Synopsis: In an exciting return to the great car culture films of the 1960s and ’70s that tap into what makes the American myth of the open road so enticing, Need for Speed chronicles a near-impossible cross-country race against time – one that begins as a mission for revenge, but proves to be one of redemption. […]
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‘V/H/S/2’ Is A Fantastically Fun Horror Movie
Synopsis: Inside a darkened house looms a column of TVs littered with VHS tapes, a pagan shrine to forgotten analog gods. The screens crackle and pop endlessly with monochrome vistas of static-white noise permeating the brain and fogging concentration. But you must fight the urge to relax: this is no mere movie night. Those obsolete spools […]
Al Pacino Is At His Grumpy Old Best In ‘Manglehorn’
Synopsis: Left heartbroken by the woman he loved and lost many years ago, Manglehorn, an eccentric small-town locksmith, tries to start his life over again with the help of a new friend. Release Date: June 19, 2015 MPAA Rating: PG-13 Genre(s): Drama, Film Review Production Although director David Gordon Green cut his teeth making action-comedies […]
‘The Hunting Ground’ Puts Faces To The Stories Of Sexual Assault On College Campuses
A couple of years ago, writer/director Kirby Dick and producer Amy Ziering broke the silence on the issue of sexual assault in the military with their gripping documentary The Invisible War. Now, they have tackled the same problem on college campuses with their newest film The Hunting Ground. Through graphic first-person interviews, fly-on-the-wall footage, […]
‘Ready Or Not’ Wants To Play A Game
Ready or Not Review Samara Weaving plays the game to win in ‘Ready or Not.’ Release Date: August 21, 2019 MPAA Rating: R Synopsis A bride’s wedding night takes a sinister turn when her eccentric new in-laws force her to take part in a terrifying game. Cast and Crew Director: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett Screenwriters: […]
‘Unsane’ Feels More Like A Rough Draft Than A Finished Movie
Synopsis: A young woman is involuntarily committed to a mental institution, where she is confronted by her greatest fear–but is it real or a product of her delusion? Release Date: March 23, 2018 MPAA Rating: PG-13 Genre(s): Horror, Thriller Film Review Production A couple of years back, Sean Baker made headlines by shooting his brilliant […]
AFI FEST 2013 Movie Review: Cannes Un Certain Regard Winner ‘L’Inconnu Du Lac’
It’s understandable that Alain Guiraudie won the best director of Un certain regard at Cannes this year, since for the most part L’inconnu du lac (Stranger by the Lake) is a very tight piece of work, effectively exploring the time and place of a single location and milieu, charting the uncertainties that blossom as a […]
‘Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck’ Is The Inside Look At Kurt Cobain That Fans Have Been Wanting For Years
For as iconic of a figure as Nirvana leader Kurt Cobain is, fans of the musician really haven’t gotten the documentary about the man that they have always wanted. There was Kurt & Courtney, Nick Broomfield’s totally unsanctioned 1998 film that focused more on the suspicious circumstances that surrounded the death of the rock star […]
‘Experimenter’ Serves Up A Different Kind Of Mad Scientist Movie
Synopsis: Famed social psychologist Stanley Milgram, in 1961 conducted a series of radical behavior experiments that tested ordinary humans willingness to obey authority. Release Date: October 23, 2015 MPAA Rating: PG-13 Genre(s): Biography, Drama Film Review Production The subject of Experimenter, the new film from writer/director Michael Almereyda (Cymbeline), is psychologist Stanley Milgram (played in […]
Buried
Synopsis: A man is buried alive in a box and must try and get help before his cell phone battery dies. Release Date: October 8, 2010 MPAA Rating: PG-13 Genre(s): Thriller, Film Review Production The only feasible reason to ever be trapped in a coffin is to watch this movie. Even though you will not […]