The friendship between two unlikely girls in 1960s rural America is explored in this coming-of-age film from director Martha Stephens. Iris Deerborne is a wallflower in a small town in Oklahoma. She always finds herself embarrassed by her overbearing and overprotective mother and always bullied by her classmates. One day on her way to school, […]Read Post ›
Donnie Yen takes a bow in this final installment of the long-running franchise of Bruce Lee’s teacher, Wing Chun grandmaster Ip Man. It is the year 1964. Grandmaster Ip Man has learned that he has head and neck cancer and as a result, he is to stop smoking. To make matters worse, his son Ip […]Read Post ›
A British photojournalist gets more than what he bargains for in the trailer to Honey Lauren‘s indie comedy Wives of the Skies. Two stewardesses, Fran and Marcy, work for Fine Air, a well-appointed airline. One evening after work, at their stewardess’ hotel, they befriend Derrick, a British photojournalist who wants to interview them as “subjects” for his […]Read Post ›
Legendary Hollywood actor Tom Hanks makes his feature film directorial debut with this nostalgic film about the rise and fall of a rock and roll band. The year is 1964 and the place is Erie, Pennsylvania. Electronics store heir Guy Patterson spends his days selling and his nights doing the books but also doing his […]Read Post ›
One of the indie greats, John Waters, enters the mainstream with this tale of civil rights and dance shows in 1960’s Baltimore. It is 1962 Baltimore. The local dance show that brings the “nicest kids in town” was the Corny Collins Show. Plump teen Tracy Turnblad has had a dream to go on the show. […]Read Post ›
Donnie Yen stars in this fact-based film on the life of one of Hong Kong’s most notorious drug lords with Andy Lau reprising a role from a two-film series in the 1990’s. In the year 1960, a man named Ho and his three best friends escaped China and headed for Hong Kong. There, they make […]Read Post ›
Get ready to see action hero Donnie Yen in a whole new light in the upcoming true story-inspired Chasing the Dragon. Yen plays “Crippled” Ho, a Mainland China-based immigrant who arrives in 1963 Hong Kong and rises through the ranks to become a notorious drug lord, with a corrupt police officer named Lee Rock joining […]Read Post ›
Revenge of the Nerds. PCU. Van Wilder. These are films that have defined perhaps the “fraternity” movie in the 80’s, 90’s, and 00’s respectively. However, this film is truly the ultimate “fraternity” classic that had it not been made, perhaps we would not have even seen anything like its successors. Larry Kroeger and Kent […]Read Post ›
This coming of age tale set in 1963 South Carolina is highlighted by the titular “shag dancing” as well as the cast of talents in the film. Having graduated from Spartanburg High School, summer has come for best friends Carson, Melaina, Pudge, and Luanne. Carson is engaged to be married to longtime boyfriend and tobacco […]Read Post ›
