Echo Chamber - 231
We're taking a look at FOUR films on this week's EchoChamberFP so buckle up!!!
Things start off with a new Netflix rom-com, we then take a step back to look at Focus Features norse entry. Up next is the latest Apple TV joint, and we close the show with a revenge flick from The Avenue, Buffalo 8 & Signature Entertainment.
'The Marriage App' is directed by Sebastián De Caro and written by Gabriel Korenfeld & Rocio Blanco. A young couple (Luisana Lopilato & Juan Minujín) with children find themselves going through a crisis and seem to have exhausted all opportunities to solve their marriage problems. As a last resource, they decide to use an app that gives (or subtracts) points for each good deed they do to one another. At the beginning this seems to be the solution they have been waiting for, until the obsession to pile up points and win independence from each other will spiral things out of control.
'The Northman' is directed by Robert Eggers who co-wrote with Sjón. Based on the legend of Amleth. With a mind aflame with hate and revenge, Prince Amleth, (Oscar Novak) the wronged son of King Aurvandill War-Raven (Ethan Hawke), heads to cold, windswept Iceland to retrieve what was stolen from him: a father, a mother (Nicole Kidman), and a kingdom. And like a war dog picking up the enemy's scent, brutal Amleth (Alexander Skarsgård) embarks on a murderous quest to find the hateful adversary (Claes Bang), whose life is forever woven together with his by the threads of fate. But does he also find someone (Anya Taylor-Joy) else fate has woven into his story!?!
'Emancipation' is directed by Antoine Fuqua and written by William N. Collage. It's the triumphant story of Peter (Will Smith), a man who escapes from slavery, relying on his wits, unwavering faith and deep love for his family to evade cold-blooded hunters and the unforgiving swamps of Louisiana on his quest for freedom. The film is inspired by the 1863 photos of “Whipped Peter,” taken during a Union Army medical examination, that first appeared in Harper’s Weekly. One image, known as “The Scourged Back,” which shows Peter’s bare back mutilated by a whipping delivered by his enslavers, ultimately contributed to growing public opposition to slavery.
'Savage Justice' (aka Savage Salvation) is directed by Randall Emmett and written by Adam Taylor Barker & Chris Sivertson. Newly engaged Shelby John (Jack Huston) and Ruby Red (Willa Fitzgerald) want a fresh start after their struggles with addiction, but when Shelby discovers his beloved Ruby dead on their porch, he embarks on a vengeful killing spree of the dealers who supplied her. Armed with nothing but adrenaline and a nail gun, Shelby begins to unleash chaos on the town’s criminal underbelly, as he hunt’s down crime lord Coyote (Quavo). Sheriff Church (Robert De Niro) must race against the clock to put an end to Shelby's vigilante justice before the entire town descends into a bloodbath
This episode has:
The Marriage App - Poster
The Marriage App
Watch Review: Here.
Digital Release Date: 7th December 2022
Director: Sebastián De Caro
Cast: Luisana Lopilato, Juan Minujín, Andrea Rincón, Cristina Castaño, Aaron Miglio
Credit: Buffalo Films, Tieless Media, Netflix
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Running Time: 101 min
Cert: 15
Trailer: Here.
Watch via Netflix: Here.
The Northman - Poster
The Northman
Watch Review: Here.
Rigoletto Cinema World Premiere: 28th March 2022
Theatrical Release Date: 22nd April 2022
Digital Release Date: 6th June 2022
Director: Robert Eggers
Cast: Alexander Skarsgård, Nicole Kidman, Claes Bang, Anya Taylor-Joy, Ethan Hawke, Gustav Lindh, Elliott Rose, Eldar Skar, Olwen Fouéré, Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson, Ineta Sliuzaite, Murray McArthur, Ralph Ineson, Tadhg Murphy, Kate Dickie, Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson, Björk, Willem Dafoe
Credit: Focus Features, Regency Enterprises, New Regency, Square Peg, Perfect World Pictures, Universal Pictures
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Historical, Suspense
Running Time: 136 min
Cert: 15
Trailer: Here.
Watch via AppleTV+: Here.
Watch via Prime Video: Here.
Watch via Prime Video UK: Here.
Website: Here.
Twitter: @TheNorthmanFilm
Facebook: Here.
Instagram: @thenorthmanfilm
Emancipation - Poster
Emancipation
Watch Review: Here.
World Premiere: 1st October 2022
Theatrical Release Date: 18th December 2022
Digital Release Date: 9th December 2022
Director: Antoine Fuqua
Cast: Will Smith, Charmaine Bingwa, Imani Pullum, Jeremiah Friedlander, Jordyn McIntosh, Landon Chase Dubois, Gilbert Owuor, Jabbar Lewis, Michael Luwoye, Mustafa Shakir, Ben Foster, Steven Ogg, Grant Harvey, Ronnie Gene Bivens, Jayson Warner Smith, Aaron Moten, K. Steele
Credit: Apple Original Films, Overbrook Entertainment, Westbrook Studios, McFarland Entertainment, Escape Artists, Apple Studios
Genre: Drama, Historical, Thriller
Running Time: 132 min
Cert: 18
Trailer: Here.
Watch via AppleTV+: Here.
Savage Justice (aka Savage Salvation) - Poster
Savage Justice (aka Savage Salvation)
Watch Review: Here.
Theatrical Release Date: 2nd December 2022
Digital Release Date: 12th December 2022
DVD & Blu-ray Release Date: 13th February 2023
Director: Randall Emmett
Cast: Jack Huston, Willa Fitzgerald, Robert De Niro, Meadow Williams, Winter Ave Zoli, John Malkovich, Max Walls, Noel Gugliemi, Miller Garfinkel, Clay Wilcox, Quavo, Lindsay Pulsipher, Katalina Viteri, Julie Oliver-Touchstone, J. Oscar Simmons
Credit: Emmett Furla Oasis Films, Verdi Productions, SSS Entertainment, The Avenue Entertainment, BondIt Media Capital, Buffalo 8, Signature Entertainment
Genre: Action, Thriller
Running Time: 101 min
Cert: 18
Trailer: Here.
Digital Platforms: iTunes, AppleTV, Amazon, Google, YouTube
Watch via AppleTV+: Here.
Watch via Prime Video: Here.
Pre-order DVD & Blu-ray: Here.
Website: Here.
Facebook: Here.
Instagram: @savagesalvation.movie
*(Music)
'Nobody’ (Feat. Lauryn Hill) by Was - 2021