MoPOP’s Horror Film Watchalong Series Continues next Friday with ‘Tremors’ Virtual Screening to Feature Commentary From ‘Captain Marvel’ Comic Writer, Kelly Sue DeConnick It’s Coming from Inside the House! is MoPOP’s horror film watchalong series, a highlight of MoPOP’s virtual programming these past several months. Next Friday, July 17, MoPOP will host a screening of TREMORS, the 1990 American horror …
Read More »THE WILD GOOSE LAKE, Arrives on 7/21 on Blu-Ray/DVD/Digital from Film Movement
THIS SUMMER, STRAP IN FOR DIRECTOR DIAO YINAN’S STYLISH AND EXPLOSIVE CHINESE CRIME NOIR THE WILD GOOSE LAKE Street Date: July 21, 2020 Blu-ray/DVD/Digital: $34.95/$24.95 An Official Selection and Festival Favorite at Cannes, Toronto and the New York International Film Festival, This Gritty Thriller, Certified Fresh By Rotten Tomatoes at 92%, Arrives on Loaded Blu-ray/DVD/Digital Featuring Bonus Programming Including a …
Read More »“Cursed” (Netflix’s new series) Director Zetna Fuentes brings the story to life Ep 1 & 2 / Premieres Jul 17, 2020 / from Frank Miller & Tom Wheeler
We want to introduce you to Zetna Fuentes, a dynamo who has established herself as one of the industry’s most in-demand directors as she continues to helm episode after episode of many of television’s most notable, award-winning shows. Most recently, Fuentes directed and executive produced the pilot and second episode of the highly-anticipated upcoming Netflix series “Cursed,” based on the …
Read More »Film Review: The Sandman (2017)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A little girl with formidable powers imagines into existence the Sandman, a terrible monster from her nightmares that brings harm to anyone who wants to hurt her. REVIEW: The thrill of all things supernatural and monstrous is alive and well in the latest release from Lionsgate Home and the SyFy network. The film “The Sandman” takes …
Read More »Film Review: The Dark Hour (La hora fría) (2006)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: The eight years boy Jesús has been living in a crumbling underground facility since he was born with eight survivors of an apocalyptical war: the leader Maria and her lover Pablo; the gays Lucas and Mateo; the astronomer Magdalena and the teenager Ana; the soldier Pedro and the lonely Judas. They are permanently is state of …
Read More »Film Review: The Return of the Living Dead (1985)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: When a bumbling pair of employees at a medical supply warehouse accidentally release a deadly gas into the air, the vapors cause the dead to re-animate as they go on a rampage through Louisville, Kentucky seeking their favorite food, brains. REVIEW: “Return of the Living Dead” easily stands as one of the greatest zombie comedy films …
Read More »Film Review: Area 407 (2012)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Survivors of an airplane crash find themselves within the borders of a government testing area and pursued by predators. REVIEW: “Area 407” is the latest arrival in the cinema verite game. In many ways, the film is to the level that I “expected” “Chernobyl Diaries” to be. But as they say, Chernobyl Diaries” didn’t live up …
Read More »Film Review: Eddie and the Cruisers (1983)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A television newswoman picks up the story of a 1960s rock band whose long-lost leader Eddie Wilson may still be alive, while searching for the missing tapes of the band’s never-released album.
Read More »Film Review: 2012 (2009)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: When typhoons, earthquakes and other disasters suddenly threaten to destroy the world, Jackson (John Cusack), his estranged wife, Kate (Amanda Peet), and others surmise that the secret may lie in ancient Mayan prophecies that describe global calamity in the year 2012. Roland Emmerich co-writes and directs a star-studded ensemble cast that also includes Thandie Newton, Oliver …
Read More »Film Review: The Collector (2009)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Desperate to repay his debt to his ex-wife, an ex-con plots a heist at his new employer’s country home, unaware that a second criminal has also targeted the property, and rigged it with a series of deadly traps. REVIEW: It seems at least once a year another shocker…. so to speak arrives on the scene to …
Read More »TV Review: Aquaman (2006) (unaired TV series pilot)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A young twenty-something diver living in the Florida Keys discovers he has the power to breathe underwater. REVIEW: The TV pilot that never aired, Aquaman was the debut episode for a new series to broadcast based as an off shot from the Smallville TV series. Planned for the Fall schedule of 2006, the series never got …
Read More »Film Review: Fallen Angels (2006)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: When a turn of the century prison reformatory is slated for demolition, a grisly discovery is made. Hidden deep underground beneath the west cell block is a sub-basement structure that has not been entered in 100 years. Inside are the skeletal remains of several brutally slain children. As a CSI team arrives at the prison, an …
Read More »Film Review: I Saw the Devil (2010)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A secret agent tracks a serial killer who murdered his fiancée. REVIEW: While we’ve seen our share of psycho-kills-for-the-fun-of-it films, “I Saw the Devil” actually is one of those stand out movies that might have you even questioning the morality of some of the content. In its gritty cold performances we meet up with secret agent …
Read More »Film Review: Scream Queens Double Feature (2010)
Rate This Movie Scream Queens Double Feature: Swimsuit Sensations & Knockout Workout (2010) SYNOPSIS: TAGLINE – Horror Films Most Beautiful Girls On A Sexy Swimsuit Workout! REVIEW: Just when you thought you had everything and looking for something that you couldn’t do without, comes this campy, cheesy gem from the early 1990s. No, there is no real refurbishing here, you …
Read More »Film Review: Blood of the Beasts (Le Sang des bêtes) (short film) (1949)
Rate This MovieSYNOPSIS: An early example of ultra-realism, this movie contrasts the quiet, bucolic life in the outskirts of Paris with the harsh, gory conditions inside the nearby slaughterhouses. Describes the fate of the animals and that of the workers in graphic detail. REVIEW: An older short film from 1949 that has often been noted for its extreme characteristics. Called …
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