Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A naive business graduate is installed as president of a manufacturing company as part of a stock scam. REVIEW: Filmed in 1994, The Hudsucker Proxy has been defined as a screwball comedy. Directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, “The Hudsucker Proxy” is a bit of a step away from their more darker material. While I still …
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Film Review: When a Stranger Calls Back (1993)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A babysitter is terrorized by a demented man that is stalking her. Thankfully though, she gets some help from a couple of people that have dealt with a similar situation in the past who are determined to keep her alive. REVIEW: I watched When A Stranger Calls Back with my mom the night it originally aired …
Read More »Film Review: When a Stranger Calls (1979)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Years after narrowly surviving a horrific ordeal that resulted in the deaths of the children, she was babysitting a woman finds herself once again in danger when the person responsible for the murders escapes from the mental hospital where he was committed and sets his sights on her once again. REVIEW: I remember watching When A …
Read More »Film Review: Scavenger Killers (2013)
Rate This MovieSYNOPSIS: ‘Bonnie and Clyde’ are reinvented in SCAVENGER KILLERS, where a charming judge and a hot criminal defense attorney go on a maniacal killing rampage. With bizarre, yet somehow believable, FBI agents (a physically powerful, condescending mute with wooden legs, and a Tourette’s Syndrome introvert with psychic abilities) on the hunt, the deranged duo amp up their rampage, …
Read More »Film Review: O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
Rate This MovieSYNOPSIS: Homer’s epic poem “The Odyssey”, set in the deep south during the 1930’s. In it, three escaped convicts search for hidden treasure while a relentless lawman pursues them. REVIEW: Joel Coen and Ethan Coen hit it out of the park with one of the most stylized strange concoctions of a film titled, “O Brother, Where Art Thou?”. …
Read More »Film Review: Bleeding Hearts (2015)
SYNOPSIS: An undercover journalist travels deep into the heart of small town USA attempting to expose its dark nature. The journalist quickly becomes aware that the disappearances of 5 to 6 men per year may be linked to a cult of sexy sisters who sacrifice men for a grisly ritual.
Read More »Film Review: Dark Night Of The Scarecrow (1981)
SYNOPSIS: In a small town, a wrongfully killed man exacts revenge on those who murdered him beyond the grave. REVIEW: Director – Frank De Felitta Starring – Charles Durning, Robert F. Lyons, Claude Earl Jones, Larry Drake The year was 1981 and on CBS a made for television movie debuted in the spooky month of October. Who would have thought …
Read More »Film Review: Sisters (1973)
SYNOPSIS: “Grace Collier is a columnist with the Staten Island Panorama. She generally works on fluff pieces, but on occasion is allowed to do hard hitting stories which she prefers. From her apartment window one morning, she sees what she is certain is the stabbing murder of a black man by a white woman in an apartment across the way, …
Read More »Film Review: The Life Zone (2011)
SYNOPSIS: Three pregnant women are abducted by an anti-abortion group who bombard them with pro-life propaganda and intend to imprison them until they give birth. REVIEW: Generally speaking, very few English language films dare to push an unequivocal political or moral message; Ken Loach being one of the better known directors whose films fall into that select category. In my …
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