SYNOPSIS: Jackie Cogan is an enforcer hired to restore order after three dumb guys rob a Mob protected card game, causing the local criminal economy to collapse. REVIEW: “Killing Them Softly” is a 2012 crime thriller directed by Andrew Dominik. The film features a handful of gangster regulars who add a firm helping of action and mob-style tactics “to and …
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Film Review: The Cabin in the Woods (2012)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Five friends go for a break at a remote cabin in the woods, where they get more than they bargained for. Together, they must discover the truth behind the cabin in the woods. REVIEW: While the movie “The Cabin In The Woods” is its own beast indeed, I am finding it nigh impossible to write a …
Read More »Film Review: Let Me In (2010)
Rate This Movie SYNPOPSIS: A bullied young boy befriends a young female vampire who lives in secrecy with her guardian. REVIEW: OK, my children. Here is a review that the Black Saint endured hell & high water to get to you. Hell is ok…high water, not so good. But it matters not because I like to give you guys the …
Read More »Film Review: The Broken (2008)
SYNOPSIS: Gina McVey is a successful radiologist who witnesses an exact lookalike of herself drive past her in Gina’s Jeep. She follows this stranger to make sure, but the outcome of this meeting sparks a series of events that only exacerbate her confusion. REVIEW: Written & directed by Sean Ellis Starring: Lena Headey, Ulrich Thomsen That synopsis was more difficult …
Read More »Film Review: Kong: Skull Island (2017)
SYNOPSIS:: A team of scientists, soldiers and adventurers unites to explore an uncharted island in the Pacific. Cut off from everything they know, the team ventures into the domain of the mighty Kong. As their mission becomes one of survival, they must fight to escape a primal Eden.
Read More »Film Review: Bone Tomahawk (2015)
SYNOPSIS: Four men set out in the Wild West to rescue a group of captives from cannibalistic cave dwellers. REVIEW: Horror western tends to be an untapped well of creativity. It takes two genres that don’t usually blend together and brings them into each other’s arms to make something magical. Whether that magic is good or bad all comes down …
Read More »The Black Saint’s Ten Best Films of 2015
As I come to the end of 2015, I find myself with the unenviable task of going through every single film I’ve seen this year, and try to suss out the ten that I thought were best. Why do I call this task “Unenviable”? Well that’s because I’ve seen well over 200 films this year, and try as I might, …
Read More »Film Review: White House Down (2013)
SYNOPSIS: U.S. Capitol Police officer John Cale (Channing Tatum) looking to secure his dream job of joining the Secret Service – and to impress his estranged daughter, Emily (Joey King) – arrives at the White House for the interview just as a paramilitary group of terrorists attack and seize the building, including President James Sawyer (Jamie Foxx). REVIEW: White House …
Read More »Film Review: Wolf (1994)
SYNOPSIS: Publisher Will Randall becomes a werewolf and has to fight to keep his job. REVIEW: There is sometimes a weird relationship that comes from horror themed films that feature A-list actors. It’s that same notion that we got when we heard that Tom Cruise would star in “Interview with a Vampire”. I think as horror fans, there is this …
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