Once Upon a Time In Hollywood

As the title of Quentin Tarantino’s new movie implies, ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ is a fairy tale, a fantasy film about a La La Land that no longer exists. There be no dragons or wizards on screen in this cinematic fable, but behind the scenes there is certainly a master conjurer at work.

The year is 1969 and Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio), a once popular star of the T.V. western ‘Bounty Law’…

Alpha

PG-13, 1hr 36min

Family films involving human and animal friendships can be trying to watch at times. They usually tend to be overly sugary and designed to produce maximum waterworks from the audience. Alpha breaks that mold by being about more than the family dog who has been a trusty sidekick for years.

Directed by Albert Hughes, Alpha is essentially the story of the first bond between man and canine and it is an epic tale indeed. Set against…

Unsane
R, 1h 37min

Steven Soderbergh. He’ll hire non actors to star in his films (Bubble, 2005), or entrust a lead role to an adult film star (The Girlfriend Experience, 2009), or start a movie without a script, instead choosing to write scenes just before he filmed them (Schizopolis, 1996). He’s a filmmaker that takes pride in working mainly outside the Hollywood system. While he still enjoys making mainstream crowd pleasers such as Logan Lucky, Soderbergh also embraces riskier endeavours…