Spontaneous: Movie Review

Wildly creative, insane, funny and poignant.

Spontaneous is wildly original and insane with a touch of poignancy and real world politics. Teenagers start spontaneously combusting with no reason why. The FBI arrives “Are you blowing up your classmates?” “Um, no?” “Ok, back to the drawing board”. The politicians offer their thoughts and prayers, and unsurprisingly, that doesn’t solve it either. What are the still living students supposed to do?		2020 Directed by: Brian Duffield Screenplay by: Brian Duffield Based on the novel by Aaron Starmer Starring: Katherine Langford, Charlie Plummer

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom: Movie Review

Viola Davis and Chadwick Boseman’s fight to the end.

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom has big themes but told in such a small and intimate way, and that paradox, for some (myself included) will feel lacking, not wholly satisfying, despite a very compelling movie with some very powerful performances. August Wilson’s stage play from 1982 is brought to life by Viola Davis as the trailblazing Ma Rainey and the late Chadwick Boseman in his tragically final and finest work.		2020 Directed by: George C. Wolfe Screenplay by: Ruben Santiago-Hudson Based on the play by August Wilson Starring: Viola Davis, Chadwick Boseman

Another Round: Movie Review

Universal themes of life, love and death.

My only previous Thomas Vinterberg experience is with The Hunt. A movie I like but oh so frustrating. Another Round, while also starring Mads Mikkelsen as a teacher, is a very different creature. Another examination of human experience and consequences and action, but more sweeping and all encompassing.		2020 Directed by: Thomas Vinterberg Screenplay by: Thomas Vinterberg, Tobias Lindholm Starring: Mads Mikkelsen, Magnus Millang