MINARI: 4 STARS A nomination for a Golden Globe Award as Best Foreign Language Film should help “Minari,” now on premium digital and on-demand, the boost it deserves to find a wide audience. Simultaneously intimate and emotional, it is an authentic coming-of-age story about the resilience of the human spirit. Drawing on his own personal experiences director Lee Isaac Chung has crafted a story about the Yi family, the Korean born mother and father, Jacob (Steven Yeun) and Monica (Yeri Han), and their American born kids Anne (Noel Kate Cho) and David (Alan Kim). Dreaming of a better life, they relocate from California to start a food business in rural Arkansas. Buying a plot of land, he plans on growing Korean produce to sell in the tri-state area.
Synchronic: 2½
SUPERNOVA: Two top-notch performances and a spare but highly emotional script meld beautifully in this movie. There are tears to come, but even more so a feeling of satisfaction because, as you’ll realize along the way, you’re watching a special film. It’s witty, mature, moving and all about friendship. Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci play long-time lovers who go on a road trip to the Lakes District in the north of England to relive some old times. They’re both artistic. Firth is a pianist. Tucci is a novelist, but terrified of the early onset dementia developing in him. “I want to be remembered for who I was, not for who I’m about to become,” he says in one of the stronger pieces of dialogue.
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The movie is described as a whodunnit, a blend of
The Craft meets
Se7en, centering on a murder mystery about seven girls from a religious town that start a cult where they embody the seven deadly sins.
The Sinners stars Kaitlyn Bernard, Brenna Llewellyn, Brenna Coates, Keilani Elizabeth Rose, Jasmine Randhawa, Carly Fawcett, Natalie Malaika, Aleks Paunovic, and Lochlyn Munro.
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