The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, 1974. Directed by Joseph Sargent. Starring Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, Martin Balsam and Héctor Elizondo. SYNOPSIS: Four armed men hijack a New York City subway car and demand a ransom for the passengers. The city’s police are faced with a conundrum: Even if it’s paid, how could they […]
Blu-ray Review – Road House (1989)
Road House, 1989. Directed by Rowdy Herrington. Starring Patrick Swayze, Ben Gazzara, Kelly Lynch, and Sam Elliott. SYNOPSIS: A legendary bouncer comes to restore order at a notorious bar but runs afoul of a ruthless crime boss who controls the town. There’s a scene early in Road House where Patrick Swayze’s Dalton, a bouncer with […]
Movie Review – Mirror Mirror (1990)
Mirror Mirror, 1990. Director: Marina Sargenti. Starring: Karen Black, Rainbow Harvest, Yvonne De Carlo, and William Sanderson. SYNOPSIS: A teenage girl begins receiving black magic power through an antique mirror that drips blood, not realizing the mirror is controlled by demonic forces. There’s something irresistible rediscovering old horror, and Mirror Mirror is a forgotten shard […]
Movie Review – Dead Mail (2024)
Dead Mail, 2024. Written and directed by Joe DeBoer and Kyle McConaghy. Starring Sterling Macer Jr., John Fleck, Susan Priver, Micki Jackson, Tomas Boykin, and Nick Heyman. SYNOPSIS: An ominous help note finds its way to a 1980s post office, connecting a dead letter investigator to a kidnapped keyboard technician. Dead Mail arrives like a […]
Movie Review – Die Alone (2024)
Die Alone, 2024. Written and directed by Lowell Dean. Starring Carrie-Anne Moss, Douglas Smith, and Frank Grillo. SYNOPSIS: Lost in a world reclaimed by nature and overrun by mysterious creatures, a young man with amnesia teams up with an eccentric survivalist to find his missing girlfriend. Lowell Dean’s biological horror Die Alone takes the well-worn […]
Movie Review – Time Travel Is Dangerous (2024)
Time Travel Is Dangerous, 2024. Directed by Chris Reading. Starring Sophie Thompson, Johnny Vegas, Jane Horrocks, Mark Heap, Tony Way, Brian Bovell, Guy Henry, Tom Lenk, Laura Aikman, and Kiell Smith-Bynoe, narrated by Stephen Fry. SYNOPSIS: Best friends Ruth and Megan run a vintage shop in Muswell Hill. Stumbling across a time machine, they embark […]
