Under the Skin, 2013. Directed by Jonathan Glazer. Starring Scarlett Johansson, Paul Brannigan, Scott Dymond, Krystof Hádek, Joe Szula, Michael Moreland, Jessica Mance, and Lee Fanning. SYNOPSIS:An alien being in a human form travels through Scotland. A motorcycle driver disappears into the shadows and takes the unconscious body of a woman over to a RV who goes by the name of Laura […]

Chris Cooper reviews the latest in IDW ‘Villains’ series, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Villains Micro-Series #6 – Hun… “As the new leader of the Purple Dragons, the villainous Hun joins the war in City Fall! He’s already making friends in high places and imposing his will on anyone who stands in his way! Hun’s past […]

Labor Day, 2013. Directed by Jason Reitman. Starring Kate Winslet, Josh Brolin, Tobey Maguire, Clark Gregg, James Van Der Beek, Brooke Smith, Maika Monroe, Dylan Minnette and Gattlin Griffith. SYNOPSIS: An adolescent boy and his reclusive mother unwittingly assist an escaped convict. A reclusive mother and her dutiful teenage son go on a monthly shopping trip which happens to occur during the […]

All Is By My Side, 2013. Directed by John Ridley. Starring André Benjamin, Hayley Atwell, Imogen Poots, Burn Gorman, Ashley Charles, Ruth Negga, and Robbie Jarvis. SYNOPSIS: An unknown American backup musician heads to London, England where he transformers himself into legendary guitarist Jimmy Hendrix. Catching the eye of the girlfriend of Keith Richards is a guitarist who is […]

12 Years a Slave, 2013. Directed by Steve McQueen. Starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Brad Pitt, Benedict Cumberbatch, Michael Fassbender, Sarah Paulson, Paul Dano, Paul Giamatti, Quvenzhané Wallis, Garret Dillahunt and Taran Killam. SYNOPSIS:In 1841 New Yorker Solomon Northup was kidnapped and sold into slavery. A talented violinist believes that he has been offered a financially rewarding job only to be sold into slavery; over […]

Prisoners, 2013. Directed by Denis Villeneuve. Starring Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Viola Davis, Maria Bello, Paul Dano, Melissa Leo, Terrence Howard, and Dylan Minnette. SYNOPSIS: When two young girls vanish one of their parents resorts to extreme measures to find them. During a Thanksgiving dinner two young girls leave and do not come back causing their parents to go from being concerned […]

The Wind Rises, 2013. Directed by Hayao Miyazaki. Starring Hideaki Anno, Mirai Shida, Jun Kunimura, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Miori Takimoto, Mansai Nomura, Steve Alpert, and Masahiko Nishimura. SYNOPSIS: An animated biopic about Jiro Horikoshi who designed Japanese fighter planes during World War II. Like all great creators Jiro Horikoshi is driven to make his dreams become reality.  As a boy he becomes so […]

Enemy, 2013. Directed by Denis Villeneuve. Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Mélanie Laurent, Isabella Rossellini, Sarah Gadon, Stephen R. Hart, Jane Moffat, Joshua Peace and Tim Post. SYNOPSIS:A university lecturer seeks out an actor who looks exactly like him. Timid and distracted academic Adam is advised to watch a movie by a colleague and in doing so discovers his doppelganger named Anthony; curiosity goes […]

Half of a Yellow Sun, 2013. Directed by Biyi Bandele. Starring Thandie Newton, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Joseph Mawle, Anika Noni Rose, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, John Boyega, Rob David, Babou Ceesay, O.C. Ukeje, and Paul Hampshire. SYNOPSIS: The privileged life of twin sisters gets thrown into turmoil when civil war threatens the newly independent Nigeria. At a family dinner the established order is disrupted when twin daughters […]

The Double, 2013. Directed by Richard Ayoade. Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Mia Wasikowska, Wallace Shawn, Rade Serbedzija, Cathy Moriarty, Noah Taylor, Gemma Chan and James Fox. SYNOPSIS: A timid man meets his charismatic and confident physical double who starts taking over his life. While sitting in a subway car Simon (Jesse Eisenberg) is told to move by passenger despite the rest of the seats […]