The Echo, 2008. Directed by Yam Laranas. Starring Jesse Bradford, Kevin Durand and Amelia Warner. SYNOPSIS: Bobby Walker (Jesse Bradford) is fresh out of prison and living in his dead mother’s apartment as a condition of his parole. Plagued by eerie echoes of the dead trapped in the building, Bobby’s terror mounts as he begins […]

The Expatriate (a.k.a. Erased), 2012. Directed by Philipp Stolzl.Starring Aaron Eckhart, Olga Kurylenko, Liana Liberato, Neil Napier, Garrick Hagon and Alexander Fehling. SYNOPSIS: Ben Logan (Eckhart) and his daughter, Amy (Liberato) started a new life in Belgium after Ben’s job sent him overseas. He’s moved past the struggle of moving abroad and is at the […]

A Knight’s Tale, 2001. Directed by Brian Helgeland. Starring Heath Ledger, Shannyn Sossamon, Mark Addy, Rufus Sewell, Alan Tudyk, Paul Bettany and James Purefoy . SYNOPSIS: After his master dies, a peasant squire, fueled by his desire for food and glory, creates a new identity for himself as a knight. Everyone has watched the odd […]

Trance, 2013. Directed by Danny Boyle.Starring James McAvoy, Vincent Cassel, Rosario Dawson, Danny Sapani and Matt Cross. SYNOPSIS: An art auctioneer who has become mixed up with a group of criminals partners with a hypnotherapist in order to recover a lost painting. Danny Boyle’s latest flick, the mind-bending crime thriller Trance is a mixed bag. […]

The Heist (a.k.a The Maiden Heist), 2009. Directed by Peter Hewitt.Starring Morgan Freeman, Christopher Walken, William H. Macy and Marcia Gay Harden. SYNOPSIS: Three security guards decide to take action and steal their beloved pieces of art when the art gallery they work for plan to move the exhibits oversees. The Heist actually has a […]

Room 237, 2012. Directed by Rodney Ascher. SYNOPSIS: An exploration into the numerous theories regarding the subtexts within Stanley Kubrick’s phenomenal horror The Shining. Room 237, or Room 237: Being an Inquiry into The Shining in 9 Parts, begins with the voice of a man describing a ‘eureka’ moment upon viewing Stanley Kubrick’s film; noticing […]

Trance, 2013. Directed by Danny Boyle.Starring James McAvoy, Vincent Cassel, Rosario Dawson, Danny Sapani and Matt Cross. SYNOPSIS:Concussed and confused, Simon (James McAvoy) has forgotten where he’s hidden a rather expensive painting from a gang of professional criminals. After an unsuccessful attempt at torture, the gang leader (Vincent Cassel) hires the talents of a young […]

Point Blank, 1967. Directed by John Boorman.Starring Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, Keenan Wynn, Carroll O’Connor, Lloyd Bochner, Michael Strong and John Vernon. SYNOPSIS: After being double-crossed and left for dead, a mysterious man named Walker (Lee Marvin) single-mindedly tries to retrieve the rather inconsequential sum of money that was stolen from him. In Point Blank, […]

Starbuck, 2011. Directed by Ken Scott.Starring Patrick Huard, Julie LeBreton, Antoine Bertrand, Dominic Philie, David Michael, Mac Belanger, Igor Ovadis, David Giguere, Patrick Martin and Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse. SYNOPSIS: As his lover announces her pregnancy, a fortysomething slacker receives other life-changing news: 142 people, all of them the result of artificial insemination, have filed a class […]

Reincarnated, 2012. Directed by Andy Capper. SYNOPSIS: Hip Hop artist Snoop Dogg changes his name to Snoop Lion, travels to Jamaica, emerges himself in Rastafarian culture and produces his first reggae record. In July 2012 Snoop Dogg announced his new stage name, Snoop Lion, to mockery from any number of followers. He had travelled Jamaica, […]