Tuesday, March 8, 2016

Also Watched - Chi-Raq, What We Do in the Shadows, 99 Homes, Z, Heavenly Creatures



Also watched this week Chi-Raq, What We Do in the Shadows, 99 Homes, Z, Heavenly Creatures.
Chi-Raq (2015)
Written by:
Kevin Willmott and Spike Lee (written by), Aristophanes (play)

Directed by: Spike Lee
Starring: Nick Cannon , Teyonah Parris , Wesley Snipes, John Cusack, Angela Bassett, Samuel L. Jackson
Rated: R

Based on an Aristophanes play and set in modern day Chicago, Lysistrata unites women worldwide to end the violence by committing to temporary celibacy.

What We Do in the Shadows (2014)
Written by:
Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi

Directed by: Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi
Starring: Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi, Jonny Brugh, Cori Gonzalez-Macuer
Rated: R

Four vampires sharing a flat in the modern world leads to tension, comedy... and death.

99 Homes (2015)
Written by:
Ramin Bahrani (story) & Ramin Bahrani (writer) and Amir Naderi  (writer) & Bahareh Azimi (story)


Directed by: Ramin Bahrani
Starring:  Andrew Garfield, Michael Shannon, Laura Dern
Rated: R

After being evicted from his home, Dennis Nash begins working for the real estate broker that evicted him.

Z (1969)
Written by:
Vasilis Vasilikos (novel), Jorge Semprun

Directed by: Costa-Gavras
Starring: Yves Montand , Irene Papas , Jean-Louis Trintignant
Rated: --

When a Greek politician dies, the state rules it an accident, but the autopsy rules it murder. It's up the investigating magistrate to determine what happened.

Heavenly Creatures (1994)
Written by:
  Fran Walsh and Peter Jackson (screenplay)

Directed by: Peter Jackson
Starring:  Melanie Lynskey, Kate Winslet, Sarah Peirse
Rated: R

Two teenagers form a friendship that turns obsessive and overly-dependent.

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