Pain & Gain, 2013. Directed by Michael BayStarring Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson, Ed Harris, Rebel Wilson, and Anthony Mackie. SYNOPSIS: A trio of bodybuilders in Florida get caught up in an extortion ring and a kidnapping scheme that goes terribly wrong. Pain & Gain defies all logic. It shouldn’t work and it shouldn’t be a […]

You’re Next, 2011. Directed by Adam WingardStarring Sharni Vinson, Nicholas Tucci, AJ Bowen, Joe Swanberg, Wendy Glenn, Rob Moran, Barbara Crampton, Sarah Myers, Amy Seimetz, and Ti West. SYNOPSIS: A dysfunctional family meet at an isolated house to celebrate the parent’s anniversary but the gathering is interrupted by attackers wearing animal masks. After my attention […]

The Way Way Back, 2013. Directed by Nat Faxon and Jim Rash.Starring Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Allison Janney, AnnaSophia Robb, Sam Rockwell, Maya Rudolph and Liam James.   SYNOPSIS: Shy 14-year-old Duncan goes on summer vacation with his mother, her overbearing boyfriend, and her boyfriend’s daughter. Having a rough time fitting in, Duncan finds an unexpected […]

Blackmail, 1929. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock.Starring Anny Ondra, John Longden, Sara Allgood, Charles Paton, Cyril Ritchard and Donald Calthrop. SYNOPSIS: Grocer’s daughter Alice White kills a man in self-defence when he tries to sexually assault her. Her policeman boyfriend covers up for her, but she has been spotted leaving the scene by a petty criminal […]

Dragon (China: Wu xia), 2011. Directed by Peter Chan.Starring Donnie Yen, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Wei Tang and Yu Wang. SYNOPSIS: A sinful martial arts expert wants to start a new tranquil life, only to be hunted by a determined detective and his former master. For Donnie Yen, the Chinese martial arts star that has as yet […]

The Fall of the House of Usher, 1960. Directed by Roger Corman.Starring Vincent Price, Mark Damon, Myrna Fahey and Harry Ellerbe. SYNOPSIS: When Philip Winthrop visits his fiancée Madeline Usher in her decaying mansion, he finds his path blocked by her over-protective brother Roderick. Citing an apparent curse which hangs over the Usher family and […]

Extraction aka Extracted, 2012. Directed by Nir Paniry.Starring Sasha Roiz, Jenny Mollen, Dominic Bogart, Richard Riehle and Nick Jameson. SYNOPSIS:A scientist who has invented a technique to watch people’s memories finds himself in a dangerous situation after he’s tasked with entering a heroin addict’s mind to see whether the man committed murder. Watching this film […]

The Frozen Ground, 2013. Written and Directed by Scott Walker.Starring Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, Vanessa Hudgens, Katherine LaNasa, Radha Mitchell, and 50 Cent. SYNOPSIS: An Alaska State Trooper partners with a young woman who escaped the clutches of serial killer Robert Hansen to bring the murderer to justice. Based on actual events. Some films try […]

Clear History, 2013. Directed by Greg Mottola.Starring Larry David, Bill Hader, Philip Baker Hall, Jon Hamm, Kate Hudson, Michael Keaton, Danny McBride, Eva Mendes, Amy Ryan, J.B. Smoove and Amy Landecker.  SYNOPSIS: A disgraced former marketing executive plots revenge against his former boss, who made billions from the electric car company they started. For fans […]

Elysium, 2013. Directed by Neill Blomkamp.Starring Matt Damon, Jodie Foster, Sharlto Copley, Alice Braga, Diego Luna, Wagner Moura, and William Fichtner.  SYNOPSIS: Set in the year 2154, where the very wealthy live on a man-made space station while the rest of the population resides on a ruined Earth, a man takes on a mission that […]