Killing Them Softly, 2012. Written and Directed by Andrew Dominik. Starring Brad Pitt, Ray Liotta, Scoot McNairy, James Gandolfini, Ben Mendelsohn, Vincent Curatola, Richard Jenkins, Max Casella and Sam Shepard. SYNOPSIS: A professional enforcer investigates a heist that went down during a mob-protected poker game. Killing Them Softly, the long gestating adaptation of George V. […]

3, 2, 1… Frankie Go Boom, 2012. Directed by Jordan Roberts.Starring Charlie Hunnam, Lizzy Caplan, Chris O’Dowd, Ron Perlman and Chris Noth. SYNOPSIS: Frank Bartlett has been tortured, embarrassed, and humiliated by his brother Bruce – usually on film – his entire life. Now that Bruce is finally off drugs and has turned his life […]

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 order to remove […]

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 stand out from […]

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 […]