Trespassers. 2019. Directed by Orson Oblowitz. Starring Angela Trimbur, Zach Avery, Janel Parrish, Jonathan Howard, Carlo Rota, Fairuza Balk, Sebastian Sozzi, and Joey Abril. SYNOPSIS: Two dysfunctional couples rent a modern luxury desert home for the weekend hoping to sort out their messed-up lives. Just as they are about to settle in for a fun […]
Movie Review – Party Hard, Die Young (2019)
Party Hard, Die Young. 2019. Directed by Dominik Hartl. Starring Elisabeth Wabitsch, Markus Freistätter, Michael Glantschnig, Valerie Huber, Edita Malovcic, Thomas Otrok, Chantal Pausch, Alexandra Schmidt, and Nikolaas von Schrader. SYNOPSIS: Finally, graduated and off to Croatia. It’s supposed to be the “party of their lives.” But for Julia and her friends their graduation trip […]
Movie Review – Deadsight (2019)
Deadsight. 2019. Directed by Jesse Thomas Cook. Starring Liv Collins, Adam Seybold, Ry Barrett and Jessica Vano. SYNOPSIS: A man with partial blindness and a young pregnant police officer must work together to escape from a deadly virus that has spread across Grey County. Jesse Thomas Cook’s take on the zombie genre begs an unthinkable […]
Movie Review – The Child Remains (2019)
The Child Remains, 2019. Directed by Michael Melski. Starring Suzanne Clément, Allan Hawco, Shelley Thompson, and Géza Kovács. SYNOPSIS: An expectant couple’s intimate weekend turns to terror as they discover their secluded country inn is a haunted maternity home where infants and mothers were murdered. Canadian horror joint The Child Remains is an outrageous, messy […]
Movie Review – The Perfection (2019)
The Perfection. 2019. Directed by Richard Shepard. Starring Allison Williams, Logan Browning, Alaina Huffman, and Steven Weber. SYNOPSIS: When troubled musical prodigy Charlotte seeks out Elizabeth, the new star pupil of her former school, the encounter sends both musicians down a sinister path with shocking consequences. Richard Shepard’s The Perfection is the sexiest, trashiest erotic […]
Second Opinion – Aladdin (2019)
Aladdin, 2019. Directed by Guy Ritchie. Starring Mena Massoud, Will Smith, Naomi Scott, Marwan Kenzari, Navid Negahban, Nasim Pedrad, and Billy Magnussen. SYNOPSIS: A kindhearted street urchin and a power-hungry Grand Vizier vie for a magic lamp that has the power to make their deepest wishes come true. Disney’s live-action remakes will always attract questioners. […]
Movie Review – Slaughterhouse Rulez (2019)
Slaughterhouse Rulez. 2019. Directed by Crispian Mills. Starring Asa Butterfield, Michael Sheen, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Finn Cole, Hermione Corfield, Jo Hartley, Jamie Blackley, Tom Rhys Harries, and Margot Robbie. SYNOPSIS: An illustrious British boarding school becomes a bloody battleground when a mysterious sinkhole appears at a nearby fracking site unleashing unspeakable horror. Simon Pegg […]
Movie Review – Pokemon: Detective Pikachu (2019)
Pokemon: Detective Pikachu, 2019. Directed by Rob Letterman. Starring Ryan Reynolds, Justice Smith, Kathryn Newton, Bill Nighy, Ken Watanabe, Chris Geere, and Suki Waterhouse. SYNOPSIS: In a world where people collect Pokémon to do battle, a boy comes across an intelligent talking Pikachu who seeks to be a detective. When a friend asked me to […]
Movie Review – Eighth Grade (2018)
Eighth Grade, 2018. Directed by Bo Burnham. Starring Josh Hamilton, Daniel Zolghadri, Elsie Fisher, and Emily Robinson. SYNOPSIS: A teenager tries to survive the last week of her disastrous eighth-grade year before leaving to start high school. Bo Burnham’s Eighth Grade earns a place at the kiddie’s table with Felix Thompson’s King Jack. Jordan Vogt-Roberts’ The Kings Of […]
Movie Review – The Silence (2019)
The Silence, 2019. Directed by John R. Leonetti. Starring Kiernan Shipka, Stanley Tucci, Miranda Otto, Kate Trotter, Kyle Breitkopf, John Corbett, and Billy MacLellan. SYNOPSIS: When the world is under attack from terrifying creatures who hunt their human prey by sound, 16-year old Ally Andrews, who lost her hearing at 13, and her family seek […]