Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax is showing at the Edinburgh International Film Festival 2012, which is being covered by Samantha Morrison… Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax, 2012. Directed by Chris Renaud and Kyle Balda. Featuring the voice talents of Danny DeVito, Zac Efron, Taylor Swift, Ed Helms, Rob Riggle, Betty White and Jenny Slate. SYNOPSIS: Thneedville is […]

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, 2012. Directed by Timur Bekmambetov. Starring Benjamin Walker, Dominic Cooper, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Anthony Mackie, Rufus Sewell and Marton Csokas. SYNOPSIS: After his mother is killed by vampires, Abraham Lincoln takes it upon himself to vanquish the undead. Modern film making doesn’t get much worse than Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. I […]

Killer Joe, 2011. Directed by William Friedkin. Starring Matthew McConaughey, Emile Hirsch, Thomas Haden Church, Gina Gershon and Juno Temple. SYNOPSIS: A down-and-out family in Texas decide to kill their alcoholic mother for her $50,000 life insurance policy, and hire the eponymous Killer Joe (Matthew McConaughey) to do the job. Not being able to afford […]

Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead, 1994. Directed by Don Coscarelli. Starring Reggie Bannister, A. Michael Baldwin, Bill Thornbury, and Angus Scrimm. SYNOPSIS: The cross-country hunt for the mortician continues as the plot thickens. After a brief montage which attempts to clue in any audiences that may have missed Phantasm (1979) and Phantasm II (1988), […]

Rock of Ages, 2012. Directed by Adam Shankman. Starring Julianne Hough, Diego Boneta, Tom Cruise, Paul Giamatti, Russell Brand, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Bryan Cranston, Malin Akerman, Alec Baldwin and Mary J. Blige. SYNOPSIS: A small town girl moves to Los Angeles with ambitions to make it as a singer. In 2007, director Adam Shankman had a […]

Cosmopolis, 2012. Written and Directed by David Cronenberg. Starring Robert Pattinson, Juliette Binoche, Sarah Gadon, Mathieu Amalric, Jay Baruchel, Kevin Durand, Samantha Morton and Paul Giamatti. SYNOPSIS: A journey across Manhattan in a stretch limousine turns into an eventful day in the life of a young billionaire asset manager. David Cronenberg is anything but a […]

Maniac Cop, 1988. Directed by William Lustig. Starring Tom Atkins, Bruce Campbell, Laurene Landon, Richard Roundtree, William Smith and Robert Z’Dar. SYNOPSIS: A killer in police uniform is dubbed the Maniac Cop after he starts taking out innocent people on the streets of New York City. The 80s had such a high output of schlocky […]

Chernobyl Diaries, 2012. Directed by Bradley Parker. Starring Jesse McCartney, Jonathan Sadowski, Olivia Taylor Dudley, Devin Kelley, Nathan Phillips, Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, and Dimitri Diatchenko. SYNOPSIS: Six ‘extreme’ tourists discover they are not alone during an illegal visit to the abandoned city of Prypiat in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. I’ll be honest; I went to […]

Phantasm II, 1988. Directed by Don Coscarelli. Starring James LeGros, Paula Irvine, Reggie Bannister and Angus Scrimm. SYNOPSIS: Six years later and people are still going missing – could the mortician have returned? Or did he never leave in the first place? It took almost a decade before audiences were able to return to the […]

The Woman in Black, 2012. Directed by James Watkins. Starring Daniel Radcliffe, Janet McTeer, Ciarán Hinds, Sophie Stuckey and Liz White. SYNOPSIS: Young lawyer Arthur Kipps travels to a small village to settle the affairs of the lady of Eel Marsh House, to discover the villagers are tormented by a very vengeful ghost. The Woman […]