Killing Them Softly, 2012. Written and Directed by Andrew Dominik.Starring Brad Pitt, Ray Liotta, Ben Mendelsohn, James Gandolfini, Scoot McNairy, Vincent Curatola, Richard Jenkins, Max Casella and Sam Shepard. SYNOPSIS: When a mob gambling game is robbed, an enforcer is sent in to investigate and clean house. I went in to Killing Them Softly with […]

The Raid (a.k.a The Raid: Redemption), 2011. Written and Directed by Gareth Evans. Starring Iko Uwais, Ananda George, Doni Alamsyah, Yayan Ruhian, Joe Taslim and Ray Sahetapy. SYNOPSIS: Deep in the heart of one of Jakarta’s most deprived slums stands a gang-controlled 30 floor high-rise apartment block. A SWAT team must infiltrate this building in […]

The Victim, 2011. Directed by Michael Biehn. Starring Michael Biehn, Jennifer Blanc, Danielle Harris, Ryan Honey and Denny Kirkwood. SYNOPSIS: When her friend is killed by Sheriff’s Deputies, a young woman finds herself in a life and death situation and flees into the woods, where she stumbles upon a mysterious recluse… 80s icon Michael Biehn […]

Lady Snowblood (Japan: Shurayukihime), 1973. Directed by Toshiya Fujita. Starring Meiko Kaji, Toshio Kurosawa, Yoshiko Nakada, Noburo Nakaya and Kaoru Kusuda. SYNOPSIS: Born in a prison as her dying mother lay next to her, Yuki Kashima a.k.a Lady Snowblood knew of life’s hardships from gasping her very first breath. She grows up with vengeance on […]

Foster, 2011. Directed by Jonathan Newman. Starring Toni Collette, Ioan Gruffudd, Maurice Cole, Richard E. Grant and Hayley Mills. SYNOPSIS: A married couple struggling to conceive a child decide to visit a foster home. They are quickly approved to take care of a child, who isn’t exactly your average youngster. Foster is the anti-thesis for […]

Raiders of the Lost Ark, 1981. Directed by Steven Spielberg.Starring Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman, Alfred Molina, John Rhys-Davies, Denholm Elliott, Ronald Lacey and Wolf Kahler. SYNOPSIS: The archeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) is hired by the US government to track down the Ark of the Covenant in order to prevent it […]

Anna Karenina, 2012.Directed by Joe Wright.Starring Keira Knightley, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Jude Law, Kelly Macdonald, Matthew Macfadyen, Michelle Dockery, Olivia Williams, Emily Watson, Alicia Vikander and Domhnall Gleeson. SYNOPSIS: Set in late-19th-century Russia high-society, the aristocrat Anna Karenina enters into a life-changing affair with the affluent Count Vronsky. A film as good as Anna Karenina would […]

The Cabin in the Woods, 2012. Directed by Drew Goddard. Starring Kristen Connolly, Chris Hemsworth, Anna Hutchinson, Fran Kranz, Jesse Williams, Richard Jenkins and Bradley Whitford. SYNOPSIS: A group of five teens head to a secluded cabin for a weekend getaway and inadvertently revive a “zombie redneck torture family.” But more than fate is conspiring […]

Racing Dreams, 2009. Written and Directed by Marshall Curry. SYNOPSIS: Set in the World Karting National Series, Marshall Curry’s documentary is a coming-of-age story following three kids and their dreams of racing success. Kids don’t get much of a good press these days. With rioting, gangs and failing standards at schools and colleges, it is […]

Here Comes the Boom, 2012. Directed by Frank Coraci.Starring Kevin James, Salma Hayek, Henry Winkler, Melissa Peterman, Reggie Lee, Greg Paul, Greg Germann, Gary Valentine, Bas Rutten and Charice. SYNOPSIS: A high school biology teacher enters the world of mixed martial arts in order to raise money for his cash-strapped school. Since The King of […]