Contraband, 2012. Directed by Baltasar Kormákur. Starring Mark Wahlberg, Caleb Landry Jones, Giovanni Ribisi, Lukas Haas, Ben Foster and Kate Beckinsale. SYNOPSIS: Mark Wahlberg is Chris Farraday, an expert in the field of smuggling, who left the profession for the sake of his family, but finds himself pulled back in by his brother-in-law Andy (Caleb […]

Special Forces (France: Forces spéciales), 2011. Directed by Stéphane Rybojad. Starring Diane Kruger, Djimon Hounsou and Benoît Magimel. SYNOPSIS: A female journalist finds herself held captive by the Taliban in Afghanistan. The release of this film is somewhat timely, or untimely depending on your viewpoint, following the death in Syria of noted journalist Marie Colvin. […]

Dracula: Prince of Darkness, 1966. Directed by Terence Fisher. Starring Christopher Lee, Barbara Shelley, Andrew Keir, Francis Matthews, Suzan Farmer, Charles Tingwell, Philip Latham and Thorley Walters. SYNOPSIS: Four unsuspecting visitors are lured to Castle Dracula, paving the way for the resurrection of the fearsome Prince of Darkness. Vampires don’t chat. They’re vicious, hungry predators […]

Columbus Circle, 2012. Directed by George Gallo. Starring Selma Blair, Amy Smart, Jason Lee, Giovanni Ribisi, Kevin Pollack and Beau Bridges. SYNOPSIS: After living a secluded life for almost two decades, an agrophobic heiress is forced to confront her fears when a tenant in her apartment building is murdered. All too often in Hollywood, there’s […]

Safe House, 2012. Directed by Daniel Espinosa. Starring Denzel Washington, Ryan Reynolds, Vera Farmiga, Sam Shephard, Brendan Gleeson and Robert Patrick. SYNOPSIS: A rookie CIA agent is forced to go on the run with a high value prisoner when a Cape Town safe house comes under attack. Let’s face it – action movies are not […]

Project X, 2012. Directed by Nima Nourizadeh. Starring Thomas Mann, Oliver Cooper, Jonathan Daniel Brown, Nichole Bloom and Alexis Knapp. SYNOPSIS: Three high school friends plan to gain popularity by throwing a party, only for proceedings to rapidly escalate beyond their control. Found footage films are fast becoming a cinematic phenomenon. You’re seeing more and […]

Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles, 1994. Directed by Neil Jordan. Starring Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, Kirsten Dunst, Antonio Banderas, Stephen Rea and Christian Slater. SYNOPSIS: A vampire chronicles his eventful life to a journalist. There is an inherent sex appeal that is often alluded to within vampire films, particularly within the earlier horror […]

D.J. Haza presents the next entry in his series of films to watch before you die… TRON: Legacy, 2010. Directed by Joseph Kosinski. Starring Jeff Bridges, Garrett Hedlund, Olivia Wilde, Michael Sheen and Bruce Boxleitner. Tron: Legacy is the sequel to the 1982 classic Tron. This time around Kevin Flynn (Bridges) has long since disappeared, […]

As we approach the start of principal photography, the cast for J.J. Abrams as yet Untitled Star Trek Sequel has been filling out rapidly in the past few days, led by the announcement that British actor Benedict Cumberbatch has secured the role of the primary antagonist – a part that had previously been linked to […]

One from the Heart, 1982. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Staring Frederic Forrest, Teri Garr, Raul Julia, Nastassja Kinski, Lainie Kazan, Allen Garfield and Harry Dean Stanton. SYNOPSIS: In Las Vegas, a couple break up on their fifth anniversary and both go on to find whom they believe to be their perfect match. From the […]