JOY RIDE (2023)

 

Directed By: Adele Kim

Written By: Cherry Chevapravatdumrong and Teresa Hsaio 

Story By: Adele Kim, Cherry Chevapravatdumrong and Teresa Hsaio 

Cinematography: Paul Yee

Editor: Nena Erb

Cast: Ashley Park, Sherry Cola, Sabrina Wu, Stephanie Hsu, Timothy Simons, Ronny Chaing, Lori Tan Chinn, Annie Mumolo, David Denman, Desmond Chiam, Meredith Hagner, Daniel Dae Kim

Follows four Chinese-American friends as they bond and discover the truth of what it means to know and love who you are, while they travel through China in search of one of their birth mothers.

THE STONED AGE (1994)

 

Directed By: James Melkonian

Written By: James Melkonian and Rich Wilkes 

Cinematography: Paul Holahan

Editor: Peter Schink 

Cast: Michael Kopelow, Bradford Tatum, China Kantner, Renee Ammann, Clifton Collins Jr., Kevin Kilner, Taylor Negron, Art Chudabala, David Groh, Jake Busey 

Determined to avoid another night of driving aimlessly around Torrance in the Blue Torpedo, Joe and Hubbs set out on a quest for fine chicks. Their paths soon cross with Tack, from whom they learn about a pair of radical chicks hanging out near the Frankie Avalon place. Over Joe's objections, Hubbs worms Tack out of the deal, and the pair take a slow ride toward their destiny.

LAST RESORT (1986)

 

Directed By: Zane Buzby Written By: Steve Zacharias and Jeff Buhai Cinematography: Steven Katz and Alex Nepomniaschy Editor: Gregory Scherick 

Cast: Charles Grodin, Robin Pearson Rose, John Ashton, Megan Mullally, Jon Lovitz, Phil Hartman, Mario Van Peebles, Gerrit Graham, Brenda Bakke, David Mirkin, Scott Nemes, Jacob Vargas

George Lollar takes his family on vacation with "Club Sand", a shoddy and untrustworthy company. On their tropical island, they find soldiers everywhere, an unhelpful staff, inhospitable accommodation, and undesirable holidaymakers, but everyone except George manages to have fun in the sun.

SICK OF MYSELF (2023)

 

Written, Directed & Edited By Kristoffer Borgli

Cinematography: Benjamin Loeb 

Cast: Kristine Kujath Thorp, Elrik Sabther, Fanny Vaager, Sarah Francesca Braenne, Fredrik Sternberg Ditlev-Simonsen, Andrea Braein Hovig, Steinar Klouman Hallert, Ingrid Vollan 

Increasingly overshadowed by her boyfriend's recent rise to fame as a contemporary artist creating sculptures from stolen furniture, Signe hatches a vicious plan to reclaim her rightfully deserved attention within the milieu of Oslo's cultural elite.

THE YEAR BETWEEN (2023)

 

Written & Directed: Alex Heller 

Cinematography: Jason Chiu

Editor: Harrison Atkins

Cast: Alex Heller, J. Smith-Cameron, Steve Buscemi, Emily Robinson, Wyatt Oleff, Kyanna Simone, Rajeey Jacob, Anne Hollister 

Clemence Miller is coming home to live in her family's basement after dropping out of college with a newly diagnosed mental illness. Having to face her battered relationships and responsibilities of adulthood, she is driving everyone around her... crazy.

DEATH WISH 3 (1985)

 

Directed By: Michael Winner  Written by: Dan Jakoby  Based on characters created by: Brian Garfield  Cinematography: John Stainer  Editor: Arnold Crust 

Cast: Charles Bronson, Ed Lauter, Martin Balsam, Deborah Raffin, Gavin O’Herlihy, Kirk Taylor, Alex Winter, Tony Spiridakis, Marina Sirtis

Architect/vigilante Paul Kersey arrives back in New York City and is forcibly recruited by a crooked police chief to fight street crime caused by a large gang terrorizing the neighborhoods.

DEATH WISH II (1982)

 

Directed By: Michael Winner  Written By: David Engelbach  Based On Characters Created By: Brian Garfield Cinematography: Tom Del Ruth and Richard H. Kline  Editor: Arnold Crust and Julian Semian 

Cast: Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, Vincent Gardenia, Anthony Franciosa, Laurence Fishburne, Ben Frank, J.D. Cannon, Robin Sherwood, Robert F. Lyons, Silvena Gallardo 

Architect Paul Kersey once again becomes a vigilante when he tries to find the five street punks who murdered his daughter and housekeeper, this time on the dark streets of Los Angeles.

THE KILLER ELITE (1975)

 

Directed By: Sam Peckinpah  Written By: Marc Norman and Stirling Silliphant  Based On The Novel “Monkey In The Middle”: Robert Rostand  Cinematography: Philip Lathrop  Editor: Monte Hellman and Tony De Zarraga 

Cast: James Caan, Robert Duvall, Bo Hopkins, Mako, Burt Young, Gig Young, Arthur Hill, Tom Clancy, Tiana, Kate Heflin, Sondra Blake 

Mike Locken is one of the principal members of a group of freelance spies. A significant portion of their work is for the C.I.A. While he's on a case for them, one of his friends turns on him and shoots him in the elbow and knee. His assignment, to protect someone, goes down in flames. He is nearly crippled, but with braces is able to become mobile again. For revenge as much as anything else, Mike goes after his ex-friend.

CLERK (2021)

 

Directed By: Malcolm Ingram
Cinematography: Bruce Lee Roberts
Editor: Sean Stanley 

With appearances by: Ben Affleck, Jason Mewes, Joey Lauren Adams, Mark Hamill, Scott Mosier, Raquel Castro, Harley Quinn Smith

Not so much a review, but an appreciation

KING OF COMEDY (1999)

 

Directed By: Stephen Chow & Lik-Chi Lee Written By: Stephen Chow, Erica Lee, Kan-Cheung Tsang, Man-Fai Cheng and Min-Hang Fung Cinematography: Wing-Hang Wong  Editor: Kit-Wai Kai and Chi-Wai Yau

Cast: Stephen Chow, Karen Mok, Cecilia Cheung, Man-Tat Ng, Kai-Man Tin, Chi-Sing Lam, Po Chun Chan, Joe Cheng

A bar girl hires a struggling actor to give her acting lessons so that she can feign a greater interest in her customers. The longer they work together, the more they find they have in common.

THE GOD OF COOKERY (1996)

 

Directed By: Stephen Chow and Lik-Chi Lee Written By: Stephen Chow, Man Sang Lo and Kan-Cheung Tsang Cinematography: Jingle Ma Editor: Ka-Fai Cheung

Cast: Stephen Chow, Karen Mok, Vincent Kok, Man-Tat Ng, Tats Lau, Chi-Shing Chan, Jung Chen

The God of Cookery, a brilliant chef who sits in judgment of those who would challenge his title, loses his title when a jealous chef reveals him to be a con-man and humiliates him publicly. As this new chef takes on the God of Cookery's role, the former God tries to pull himself back on top again, to challenge his rival and find once and for all who is the true God of Cookery.

MOVIES WATCHED IN JUNE (2023)