Echo Chamber - 248
Hope you're ready for this week's EchoChamberFP episode!!!
We start off with an action Netflix original, then we step back in time for Tandem Pictures & Momentum Pictures indie feature. Next up is a (fairly) true story from Marv Studios & AppleTV+ and we bring it home with Break Out Pictures & Bankside's new time travel gem!
'Kill Boksoon' 길복순 is written & directed by Byun Sung-hyun. Gil Bok-soon (Jeon Do-yeon), a legendary killer in the contract killing industry, gets caught up in an unavoidable confrontation just before renewing her contract with the company.
'Black Bear' is written & directed by Lawrence Michael Levine. At a remote lake house, filmmaker Allison (Aubrey Plaza) arrives as a house guest to a troubled couple (Sarah Gadon & Christopher Abbott), who have eschewed their life in the city. Battling writer’s block, Allison sparks a calculated game of desire and jealousy in pursuit of a new work that blurs the boundaries of autobiography and invention.
'Tetris' is directed by Jon S. Baird and written by Noah Pink. Henk Rogers (Taron Egerton) an enterprising game developer risks everything in a race to outmaneuver duplicitous insiders to negotiate a deal with Soviet Union bureaucrats (Oleg Shtefanko & Igor Grabuzov) for the international licensing rights to what would eventually become one of the most recognizable and widely played games in history.
'Lola' is the feature directorial debut from Andrew Legge and written by Angeli Macfarlane. England, 1941, sisters Thomasina (Emma Appleton) and Martha Hanbury (Stefanie Martini) have created a machine that can intercept broadcasts from the future. This delightful apparatus allows them to explore their inner punk a generation before the movement comes into existence. But with World War II escalating, the sisters decide to use the machine as a weapon of intelligence, with world-altering consequences.
Today we have:
Kill Boksoon 길복순 - Poster
Kill Boksoon 길복순
Watch Review: Here.
73rd Berlin International Film Festival: 18th February 2023
Theatrical Release Date: 31st March 2023
Digital Release Date: 31st March 2023
Director: Byun Sung-hyun
Cast: Jeon Do-yeon, Sol Kyung-gu, Esom, Koo Kyo-hwan, Kim Si-a, Lee Yeon, Park Kwang-jae, Jang In-sub, Choi Byung-mo, Kim Sung-oh, Kim Ki-cheon, Gi Ju-bong, Kim Jun-bae, Jang Hyun-sung
Credit: See At Film, Seed Films, Netflix
Genre: Action, Crime
Running Time: 137 min
Cert: 18
Trailer: Here.
Watch via Netflix: Here.
Website: Here.
Black Bear - Poster
Black Bear
Watch Review: Here.
Sundance Film Festival: 24th January 2020
Theatrical Release Date: 4th December 2020
Digital Release Date: 13th April 2021
Director: Lawrence Michael Levine
Cast: Aubrey Plaza, Sarah Gadon, Christopher Abbott, Lindsay Burdge, Alexander Koch, Jennifer Kim, Shannon O'Neill, Grantham Coleman, Paola Lázaro, Lou Gonzalez
Credit: Oakhurst Entertainment, Productivity Media, Tandem Pictures, Blue Creek Pictures, Momentum Pictures
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Running Time: 88 min
Cert: 15
Trailer: Here.
Watch via Apple TV+: Here.
Watch via Mubi: Here.
Watch via Prime Video: Here.
Watch via Prime Video UK: Here.
Website: Here.
Tetris - Poster
Tetris
Watch Review: Here.
South by Southwest: 15th March 2023
Digital Release Date: 31st March 2023
Director: Jon S. Baird
Cast: Taron Egerton, Nikita Efremov, Sofia Lebedeva, Anthony Boyle, Ben Miles, Ken Yamamura, Igor Grabuzov, Oleg Shtefanko, Ayane Nagabuchi, Rick Yune, Roger Allam, Toby Jones
Credit: Apple Studios, AI Film, Marv Studios, Apple TV+
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller
Running Time: 118 min
Cert: 18
Trailer: Here.
Watch via Apple TV+: Here.
Lola - Poster
Lola
Watch Review: Here.
Locarno Film Festival: 5th August 2022
Theatrical Release Date: 7th April 2023
Director: Andrew Legge
Cast: Emma Appleton, Stefanie Martini, Rory Fleck Byrne, Aaron Monaghan, Shaun Boylan
Credit: Cowtown Pictures, Head Gear Films, Kreo Films FZ, Metrol Technology, Bankside Films, Signature Entertainment
Genre: Sci-Fi, War
Running Time: 79 min
Cert: 18
Trailer: Here.
Website: Here.
*(Music)
'Special Delivery’ by G. Dep - 2001