Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A tale of greed, deception, money, power, and murder occur between two best friends: a mafia enforcer and a casino executive, compete against each other over a gambling empire, and over a fast living and fast loving socialite. REVIEW: Director Martin Scorsese is a directing legend like no other. If there is one thing that arrives …
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Film Review: VideoDrome (1983)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Max Renn is always searching for new bargain basement priced content and erotic movies for his TV station. After viewing a cable-TV program run by media clairvoyant Brian O’Blivion, Max begins to see his life and the future of ‘media’ spin out of control. In a very unusual manner he acquires a new kind of programming …
Read More »Film Review: Vampires (1998)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Recovering from an ambush that killed his entire team, a vengeful vampire slayer must retrieve an ancient Catholic relic that, should it be acquired by vampires, will allow them to walk in sunlight. REVIEW: 1998’s Vampires is probably better known by its associated name “John Carpenter’s Vampires”, which helped to brand it slightly more recognizable over …
Read More »Film Review: Videodrome (1983) – Review 2
SYNOPSIS: “The president of Civic TV Channel 83, Max Renn, is always looking for new cheap and erotic movies for his station. When his employee, Harlan, decodes a pirate video broadcast showing torture, murder, and mutilation called Videodrome, Max becomes obsessed to get this series for his channel. He contacts his supplier, Masha, and asks her to find the party …
Read More »Film Review: Scary Movie 2 (2001)
SYNOPSIS: Four teens are tricked by their professor into visiting a haunted house for a school project. REVIEW: It’s a wacky return to the “Scary Movie “franchise with this hilarious follow up up. Much in the style of its previous release, this film picks up not missing a beat on current horror trends. In fact, you might get your check …
Read More »Film Review: The Boost (1988)
SYNOPSIS: Lenny Brown moves to California to find his fortune in tax shelter investments. When the federal government changes the tax laws, poor Lenny finds himself $700,000 in hock with nowhere to turn. His friend, Joel, introduces him to cocaine to give Lenny that needed “boost”. What ensues next is a descent into drug addiction and insanity as Lenny tries …
Read More »Film Review: Straw Dogs (2011)
SYNOPSIS: L.A. screenwriter David Sumner relocates with his wife to her hometown in the deep South. There, while tensions build between them, a brewing conflict with locals becomes a threat to them both. REVIEW: A cult movie originates from a place that just simply works on a story level. It was not too long ago I reviewed the cult movie …
Read More »Film Review: Coma (2012)
SYNOPSIS: A young medical student discovers that something sinister is going on in her hospital after routine procedures send more than a few seemingly healthy patients into comas on the operating table. REVIEW: Toted as a small miniseries, Coma is the latest drama, horror, science fiction epic from the creation engine of A&E. The full production comes in at over …
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