U.S. soldier, Miles Willis (Jonathan Rosenthal), is shot and wounded during an intense firefight in Iraq. As he tries to radio for help, a sudden blinding light surrounds him, and he awakens to find himself trapped in a strange, colorless cube with nothing inside but his own combat gear. As time passes, the cube begins …
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Review – ‘Anti-Life’
Having Bruce Willis’ name attached to your movie means nothing anymore these days. He has his loyal fan base, but for some reason the actor doesn’t seem to care about quality. So is his newest movie “Die Hard in Space”? Not exactly. Anti-Life is a sci-fi thriller with a rather well known cast starring Bruce Willis, Cody Kearsley (Riverdale) …
LAAPFF Short Film Review – ‘The Quiet’ & ‘The Other Side’
The 36th edition of Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival has some incredible short film programs, all grouped into themes. This time we choose to explore “WWYD (What Would You Do?) 2020”, where emerging filmmakers reflect on difficult decisions in life and dare to ask the question “What Would You Do?” ‘The Quiet’ Just when …
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Review – ‘Sputnik’
Where most sci-fi horror films bring the alien on board a spaceship to wreak havoc, ‘Sputnik’ decides to take the action with them to good old planet Earth. This Russian creature feature could easily be described as ‘Arrival’ meets ‘Life’, but stands on its own two feet with its somber cinematography and terrific performances. “A …
TIFF20 Review – ‘Fireball: Visitors From Darker Worlds’
Werner Herzog makes documentaries for the general public. You may be unfamiliar with them, but his way of directing and narrating makes it easy to understand even the more scientific ones, that coming from someone else might seem a bit too “out of your league”. That’s both his strength and weakness, and might have those …
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