Louisa Moore

ScreenZealots

Activity Feed

ScreenZealots
ScreenZealots rated and reviewed a movie.
1 year ago
Epic period film “The Promised Land” is a Danish historical drama styled like an old fashioned American Western. Adapted from the best-selling Danish book “The Captain and Ann Barbara” by Ida Jessen, director Nikolaj Arcel’s tells the st... Read the full review »
ScreenZealots
ScreenZealots rated and reviewed a movie.
1 year ago
The white knuckle documentary “Beyond Utopia” captures a family’s traumatic escape from their home country of North Korea as they seek a better future for themselves and their children after living under a lifetime of oppression, suffering,... Read the full review »
ScreenZealots
ScreenZealots rated and reviewed a movie.
1 year ago
Based on Anthony Quinn’s novel “Curtain Call,” director Anand Tucker’s “The Critic” fully embraces the darker aspects of the story. This tale of deception and murder in pre-World War II London makes for an engaging story, but the film... Read the full review »
ScreenZealots
ScreenZealots rated and reviewed a movie.
1 year ago
I lean towards the colder side of lukewarm on “100 Yards,” a classic Kung Fu movie co-directed by brothers Haofeng and Junfeng Xu. The martial arts choreography is proficient but uninspired, and no amount of stylish filmmaking can overcome the... Read the full review »
ScreenZealots
ScreenZealots rated and reviewed a movie.
1 year ago
The first half of writer / director Rodrigo Moreno‘s “The Delinquents” is executed so well that I have a tendency to overlook the dreadfully dull second half, which in all fairness almost completely balances out the ridiculously bloated (and... Read the full review »
ScreenZealots
ScreenZealots rated and reviewed a movie.
1 year ago
The feeling that flooded over me when the end credits of “Mother, Couch” rolled was one of agitation and sheer annoyance. I felt like writer/director Niclas Larsson strung me along for two hours, only to leave me unfulfilled with a story that... Read the full review »
ScreenZealots
ScreenZealots rated and reviewed a movie.
1 year ago
If “Violent Night” and “Krampus” are holiday traditions at your house, you’re going to want to add director Magnus Martens‘ “There’s Something in the Barn” to your annual screening calendar. This playful, silly thriller about evi... Read the full review »
ScreenZealots
ScreenZealots rated and reviewed a movie.
1 year ago
In April 2016, Tunisian mother of four Olfa Hamrouni publicized the radicalization of her two teenager daughters, Rahma and Ghofrane. The two young women fled their home at ages 15 and 16 to fight alongside the Islamic State in Libya, leaving Olfa... Read the full review »
ScreenZealots
ScreenZealots rated and reviewed a movie.
1 year ago
There is never a limit to learning, and director Roger Ross Williams’ documentary “Stamped from the Beginning” taught me a considerable number of things that the American educational system did not. This eye-opening, academically-minded film... Read the full review »
ScreenZealots
ScreenZealots rated and reviewed a movie.
1 year ago
Films like “Biosphere” are some of the most difficult to review, mainly because of the purposeful vagueness and care it takes to avoid revealing anything that could be considered a spoiler. There is a whopper of a twist in this offbeat and cre... Read the full review »
ScreenZealots
ScreenZealots rated and reviewed a movie.
1 year ago
Some films seem destined to encourage debate, and “American Fiction” is going to result in a lot of it. This is the type of project that is challenging and confrontational, yet will also appeal to a broad, diverse crowd. I’m torn on it overa... Read the full review »
ScreenZealots
ScreenZealots rated and reviewed a movie.
1 year ago
Overblown, overly ambitious, self-indulgent, and intolerably dull, director Ridley Scott‘s historical epic “Napoleon” is a total misfire. His biopic of one of the world’s most notorious figures is less of a grand scale spectacle and more o... Read the full review »
ScreenZealots
ScreenZealots rated and reviewed a movie.
1 year ago
Violent, vulgar, and stupid, director Stuart Stone‘s indie “Vandits” isn’t totally terrible, but it certainly isn’t any good. Perhaps there’s a very small target audience out there that will discover this Canadian crime comedy and will... Read the full review »
ScreenZealots
ScreenZealots rated and reviewed a movie.
1 year ago
There’s an offbeat insight to director Christos Nikou‘s “Fingernails” that you will either love or hate, which makes it a film that is divisive by nature. Smart, provocative, and moody, this unconventional sci-fi romance has a flair for mo... Read the full review »
ScreenZealots
ScreenZealots rated and reviewed a movie.
1 year ago
Director Jessica Yu’s goofy comedy “Quiz Lady” succeeds because it doesn’t try to be something it’s not. This perfectly sweet, charming story about sisterhood has something for everyone. It may be uncomplicated and predictable, but this... Read the full review »
ScreenZealots
ScreenZealots rated and reviewed a movie.
1 year ago
With its carefree attitude and easygoing sensibilities, “Totally Killer” is a female-centered horror and science fiction mash-up that’s a lot of fun. Inspired by retro 80s slasher flicks, the movie feels like an homage to “Hot Tub Time Mac... Read the full review »
ScreenZealots
ScreenZealots rated and reviewed a movie.
1 year ago
There isn’t much to dislike about director Maggie Betts‘ “The Burial,” a solid courtroom drama that hits all the expectations of the genre (and sometimes even exceeds them). Inspired by true events, this rousing David versus Goliath story... Read the full review »
ScreenZealots
ScreenZealots rated and reviewed a movie.
1 year ago
R-rated comedy “Old Dads” is not particularly bad and not particularly good, but it is entertaining, disposable entertainment. Directed and co-written by comedian Bill Burr, the film has some funny (if sometimes stale) jokes and a watered-down... Read the full review »
ScreenZealots
ScreenZealots rated and reviewed a movie.
1 year ago
R-rated comedy “Old Dads” is not particularly bad and not particularly good, but it is entertaining, disposable entertainment. Directed and co-written by comedian Bill Burr, the film has some funny (if sometimes stale) jokes and a watered-down... Read the full review »
ScreenZealots
ScreenZealots rated and reviewed a movie.
1 year ago
Director Jacqueline Castel‘s stunning visual style and two strong lead performances aren’t enough to save “My Animal,” a frustratingly generic and slow-paced film. This queer horror / romance feels listless and unoriginal to a fault, which... Read the full review »