Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A young boy tells three stories of horror to distract a witch who plans to eat him. REVIEW: The anthology horror movie; a sub-genre that’s seen more than its fair share of weird, wonderful and – let’s face it – pretty wonky efforts over the years. These go back much further than one might expect, with …
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Film Review: Escape from L.A. (1996)
Rate This MovieSYNOPSIS: Snake Plissken is once again called in by the United States government to recover a potential doomsday device from Los Angeles, now an autonomous island where undesirables are deported. REVIEW:
Read More »Film Review: The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (2013)
SYNOPSIS: When a street magician’s stunts begins to make their show look stale, superstar magicians Burt Wonderstone and Anton Marvelton look to salvage on their act – and their friendship – by staging their own daring stunt. REVIEW: Magic seems to be a genre focal point this time of year with the recent “Now you See Me” arriving at box …
Read More »Film Review: The Dead Don’t Die (2019)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: The peaceful town of Centerville finds itself battling a zombie horde as the dead start rising from their graves.
Read More »Film Review: Barton Fink (1991)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: In 1941, New York intellectual playwright Barton Fink comes to Hollywood to write a Wallace Beery wrestling picture. Staying in the eerie Hotel Earle, Barton develops severe writer’s block. His neighbor, jovial insurance salesman Charlie Meadows, tries to help, but Barton continues to struggle as a bizarre sequence of events distracts him even further from his …
Read More »Film Review: Pulp Fiction (1994)
Rate This MovieSYNOPSIS: “Vincent Vega and Jules Winnfield are two hitmen on the hunt for a briefcase whose contents were stolen from their boss, Marsellus Wallace. They run into a few unexpected detours along the road. Marsellus is out of town, and he’s ordered Vincent to take care of his wife, Mia. That is, take her out for a night …
Read More »Film Review: Big Fish (2003)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A son tries to learn more about his dying father by reliving stories and myths he told about his life. REVIEW: Tim Burton has a knack for creating compelling films. Big Fish” takes something as simple as a metaphor “the fish that got away” and gives life to a feature full of fantasy, comedy and quirky …
Read More »Film Review: The Island (2005)
SYNOPSIS: “In 2019, Lincoln Six Echo and Jordan Two Delta are best friends in a repressive and intriguing society, where everybody expects to win the lottery. The prize is to move to a paradisiacal island outside the domes that protect the dwellers against the contaminated environment. Jordan wins the lottery, and Lincoln accidentally finds the scary truth behind the Utopian …
Read More »Film Review: Monsters, Inc. (2001)
Rate This MovieSYNOPSIS: “James P. Sullivan and Mike Wazowski pick up their paychecks at Monsters Incorporated, the utility company that generates energy from the goose bumps of children. Sulley, the Number One scream-generator at the plant accidentally lets in a little girl into the monster world. Since monsters are actually terrified of children it’s a major cause for alarm and …
Read More »Film Review: Hotel Transylvania (2012)
SYNOPSIS: Dracula, who operates a high-end resort away from the human world, goes into overprotective mode when a boy discovers the resort and falls for the count’s teen-aged daughter. REVIEW: As we get closer to Oct. 31st & our favorite holiday, we get a few more horror films released into theaters for our entertainment. Most are not for children but …
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