When Antoine (20) gets invited by friends for a week at the ocean, the stakes are high. He knows he earned his ticket thanks to his car, but it's now or never to shine and join the pantheon of cool people. The only problem is that Antoine — at the ocean or anywhere else — is anything but cool. On the beach, Antoine seizes an opportunity to pass himself off as a talented surfer. And it works… Suddenly he's thrust into a role whose full consequences he hasn't begun to grasp.
If I had truly wished to witness "Guardians of the Galaxy", I would have stayed home to do so. Instead, I went to the IMAX and took in this newest incarnation of one of the most recognized and adapted superheroes in the DC Universe. **Sigh** Let me be clear here. I am NOT saying this is an AWFUL film.
Netflix’s new rom-com, Voicemails for Isabelle (dir. Leah McKendrick), isn’t just heartwarming, funny, and an achievement in female directing - it’s also an instant classic. Following 20-something aspiring baker Jill (Zoey Deutch), Voicemails for Isabelle tells a story of grief, self-discovery, and fateful connections. Ever since her beloved sister Izzy’s (Ciara Bravo) death, Jill has been leaving her hilarious, extremely TMI voicemails about her chaotic love life and miserable day job as a prep cook. Little does she know that a handsome and unsatisfied real estate agent in her hometown has inherited the number and practically fallen in love with her by listening to her stories.
"His Girl Friday" set the bar for romcoms and gave us a feminist heroine before feminism was cool.
Despite everything it was capable of, all of these poor choices strung together amount to nothing more than a counter-productive film.
"A Drowning Man" (2017) explores the unseen aspects of the Refugee Crisis. In, 15 far-too-short minutes, viewers are given a detailed snapshot of what it's like for a refugee to drown in the waters of poverty and otherness while trying to navigate a land whose promise has worn off, and only 'strange' remains.
