Blood Simple: Director’s Cut, 1984. Directed by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen.Starring John Getz, Frances McDormand, Dan Hedaya, Samm-Art Williams and M. Emmet Walsh. SYNOPSIS: A rich but jealous man hires a private investigator to kill his cheating wife and her new man. But, when blood is involved, nothing is simple. Released nearly 30 years […]

Somebody Up There Likes Me, 2012. Written and Directed by Bob Byington.Starring Nick Offerman, Jess Weixler and Keith Poulson. SYNOPSIS: A comedy about a man, his best friend, and the woman they both adore watching their lives fly by. Bob Byington’s Somebody Up There Likes Me is the kind of quirky comedy drama that will […]

Sometimes City, 2011. Directed by Tom Jarmusch. SYNOPSIS: A portrait of Cleveland, Ohio – a historic midwest city that has endured punishingly tough economic times for decades. What makes people stay in an area that those in wealthier metropolises dismiss with bemused disdain? You’d think any brother of Jim Jarmusch, purveyor of the strange, would […]

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, 2012. Directed by Peter Jackson.Starring Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, Ian Holm, Elijah Wood, Hugo Weaving, Cate Blanchett, Andy Serkis, Christopher Lee, Sylvester McCoy, Barry Humphries, Lee Pace, Ken Stott, Graham McTavish, William Kircher, James Nesbitt, Stephen Hunter, Dean O’Gorman, Aidan Turner, John Callen, Peter Hambleton, Jed Brophy, Mark […]

Me and You (Italian: Io e te), 2012. Directed by Bernardo Bertolucci.Starring Tea Falco, Jacopo Olmo Antinori, Sonia Bergamasco, Veronica Lazar, Tommaso Ragno, Pippo Delbono. SYNOPSIS: An an introverted teenager tells his parents he going on a ski trip, but instead spends his time alone in a basement. Sentimental and occasionally even soppy, unambitious in […]

Mumbai’s King, 2012. Directed by Manjeet Singh.Starring Rahul Bairagi, Dhanshree Jain, Arbaaz Khan, salman Khan and Tejas D. Parvatkar. SYNOPSIS: A mischievous adolescent and a streetwise balloon seller roam the rain-soaked slums of Mumbai, looking to escape the harsh realities of life. Mumbai’s King is just about as far away from the glamour of Bollywood […]

The Collection, 2012. Directed by Marcus Dunstan.Starring Josh Stewart, Emma Fitzpatrick, Christopher McDonald, Lee Tergesen, Tim Griffin, Andre Royo and Randall Archer. SYNOPSIS: A man who escapes from the vicious grips of the serial killer known as “The Collector” is blackmailed to rescue an innocent girl from the killer’s booby-trapped warehouse. In 2009, The Collector […]

Oblivion, 2013. Directed by Joseph Kosinski.Starring Tom Cruise, Morgan Freeman, Olga Kurylenko, Andrea Riseborough, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Melissa Leo and Zoe Bell. SYNOPSIS: A drone repairman stationed on a desolate future Earth becomes humanity’s last hope for survival following the arrival of a mystery woman. Oblivion, the new sci-fi from writer/director/producer Joseph Kosinski (and director of […]

Warrioress, 2011. Directed by Ross Boyask.Starring Cecily Fay, Joelle Simpson, Christian Howard, Merrilees Fay Harris, Will Brenton, Helen Steinway Bailey, Zara Phythian and Simon Feilder. SYNOPSIS: Two powerful female warriors must journey across a post-apocalyptic land to fight a ritual duel, and fulfill an ancient prophecy. There’s not much money in the UK film industry. […]

Spring Breakers, 2012. Written and Directed by Harmony Korine.Starring James Franco, Selena Gomez, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Benson and Rachel Korine. SYNOPSIS: Four American College girls chase freedom and the American Dream as they head to Florida for Spring Break. SPOILER WARNING – PLOT POINTS WILL BE DISCUSSED! Part of me wants to love Spring Breakers, […]