Film Reviews

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: An elite ‘search and rescue’ team transport onto an off-world mining-facility to rescue Whit Carmichael, the lone survivor of a biological outbreak. REVIEW: “Infini” begins by telling the audience about the method by which people are transmitted across vast reaches of space. The text warns of possible errors in transmission as well as the possible mental …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A young woman awaits the return of her boyfriend at a secluded cabin only to discover that she may in fact not be alone. REVIEW: Directed by: The Barber Brothers. Written by: Nathaniel Barber Starring: Breanne Solis and Jeff Jensen. Fall 1980… I can smell the air, I can feel the Halloween happiness, except this place …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A fun filled flight to a remote atoll turns into a nightmare for five passengers when their seaplane is destroyed in a freak accident and they are trapped on a raft, 100 miles from shore with man-eating sharks lurking beneath the surface. REVIEW: Sharks. Again. Always again and again and again. Did anyone ever make a …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS Alice is vegan, but she hungers for her partner Bret voraciously. Bret is completely consumed with caring for her dog Harvie, whole convalescence and rigorous medication schedule leaves Alice feeling neglected, physically and emotionally. She can’t sleep, and when she does she sleepwalks, waking up in random places unable to distinguish disturbing dreams from reality- and …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: In a locked-down NYC, two priests open their church doors to those seeking salvation during the most isolating of times. From the commonplace to the truly metaphysical, their visitors reflect the full spectrum of personal crises of spirituality. Throughout their encounters with the city’s sweetest, wildest and weirdest, the two priests learn the importance of connection, …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Yamame Yamano (Kazuya Kamenashi) is an unpopular comedian. His senior informs him that “…it will air on TV, if you stay at the stigmatized property where a murder took place.” That is how Yamame Yamano begins to stay at stigmatized properties. And at those stigmatized properties, he experiences various unnatural phenomena. REVIEW: Terrible title, terrible film. …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A married couple rents a beach side Airbnb only to be surrounded by peculiar neighbors and occurrences. They soon discover to be in the grips of a mysterious cult and their ancient sea god. REVIEW: I’ve been an obsessed fan of Howard Phillips Lovecraft since being a boy of 16 and reading The Call of Cthulhu …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: While on a road trip from a long weekend, four lifelong friends decide to veer off road and venture into a small West Texas town known as Marfa after meeting a mysterious stranger. What attracted them to do so? Why is the town so hush-hush? Will they discover the truth behind the mystery of the Marfa …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Pulled into this world to take you out! A horrifying tale of revenge…beginning with a back-alley abortion and ending with a bloodbath so vicious that it brings a new meaning to “an eye for eye”. From pimps to dealers, from hookers and junkies…”Hanger” washes the filth away with their own blood, cleaning the streets and making …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Convinced that her father’s death was not accidental, a beautiful girl decides to investigate to find out the truth, aided by her boyfriend. Her sleuthing draws her to a local mortuary, where many secrets will be revealed. REVIEW: Director – Howard Avedis Starring – Mary Beth McDonough, David Wallace, Bill Paxton, Lynda Day George From low-budget …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Stardust will chronicle the young David Bowie’s first visit to the US in 1971 – a trip that inspired the invention of his iconic alter ego Ziggy Stardust. REVIEW: I’ve always sad, you can’t go wrong with a David Bowie movie, but then of course I’m a bit bias as a longtime fan of his work, …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A tale of ghosts, crime and horror. REVIEW: What happens when a crime sets off a curse that transforms a helpless family into demonic ghosts? A pretty pitiful movie; that’s what happens. “The Key”, directed by Markus F. Adrian and Gedeon Burkhard, demonstrates this sad attempt at a supernatural concept. A family is brutally butchered at …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A student is haunted by chilling visions surrounding her, leading to sinister acts that put her life and those around her in danger. REVIEW: The rather weirdly titled Eyes (weirdly as in, the story has nothing to do with eyes) is a 2015 horror offering from the director Yôhei Fukuda. It presents a thoroughly forgettable story …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: An evil entity begins to torment a mother and daughter, who are forced to face the inexplicable presence that inhabits the walls of their new home. REVIEW: “You’re Not Alone” begins with Emma, our focal character, reliving a suicide attempt she made years ago. That attempt led to her not being involved her daughter’s upbringing. That …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: When they learn their friend has kidnapped a cop on the night of MLK Jr.’s assassination, two sisters and leaders of the Black Panther Party must set aside their differences to navigate one of the most turbulent nights in history. REVIEW: “Civilization is a hopeless race to discover remedies for the evils it produces.” Jean-Jacques Rousseau …