Tag Archives: Ray Wise

SYNOPSIS: In order to save her siblings, a young woman takes on her father and the powerful entity known as Gamemaster, who ensnares humans into diabolical plots while her species gambles on the outcome.

Rate This MovieWhile it’s feasible that there’s the odd person over thirty years of age out there that didn’t see the Twin Peaks series when it was first televised in 1990, it’s unlikely that they are unaware of the cultural run-off from the groundbreaking show. Catchphrases like “She’s dead – wrapped in plastic” and “Who killed Laura Palmer?” adorned T-shirts, …

SYNOPSIS: When mob boss Mr. Bellavance (Ray Wise) discovers that someone in his organization has stolen $500,000 in his personal stash, he sends his top hitmen on the trail of the usual suspects. Led by his right hand man, Lloyd (Dana Ashbrook), their investigations leave a bloody trail to a family moving into their new home in the rural countryside. …

SYNOPSIS: A woman goes to the countryside to spend a quiet weekend after losing her job and having her last complicated relationship implode. She rents a country house to an old-fashioned widower, who struggles to hide his pyschopatic tendencies. REVIEW: With memes of Pepe the Frog, Ok Boomer and Kevin Sorbo movies plastered over certain corners of the internet, it …

SYNOPSIS: An odd guy named William Dekker contacts filmmaker Adam Green with claims that monsters really do exist. Despite the urgings of others Green agrees to investigate and document these claims, but when everything is said and done he may just end up regretting his decision. REVIEW: Review- I’ve always been a huge fan of Adam Green and his work. …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A giant alien spider escapes from a military lab and rampage the city of Los Angeles. When a massive military strike fails, it is up to a team of scientists and one clever exterminator to kill the creature before the city is destroyed. REVIEW: Although I’m not particularly afraid of spiders, I’m not necessarily a big …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: REFLECTIONS stars CHIARA D’AMBROSIO as Amanda, a 7 year-old girl who, after losing her parents in a car crash, moves in with her grandfather, played by RAY WISE. A lonely Amanda befriends her own reflection in an old mirror, whom she names Polly, played by BIANCA D’AMBROSIO. We soon discover that Polly may not be merely …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A young FBI agent disappears while investigating a murder miles from Twin Peaks that may be related to the future murder of Laura Palmer; the last week of the life of Laura Palmer is chronicled. REVIEW: The Film “Twin Peaks – Fire Walk with Me” was a theatrical release that followed the hit TV series “Twin …

Rate This Movie REVIEW: Last year was a great season for television, in my opinion. Why? Because after injecting our lifeless bodies with way too much reality tv, I had almost given up on TV. I was talking about scripted TV like it was the “old days”. And then out of nowhere, we were saved with at least a handful …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A disturbed and delusional high school student with aspirations of a career in medicine goes to extremes to earn the approval of her controlling mother. REVIEW: Excision, directed by Richard Bates Jr, is best described “a unique experience”. Not in the way that you would describe a film that is offbeat or marginally interesting. “Excision” lets …

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A slow-paced, action thriller about a virus that strikes a New Mexico county and the local veterinarian who gets caught in the middle. With a very quick response time to the infected county after a call was made to the Center Of Disease Control, the presence of the U.S. military has the locals thinking conspiracy theory. …

SYNOPSIS: After his serial killer father is put to death, Trent Modine and his stepbrother Joey, seek a new start. They land in Mooseheart, a town with potent weed and legends of a Candy Corn Killer. REVIEW: Starring: Simon Rex, Shannon Brown, Michelle Mueller I don’t smoke marijuana. Therefore, ‘Halloweed’ is not a movie that had any intention of ever …

SYNOPSIS: Christmas Eve. On his way to his in-laws with his family, Frank Harrington decides to try a shortcut, for the first time in 20 years. It turns out to be the biggest mistake of his life. REVIEW: ‘Hell is other people’ goes the old Sartre quote. Taken from his play, No Exit, and exemplifying his stance on existentialist philosophy, …

SYNOPSIS: Global climate change prompts a scientific corporation to genetically modify Alaskan polar bears with horrific and deadly results. REVIEW: Well folks, today’s movie is another entry in the age old story of scientists meets animal, scientist genetically alters animal, then animal eats scientist and goes on a rampage. Of course, the scientists in movies are always doing something to …

SYNOPSIS: When radio talk show psychiatrist, Dr. Sonny Blake, moves back to her hometown, she takes notice of her neighborhood paper boy’s unusual behavior. REVIEW: I hate the fact that these young actresses (or even the older ones) feel the need to have so much plastic surgery done. Now I know that Rose McGowan had surgery done to cover up …