Prince of Darkness, 1987.Directed by John Carpenter. Starring Donald Pleasance, Victor Wong, Jameson Parker, Lisa Blout, and Dennis Dun.SYNOPSIS:A group of university students are recruited by their professor and a local priest to solve the mystery regarding the nature of a large container with a mysterious green fluid within it. Unbeknownst to the students, the […]
Movie Review – The Death Of Stalin (2017)
The Death Of Stalin, 2017.Directed by Armando Iannucci. Starring Simon Russell Beale, Steve Buscemi, Jeffrey Tambor, Andrea Riseborough, Jason Isaacs, Paddy Considine, Michael Palin, and Paul Whitehouse.SYNOPSIS:The leader of the Soviet Union, Stalin, has the entire country in his grip and rules through fear. Then he dies suddenly, throwing the regime into chaos. And creating […]
October Horrors 2017 Day 16 – Martin (1978)
Martin, 1978.Directed by George A. Romero. Starring John Amplas, Lincoln Maazel, Christine Forrest, and Tom Savini.SYNOPSIS:A young man by the name of Martin lives a life of alienation and loneliness, spending his days working as a delivery boy for a distant relative. Martin is also a vampire, prowling the streets at night while looking for […]
Movie Review – Brawl In Cell Block 99 (2017)
Brawl In Cell Block 99, 2017.Directed by S. Craig Zahler. Starring Vince Vaughn, Jennifer Carpenter, Don Johnson, Udo Kier and Marc Blucas.SYNOPSIS:After losing his job, a former boxer starts working for a local drug dealer. When a deal goes sour, he’s held responsible by the cartel involved and can’t escape them when he goes to […]
Movie Review – Goodbye Christopher Robin (2017)
Goodbye Christopher Robin, 2017.Directed by Simon Curtis. Starring Domhnall Gleeson, Margot Robbie, Kelly Macdonald, Will Tilston, Stephen Campbell Moore, Richard McCabe, Vicki Pepperdine, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, and Alex Lawther.SYNOPSIS:A behind-the-scenes look at the life of author A.A. Milne and the creation of the Winnie the Pooh stories inspired by his son C.R. Milne.Realistically, the most gracious compliment to be given […]
Blu-ray Review – Miracle Mile (1988)
Miracle Mile, 1988.Directed by Steve De Jarnatt. Starring Anthony Edwards, Mare Winningham, Denise Crosby, John Agar, Lou Hancock, Mykelti Williamson, and Kurt Fuller.SYNOPSIS:After answering a pay phone at four in the morning and hearing a message warning of all-out nuclear war, a young man must find his new love and try and survive the upcoming […]
October Horrors 2017 Day 15 – Carrie (1976)
Carrie, 1976.Directed by Brian De Palma. Starring Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie, Nancy Allen, William Katt, Amy Irving and John Travolta.SYNOPSIS:Carrie White is a shy teenager who endures a daily ritual of bullying from her classmates who torment her mercilessly at school, while also being subjective to repeated abuse from her religious fanatic of a mother. […]
Movie Review – Jungle (2017)
Jungle, 2017.Directed by Greg McLean. Starring Daniel Radcliffe, Thomas Kretschmann, Alex Russel, Joel Jackson, Lily Sullivan, and Yasmin Kassim.SYNOPSIS:A group of friends join a guide for a trek into the Bolivian jungle, searching for an Indian village. The men soon realize that the jungle is a difficult place to be.Seeing as Daniel Radcliffe (AKA the […]
61st BFI London Film Festival Review – Veronica (2017)
Veronica, 2017.Directed by Paco Plaza. Starring Sandra Escacena, Bruna Gonzalez, and Claudia Pacer.SYNOPSIS:Madrid, 1991. A teen girl finds herself besieged by an evil supernatural force after she played Ouija with two classmates.In 2007 Spanish director Paco Plaza obliterated audiences’ nerves with found-footage zombie horror REC. Co-directed by Jaume Balaguero the movie tore through an increasingly […]
61st BFI London Film Festival Review – The Florida Project (2017)
The Florida Project 2017Directed by Sean BakerStarring Bria Vinaite, Brooklynn Prince, Valeria Cotto, Willem Dafoe, Caleb Landry Jones and Macon Blair.SYNOPSIS:In the shadow of Disney World is a motel called The Magic Castle. Among the residents is six year old Moonee, who spends the summer months getting into mischief with her friends. But life isn’t […]
