change the world in […]
‘The Wolfpack’ Is A Coming-Of-Age Tale For The Film Geek In All Of Us
When filmmaker Crystal Moselle first met the Angulo brothers in 2010, they were six wide-eyed teenagers running loose on the streets of the East Village in New York City. It was literally one of the first times they had ever been outside of their family’s apartment. Sensing a bigger story, and appealing to the brothers’ […]
‘Jurassic World’ Has Biggest Global Opening Of All Time
Everyone loves dinosaurs. Everyone especially loves movies that feature dinosaurs. If you don’t believe me, let the numbers speak for themselves. Jurassic World has set a new record for biggest global opening in history. Jurassic World is a movie that features dinosaurs…lots of dinosaurs. Everyone loves dinosaurs. Everyone especially loves movies that feature dinosaurs. If […]