Dracula (a.k.a. Horror of Dracula), 1958. Directed by Terence Fisher.Starring Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Michael Gough, Melissa Stribling, John Van Eyssen and Carol Marsh. SYNOPSIS: After the death of his friend Jonathan Harker at the hands Dracula, Dr. Van Helsing pursues the evil Count to London, where the vampire intends to make Harker’s fiancée Lucy […]

247°F, 2011. Directed by Levan Bakhia and Beqa Jguburia.Starring Scout Taylor-Compton, Christina Ulloa, Travis Van Winkle, Michael Copon and Tyler Mane. SYNOPSIS: A bunch of vacationing twenty-something’s get locked in a sauna. Trapped, scared and facing soaring temperatures, will they survive? I got a DVD through the post last week, alongside a press release I […]

The Bay, 2012. Directed by Barry Levinson.Starring Will Rogers, Kristen Connolly, Kether Donohue, Stephen Nunken, Frank Deal, Christopher Denham and Nansi Aluka. SYNOPSIS: Chaos breaks out in the small seaside town of Chesapeake Bay when a deadly plague is unleashed, turning the residents into hosts for a mutant breed of parasites. If you’ve watched the Paranormal […]

End of Watch, 2012. Directed by David Ayer.Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Pena, Natalie Martinez, Anna Kendrick, David Harbour, Frank Grillo, Maurice Compte and America Ferrera. SYNOPSIS: A pair of Los Angeles cops uncover the workings of a human-trafficking operation and attract the untoward attention of a Mexican Cartel. The police get a hard time in […]

Fun Size, 2012. Directed by Josh Schwartz. Starring Victoria Justice, Jane Levy, Thomas McDonell, Thomas Mann, Osric Chau, Chelsea Handler, Thomas Middleditch, Jackson Nicoll, Josh Pence and Johnny Knoxville. SYNOPSIS: Wren’s Halloween plans go awry when she’s made to babysit her brother, who disappears into a sea of trick-or-treaters. With her best friend and two […]

The Place Beyond the Pines, 2012. Directed by Derek Cianfrance.Starring Ryan Gosling, Bradley Cooper, Eva Mendes, Rose Byrne, Dane DeHaan, Ray Liotta, Bruce Greenwood and Ben Mendelsohn. SYNOPSIS: A motorcycle stunt rider turns to robbing banks as a way to provide for his lover and their newborn child, a decision that puts him on a […]

(500) Days of Summer, 2009. Directed by Marc Webb. Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Zooey Deschanel, Chloë Grace Moretz, Geoffrey Arend, Matthew Gray Gubler and Clark Gregg. SYNOPSIS: Boy meets girl. Boy falls in love. Girl doesn’t. (500) Days of Summer is a nice little film I recommend to all my friends simply by calling it ‘a […]

The Paperboy, 2012. Written and Directed by Lee Daniels.Starring Matthew McConaughey, Nicole Kidman, Zac Efron, John Cusack, David Oyelowo, Scott Glenn and Macy Gray. SYNOPSIS: Tipped off by the enigmatic Charlotte (Nicole Kidman) that a local loner on death row (John Cusack) has been framed for the murder of the corrupt sheriff, they see a […]

Welcome to the Punch, 2013. Written and Directed by Eran Creevy.Starring James McAvoy, Mark Strong, Andrea Riseborough, David Morrissey, Jason Flemyng, Peter Mullan, Johnny Harris and Daniel Mays. SYNOPSIS: A police officer with physical and mental scars is forced to confront his past pain as well as corruption in his city when the criminal who […]

Evil Dead, 2013. Directed Fede Alvarez.Starring Jane Levy, Shiloh Fernandez, Lou Taylor Pucci, Jessica Lucas and Elizabeth Blackmore. SYNOPSIS: Five friends head to a remote cabin, where the discovery of a Book of the Dead leads them to unwittingly summon up demons living in the nearby woods. “Dying wouldn’t be so bad right now, I […]