An American wakes in an English hospital, unable to remember anything prior to a recent car accident. With only a magazine photograph as a guide, and an unknown benefactor, he attempts to unravel what increasingly looks like a bizarre murder.
Freddie Francis
Director
Robert Webber
Chris Smith
Anthony Newlands
Dr. Keller
Jennifer Jayne
Gina McConnell
Maurice Denham
Hemmings
Lelia Goldoni
Denise James
Peter Woodthorpe
Marcus Allan
Sandra Boize
English Girl
Sue Lloyd
French Girl
Marianne Stone
Miss Grogan
Irene Richmond
Mrs. Keller
Kiwi Kingston
French Girl's Husband
In the film adaptation, director Jon M. Chu turns each musical number into a massive show stopper, with grand set pieces and a wealth of diverse dancers. Yet, in this attempt to show reverence for the people of the Washington Heights barrio, Chu, or maybe more specifically those in charge of casting, left out a crucial part of the community, Afro-Latinos.
What seems like such a simple story of survival is so much more than that—it’s a story of family, and of war, and of destruction. It’s painful to watch, but not in a bad way. It makes its audience reflect on their own actions, and in how they are complicit in the sufferings of others as the adults in this film are. Grave of the Fireflies does not hold back from being heartbreaking, and it shouldn’t. It tells a message that needs to be heard decades after the war, and a story that cannot be forgotten by history.
For football fans, this sports movie will show viewers the bonding between father and son as the son prepares for his big game.
Emily and Stephanie are back... just add gin and drama.
The Cycle refuses to lean into the same old, same old monster-movie tropes and builds the entire premise around the intellect and the history of a capable, smart female protagonist.