SYNOPSIS: A couple who keeps their sick son in a secluded environment find their controlled lives challenged by a young girl who moves in next door. REVIEW: Released as Can’t Come Out To Play in the UK, this film was also released in the US as The Harvest. In addition to this movie, Writer/Director/Producer, John McNaughton, is also responsible for …
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Film Review: Man Of Steel (2013)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A young boy learns that he has extraordinary powers and is not of this Earth. As a young man, he journeys to discover where he came from and what he was sent here to do. But the hero in him must emerge if he is to save the world from annihilation and become the symbol of …
Read More »Film Review: Take Shelter (2011)
SYNOPSIS: Plagued by a series of apocalyptic visions, a young husband and father questions whether to shelter his family from a coming storm, or from himself. REVIEW: It’s not a big surprise to start seeing more films based around apocalyptic videos. In fact, you might say we are in the heart of the storm when it comes to historical time …
Read More »Film Review: Bug (2006)
SYNOPSIS: Based on a play by Tracy Letts, this claustrophobic thriller from Exorcist director William Friedkin focuses on the love story between a man (Michael Shannon) and a woman (Ashley Judd) convinced that the government is implanting insects in its citizens. Harry Connick Jr. plays the woman’s abusive ex-husband in this nightmare tale of paranoia that takes place in an …
Read More »Film Review: Batman v. Superman: Dawn Of Justice (2016)
SYNOPSIS: Fearing the actions of Superman are left unchecked, Batman takes on the man of steel, while the world wrestles with what kind of a hero it really needs. With Batman and Superman fighting each other, a new threat, Doomsday, is created by Lex Luthor to wreak havoc on the globe. It’s up to Superman and Batman to set aside …
Read More »Film Review: The Harvest (2013)
SYNOPSIS: A couple who keeps their sick son in a secluded environment find their controlled lives challenged by a young girl who moves in next door.
Read More »Film Review: The Iceman (2012)
SYNOPSIS: Following the true life story of Richard Kuklinski a contract killer struggling to balance family life and his cold blooded vocation that made him a legend in 1970’s New Jersey organized crime world. REVIEW: Directed By: Ariel Vromen Starring: Michael Shannon, Winona Ryder, Chris Evans, Ray Liotta, David Schwimmer Ariel Vromen’s portrayal of the serial killer Richard Kuklinski is …
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