The Brood, 1979. Directed by David Cronenberg.Starring Oliver Reed, Samantha Eggar, Art Hindle and Henry Beckman. SYNOPSIS: A man tries to uncover an unconventional psychologist’s therapy techniques on his institutionalized wife, while a series of brutal attacks committed by a brood of mutant children coincides with the husband’s investigation. Jonathan Romney wrote in 2007 how […]

A Field in England, 2013. Directed by Ben Wheatley.Starring Reece Shearsmith, Michael Smiley, Peter Ferdinando, Ryan Pope, and Richard Glover. SYNOPSIS: Mushrooms, madness and gold contribute to dark deeds in Civil War era rural England. A desolate field in England, during the Civil War. Two men are in a white tent, one is screaming violently […]

About Time, 2013. Directed by Richard Curtis.Starring Rachel McAdams, Margot Robbie, Bill Nighy, Domhnall Gleeson, and Tom Hollander. SYNOPSIS: On his 21st birthday, Tim (Domhnall Gleeson) finds out he can time travel. His first mission: get a girlfriend. As we settled into our seats, there was a sense of anticipation in the air. What should […]

Prospects, 2013. Directed by Sebastian Duthy. SYNOPSIS: A documentary charting two boys’ struggle to reach the top of the amateur boxing world and the difficulties and successes that they experience over four years… Boxing in all its excitement, unpredictability and obvious risks is explored expressively in this well produced documentary. Following two young East London […]

Hummingbird, 2013. Written and Directed by Steven Knight.Starring Jason Statham, Agata Buzek, Vicky McClure, Benedict Wong, Ger Ryan, and Youssef Kerkour. SYNOPSIS: Former British serviceman Joey is homeless and on the run from a military court martial. Damaged by his experiences and living under the heel of society, he seizes an opportunity to assume another […]

uwantme2killhim?, 2013. Directed by Andrew Douglas.Starring Jamie Blackley, Toby Regbo, Joanna Froggatt, Liz White, Jaime Winstone, Mark Womack, Amy Wren, Louise Delamere, James Burrows and Stephanie Leonidas. SYNOPSIS: A teenage boy’s descent into the dangerous world of the Internet and the harrowing consequences of his actions. A true story. The title of this put me […]

The East, 2013. Directed by Zal Batmanglij.Starring Brit Marling, Alexander Skarsgård, Ellen Page, Toby Kebbell, Shiloh Fernandez, Julia Ormond, Patricia Clarkson, and Jason Ritter. SYNOPSIS: An ambitious intelligence agent is charged with infiltrating anarchist group The East and finds her loyalties tested. Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij follow up 2011’s powerhouse film Sound of My […]

Maniac, 2012. Directed by Franck Khalfoun.Starring Elijah Wood, Nora Arnezeder, Jan Broberg, Liane Balaban and America Olivo. SYNOPSIS: As he helps a young artist with her upcoming exhibition, the owner of a mannequin shop’s deadly, suppressed desires come to the surface. Remakes. The debate about them could go on and on and on for weeks, […]

Oz the Great and Powerful, 2013. Directed by Sam Raimi.Starring James Franco, Mila Kunis, Rachel Weisz, Michelle Williams, Zach Braff, Bill Cobbs and Joey King.  SYNOPSIS: A small-time magician is swept away to an enchanted land and is forced into a power struggle between three witches. Let me start by saying that the story of […]

C.O.G., 2013. Directed by Kyle Patrick Alvarez.Starring Troian Bellisario, Jonathan Groff, Corey Stoll, Dale Dickey, Denis O’Hare and Dean Stockwell. SYNOPSIS: A young man chooses to spend a summer ‘roughing it’ on an Oregon apple farm, and in the process learns more than he ever thought possible. According to director Kyle Patrick Alvarez, the decision […]