SYNOPSIS: Tonight Maggie is “doing it” for the first time. She meets Kobi, a guy cute enough for the purpose. They head for his apartment, Where Kobi will discover what Maggie’s real intentions are. REVIEW: More short films, kiddies! Today we have MY FIRST TIME, directed by Asaf Livni and written by Michael Hanegbi, Ran Appelberg, & Asaf Livni. This …

SYNOPSIS: Adam loses custody of his daughter and his entrepreneurial activity is on the verge of bankruptcy. He then decides to shut himself up, hiding behind a mask that will become his curse. REVIEW: More short films, kiddies! Today we have HOMOSAURUS, written and directed by Matteo Berta and Allessandro Sivieri. Our story opens with us (the viewer) being privy …

SYNOPSIS: Three kids happen upon a creepy clown on Halloween. REVIEW: More short films, kiddies! Today we have RIVER ROAD, written and directed by Doug Strong. The film is brought to us by Strong Brothers Films, a collaboration of Indie filmmakers based in Cincinnati. In the real world, most of us remember a few years ago when there were tons …

SYNOPSIS: A collection of stories dealing with punishment towards women. REVIEW:  Filmmaker Teruo Ishii has been called the “Godfather of J-sploitation,” the “King of Cult,” and even “the Japanese master of all things taboo.” His body of work has influenced a number of genre directors, names like Takashi Miike (Visitor Q, Ichi the Killer), Ainosuke Shibata (Hitch-Hike, Lipstick), Takao Nakano …

SYNOPSIS: Richard has an unusual fantasy: he gets sexually aroused by the idea of being devoured by an animal. In a contact ad he gets to know Max and with that encounter the chance of making his fantasy real. But does he dare? REVIEW: I’ve said this before, but I keep seeing the same nonsense throughout the gutters of social …

SYNOPSIS: What if a child from another world crash-landed on Earth, but instead of becoming a hero to mankind, he proved to be something far more sinister? REVIEW: Something you have never seen before? sorta…… Right off the bat, I really enjoyed this movie,  a mash up of super hero meets horror  combination. That in itself is far and very …

SYNOPSIS: Eight school friends innocently join together to play a game that, if played well, promised to make their greatest dreams come true. But, they soon discover that mistakes may cost them more than even their dreams could tell. REVIEW: An innocent childhood game goes wrong when a one of the kids playing goes missing. Eight years later the friends …

SYNOPSIS: In the 1950’s, a young boy living with his troublesome family in rural USA fantasizes that a neighboring widow is actually a vampire, responsible for a number of disappearances in the area. REVIEW: Being a little kid before the days of the Internet was a different world. You were kept in the dark about a lot simply because you …

SYNOPSIS: A social worker in a primary school must manage the case of a student who hasn’t been attending classes for several weeks. When she arrives at the boy’s house, she discovers an unexpected reality. REVIEW: Another short film, kids! Today we have HASTA LAS ENTRANAS (FROM THE GUTS). This is a short film from Argentina in Spanish with English …

SYNOPSIS: Maria Francisca, a wealthy young heiress and her friend Mariana De Castro, a young protestant widow, are accused of witchcraft and taken before the Inquisition. REVIEW: There is something about these Inquisition films, that really strike a chord with me. Maybe it’s that combination of right and wrong all combined that seems so absurd but real for the times …

SYNOPSIS A New York City doctor, who is married to an art curator, pushes himself on a harrowing and dangerous night-long odyssey of sexual and moral discovery after his wife admits that she once almost cheated on him. REVIEW: I have long been a fan of Stanley Kubrick’s work. His film releases have inspired me in other arenas as a …

SYNOPSIS: “A slave from outer space escapes to earth. Except for his three-toed feet, he looks like an ordinary young black man. He crash-lands on Ellis Island, appropriately enough, and ends up in Harlem. There he makes friends with the owner and the regulars of a bar. Because he can fix any machine (by simply touching it), he’s able to …

SYNOPSIS: A lawman (Patrick Thompson) investigates a mysterious Web site that caters to men who like obese women. REVIEW: “Feed me” ~Deidre In Sydney, the cybercrime investigator Phillip Jackson (Patrick Thompson) finds an Internet site where a man is feeding obese women. Phillip is concerned that the site may have to do with murder, as many of the women who …

SYNOPSIS:  A group of anti-war protestors on a road trip stop off in the middle of the woods when one of them needs a bathroom break. The group soon ends up trapped in an underground structure and is unable to find a way out. Making matters worse is the fact that that there is something down there stalking them, and …

SYNOPSIS: A feature film director and his crew begin to question their debut production when the spirit of a murdered actress possesses a celluloid reel. REVIEW: Director: Hideo Nakata Cast: Yûrei Yanagi, Yasuyo Shiroshima, Kei Ishibashi, Ren Osugi, Takanori Kikuchi, Reita Serizawa. The Examination: Kindergarten Ghost Story. Japanese director Hideo Nakata achieved a degree of fame with Ringu, and he establishes his …

  SYNOPSIS: Two men renovating a mysterious old house attempt to leave before the building enters lock down and seals them inside. Unfortunately the house has different plans for them. REVIEW: Dead House, the directorial debut from Brini Amerigo, was originally titled Beautiful People. Whilst the new title is apt, Beautiful People had a cynicism to it that bolsters Amerigo’s …