sundance2019

Review: Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile

Posted 7 years ago

This review was originally run as part of JoBlo.com's 2019 Sundance Film Festival coverage. PLOT: Single mom Elizabeth Kloepfer (Lily Collins) is swept off her feet by a handsome, charismatic stranger (Zac Efron), only to be shocked when he’s arrested...

Review: Fighting With My Family

Posted 7 years ago

PLOT: Saraya Bevis (Florence Pugh) is raised to be a wrestler by her mom (Lena Headey) and dad (Nick Frost). When the WWE comes through town, she and her brother, Zak (Jack Lowden) get the opportunity to audition and make...

Sundance 2019 wrap up and 5 best!

Posted 7 years ago

Chris And so, another edition of the Sundance Film Festival is in the books. Over the ten years I’ve been attending the festival, I’ve seen Sundances that were particularly strong but this year’s edition just might take the cake. So...

Review: The Mustang

Posted 7 years ago

PLOT: A convict (Matthias Schoenaerts) who’s recently emerged from a long-spell in isolation, is assigned to an inmate program where they train wild mustangs to be sold at public auctions. REVIEW: It’s rare that a prison film ever actually focuses...

Review: Official Secrets (Sundance)

Posted 7 years ago

PLOT: In the run-up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Katharine Gun (Keira Knightley), a British secret service officer, leaks an NSA memo exposing an illegal U.S-U.K spying operation designed to push member states of the UN Security Council into...

Review: Corporate Animals (Sundance)

Posted 7 years ago

PLOT: The CEO (Demi Moore) of Incredibles Edibles, a company specializing in edible cutlery, invites her harried staff along for a team building weekend exploring the caves of New Mexico. When disaster strikes, it doesn’t take long for the team...

Review: Little Monsters (Sundance)

Posted 7 years ago

PLOT: Dave (Alexander England), a boorish man-child, tries to impress his nephew’s gorgeous teacher, Miss Caroline (Lupita Nyong’o) by helping her chaperone a petting zoo field trip which, to his eventual dismay, turns out to be next door to a...

Review: Honey Boy (Sundance)

Posted 7 years ago

PLOT: A troubled movie star in rehab (Lucas Hedges) tries to come to terms with the way his dangerously unpredictable father (Shia LaBeouf) raised him as a child. REVIEW: HONEY BOY is a gutsy undertaking for Shia LaBeouf. Known more...

Little Monsters (Sundance Review)

Posted 7 years ago

Wounds (Sundance Movie Review)

Posted 7 years ago

PLOT: Will (Armie Hammer), a New Orleans bartender, witnesses an act of violence that sends him down a rabbit hole of discovery, putting his very sanity, and that of his girlfriend, Carrie (Dakota Johnson), on the line. REVIEW: WOUNDS, which...

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