Categorie: movie review
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Movie review ‘Nomadland’ (2020)
Synopsis: Following the economic collapse of a company town in rural Nevada, Fern (Frances McDormand) packs her van and sets off on the road exploring a life outside of conventional society as a modern-day nomad. The third feature film from director Chloé Zhao, NOMADLAND features real nomads Linda May, Swankie and Bob Wells as Fern’s…
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Movie review ‘The Good Nurse’ (2022)
Synopsis: Amy, a compassionate nurse and single mother struggling with a life-threatening heart condition, is stretched to her physical and emotional limits by the hard and demanding night shifts at the ICU. But help arrives when Charlie, a thoughtful and empathetic fellow nurse, starts at her unit. While sharing long nights at the hospital, the…
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A Nightmare on Elmstreet Movie Marathon: ‘A Nightmare on Elmstreet 4: The Dream Master’ (1988) – rewatch
Synopsis: Following up the previous Nightmare film, the dream demon Freddy Krueger is resurrected from his apparent demise, and rapidly tracks down and kills all three of the surviving Elm Street kids. However, Kristen Parker (who has the ability to draw others into her dreams) wills her special ability to her new best friend Alice…
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A Nightmare on Elmstreet Movie Marathon: ‘A Nightmare on Elmstreet 3: Dream Warriors’ (1987) – rewatch
Synopsis: Picking up where the original Nightmare left off, Nancy has grown up and become a psychiatrist specializing in dream therapy. She meets a group of children at a local hospital facing Freddy Krueger, the same demon she once encountered in her sleep. One of them is Kristen, who has the power to draw other…
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Movie Marathon ‘Alien 2: Aliens’ (1986) – rewatch
Synopsis: 57 years after Ellen Ripley had a close encounter with the reptilian alien creature from the first movie, she is called back, this time, to help a group of highly trained colonial marines fight off against the sinister extraterrestrials. But this time, the aliens have taken over a space colony on the moon LV-426.…
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A Nightmare on Elmstreet Movie Marathon ‘A Nightmare on Elmstreet Part 2: Freddy’s Revenge’ (1985) – rewatch
Synopsis: A new family moves into the house on Elm Street, and before long, the kids are again having nightmares about deceased child murderer Freddy Krueger. This time, Freddy attempts to possess a teenage boy to cause havoc in the real world, and can only be overcome if the boy’s sweetheart can master her fear.…
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Movie Marathon ‘Alien’ (1979) – rewatch
Synopsis: In the distant future, the crew of the commercial spaceship Nostromo are on their way home when they pick up a distress call from a distant moon. The crew are under obligation to investigate and the spaceship descends on the moon afterwards. After a rough landing, three crew members leave the spaceship to explore…
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A Nightmare on Elmstreet Movie Marathon: A Nightmare on Elmstreet (1984) – rewatch
Synopsis: Nancy is having nightmares about a frightening, badly-scarred figure who wears a glove with razor-sharp “finger knives”. She soon discovers that her friends are having similar dreams. When the kids begin to die, Nancy realizes that she must stay awake to survive. Uncovering the secret identity of the dream killer and his connection with…
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Movie review ‘Barbarian’ (2022)
Synopsis: In town for a job interview, a young woman arrives at her Airbnb rental late at night only to find that the house has been mistakenly double-booked and a strange man is already staying there. Against her better judgment, she decides to stay the night anyway, but soon discovers that there is much more…
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Movie review ‘Malignant’ (2021)
Synopsis: Twenty-seven long years after the brutal Simion Research Hospital incident, abused Madison wakes up in a hospital in present-day Seattle. But with numbing visions of murder getting in the way of a normal life, more and more, Madison’s obscure past emerges, baffling both herself and the local detectives. Are these explicitly violent killings figments…
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