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 it’s crumbling home, […]

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 you could quite […]

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 to be more than […]

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 of HBO’s single camera […]

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 could bring […]

Lovelace, 2013.Directed by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman.Starring Amanda Seyfried, James Franco, Peter Sarsgaard, Sharon Stone, Robert Patrick, Juno Temple, Chris Noth, Bobby Cannavale, Hank Azaria, Adam Brody, Chloe Sevigny, Debi Mazar, Eric Roberts, and Ron Pritchard.  SYNOPSIS:The story of Linda Lovelace, who is used and abused by the porn industry at the behest of […]

Passion, 2012.Directed by Brian De Palma.Starring Rachel McAdams, Noomi Rapace, Karoline Herfurth, Paul Anderson, and Rainer Bock.SYNOPSIS:The rivalry between the manipulative boss of an advertising agency and her talented protégée escalates from stealing credit to public humiliation to murder.When you think of Brain De Palma films, several things come to mind; extended tracking shots, using […]

The Paranormal Diaries: Clophill, 2013.Directed by Michael Bartlett and Kevin Gates.Starring Michael Bartlett, Kevin Gates, Criselda Cabitac, Craig Stovin and Mark Jeavons.SYNOPSIS:In March 1963 a black mass was held within the ruins of a church in the small English village of Clophill. Tombs were desecrated and animals sacrificed during the macabre ritual. Fifty years on, […]

As Sony prepares to unleash The Amazing Spider-Man 2, producers Matt Tolmach and Avi Arad are busy plotting the expansion of the studio’s Marvel franchise with spin-off movies for The Sinister Six and Venom, and during a chat with SFX the duo have revealed a little about their plans to develop a fully-fledged Spidey movie […]

Elysium, 2013. Directed by Neill Blomkamp.Starring Matt Damon, Jodie Foster, Sharlto Copley, Alice Braga, Diego Luna, Wagner Moura, and William Fichtner. SYNOPSIS: 150 years from now humankind has split in to two; those who live on Earth in poverty and disease, and those who live on a space station in Earth orbit, rich and healthy. […]