‘Need For Speed’ Spins Out At The Starting Line

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. […]

‘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 […]

‘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 […]