Review – Cranky Hanks (“A Man Called Otto”)

Based on the book, A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman, which was made into a Swedish movie back in 2015 (see review below), we get the Americanized version with everyone’s favorite actor, Tom Hanks, as a verbally abrasive old widower. But really, what was the point? To date, I have never seen an Americanized…

Review – Unfriended Plus (“The Banshees Of Inisherin”)

Writer/director/playwright Martin McDonagh is back and bringing with him Brendan Gleeson & Colin Farrell again, his two leads from his 2008 dramedy, In Bruges. This time around, Gleeson and Farrell aren’t assassins for hire, but best friends whose friendship is in serious jeopardy. In 1923, on the island of Inisherin during the Irish Civil War…

Review – Home Sweet Home? (“Belfast”)

Based on writer/director Kenneth Branagh’s childhood growing up in Belfast, Northern Ireland in the dangerous and unpredictable late 60’s, this semi-autobiographical tale deals with a small town torn apart by religious differences and told through the eyes of a young boy. Buddy’s (Jude Hill) is only 8-years-old, but he’s seen enough to age any boy…

Review – Ewe’ll Never See This Coming (“Lamb”)

With a very weird and twisted screenplay by first-time director/writer Valdimar Jóhannsson and poet, novelist, and Bjork songwriter, Sjon, this Icelandic import from A24 Films is moody, creepy, strange, and gives you a case of “what-if’s” with its unusual plot. Somewhere in the desolate outback of Iceland lies the lonely sheep farm of hard-working farmers,…