Knightriders, 1981. Written and Directed by George A. Romero.Starring Ed Harris, Gary Lahti, Tom Savini, Amy Ingersoll, Patricia Tallman, Christine Forrest, Warner Shook, Brother Blue and Cynthia Adler. SYNOPSIS: A medieval reenactment troupe find it increasingly difficult to keep their family-like group together, with pressure from local law enforcement, interest from entertainment agents and a […]

Man at the Top, 1973.Directed by Mike Vardy.Starring Kenneth Haigh, Nanette Newman, Harry Andrews, William Lucas, Clive Swift, Paul Williamson, John Collin and John Quentin.SYNOPSIS:Northerner Joe Lampton becomes involved with Lord Ackerman, the powerful chairman of a pharmaceutical concern, where he makes a shocking discovery: his predecessor committed suicide because of his involvement in a […]

Spanish Fly, 1976. Directed by Bob Kellett.Starring Leslie Phillips, Terry-Thomas, Graham Armitage, Nadiuska, Frank Thornton and Sue Lloyd. SYNOPSIS: On the Mediterranean island of Minorca, expat Sir Percy de Courcy buys 100,000 gallons of local wine, hoping to sell it at a vast profit. Unfortunately, the wine tastes foul, and when he asks his chauffeur […]

On the Fiddle (a.k.a. Operation Snafu), 1961. Directed by Cyril Frankel.Starring Alfred Lynch, Sean Connery, Cecil Parker, Stanley Holloway and Eric Barker.  SYNOPSIS: Tricked into joining the RAF by a wily judge, wide boy Horace Pope sets his sights on the main chance, teams with slow-witted, good-hearted gypsy Pedlar Pascoe, and works up a lucrative […]

Promised Land, 2012. Directed by Gus Van Sant.Starring Matt Damon, John Krasinski, Frances McDormand, Rosemarie DeWitt, Scoot McNairy, Titus Welliver, Terry Kinney and Halbrook. SYNOPSIS:A salesman for a natural gas company experiences life-changing events after arriving in a small town, where his corporation wants to tap into the available resources. Promised Land is a classic […]

Nor’easter, 2012.Written and Directed by Andrew Brotzman.Starring David Call, Richard Bekins, Liam Aiken, Haviland Morris, Rachel Brosnahan, Danny Burstein, Geary Smith and Emory Cohen.SYNOPSIS:A young and inexperienced priest encourages a family to declare their long-missing son dead, but once they do, the boy mysteriously returns, testing the priest’s commitment to church doctrine over the laws […]

A Late Quartet, 2012.Directed by Yaron Zilberman.Starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Christopher Walken, Catherine Keener, Imogen Poots, and Mark Ivanir.SYNOPSIS:Members of a world-renowned string quartet struggle to stay together in the face of death, competing egos and insuppressible lust.The beauty of A Late Quartet is in its ability to allow the audience to gain an insight […]

Pincus, 2012.Written and Directed by David Fenster.Starring Paul Fenster, Dietmar Franusch, Christi Idavoy and David Norstrom.SYNOPSIS:A story centered on a young guy who ineptly runs the family construction business by day and begrudgingly acts as caretaker for his father by night.  David Fenster’s Pincus is happy to be rough around the edges. It tries hard […]

 Olympus Has Fallen, 2013. Directed by Antoine Fuqua.Starring Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Freeman, Finley Jacobsen, Dylan McDermott, Angela Bassett, Melissa Leo, Rick Yune and Radha Mitchell. SYNOPSIS:  When terrorists storm the White House and take the President of the United States hostage, only his ex-Secret Service guard can do anything about it. If you’re […]

Something in the Air, 2012. Written and Directed by Olivier Assayas.Starring Clément Métayer, Lola Créton, Felix Armand, Carole Combes, India Menuez and Hugo Conzelmann.SYNOPSIS:An 18-year-old man reacts to the social changes of late 1960’s Europe.  Something in the Air initially presents us with an idyllic version of French student life in the 70s, much like […]