All posts by Lee Rothery

Title:  22 July Rating: R Director: Paul Greengrass Starring:  Anders Danielsen Lie, Jonas Strand Garvli, Jon Oigarden Runtime: 2 Hour 23 Minutes

Title:  BeastRating: RDirector: Michael PearceStarring: Johnny Flynn, Jessie Buckley, Geraldine JamesRuntime: 1 Hour 47 Minutes What It Is: A troubled woman living in an isolated community finds herself pulled between the control of her oppressive family and the allure of a secretive outsider suspected of a series of brutal murders. What We Think: There is…

Title:  Journeyman MPAA Rating: R Director: Paddy Considine Starring: Paddy Considine, Jodie Whittaker Runtime: 1 Hour 32 Minutes What It Is: Paddy Considine directs and stars in boxing melodrama Journeyman, his follow-up to his first debut with the also-grim Tyrannosaur. He’s Matty Burton, wanting to consolidate his world middleweight title in one last fight before he retires to…

Title:  Funny Cow MPAA Rating: R Director: Adrian Shergold Starring: Maxine Peake, Stephen Graham, Paddy Considine, Tony Pitts Runtime: 1 Hour 42 Minutes

Title:  Upgrade Rating: R Director: Leigh Whannell Starring: Logan Marshall-Green, Melanie Vallejo, Steve Danielsen Runtime: 1 Hour 40 Minutes What It Is: Logan Marshall-Green, a standout in 2016’s The Invitation stars as Grey Trace, a man as basic as his name. Grey is your standard hyper-masculine working-class prototype, a stubbled Luddite mechanic who views the innovations…

Title: American Animals Rating: R Director: Bart Layton Starring: Spencer Reinhard, Warren Lipka, Eric Borsuk Runtime: 1 Hour 56 Minutes What It Is: Directed by Bart Layton (“The Imposter”), the film tells the true story of four misguided college boys in Kentucky who plotted to rob a multi-million dollar collection of rare books from their University…

Title: Patient Zero Rating: R Director: Stefan Ruzowitzky Starring: Matt Smith, Natalie Dormer, Stanley Tucci Runtime: 1 Hour 33 Minutes

Title: Apostasy Rating: TV-14 Director: Daniel Kokotajlo Starring: Siobhan Finnernan, Sacha Parkinson, Molly Wright Runtime: 1 Hour 35 Minutes

Title: The Invitation Rating: Not Rated Director: Karyn Kusama Starring: Logan Marshall-Green, Emayatzy Corinealdi, Michiel Huisman Runtime: 1 Hour 40 Minutes

Title: Green Room Rating: R Director: Jeremy Saulnier Starring: Anton Yelchin, Imogen Poots, Patrick Stewart Runtime: 1 Hour 35 Minutes What It Is: Down-on-their-luck punk rockers The Ain’t Rights agree to a last-minute gig in a backwoods Oregon roadhouse, where they witness a murder and then find themselves under attack by a ruthless club owner and…