SYNOPSIS: Set deep in the wilds of Appalachia, where believers handle death-dealing snakes to prove themselves before God, a pastor’s daughter holds a secret that threatens to tear her community apart. REVIEW: Them That Follow marks the directorial debut of Britt Poulton and Dan Maddison. Alice Englert (Beautiful Creatures) plays Mara, the daughter of a Pentecostal minister who preaches in …
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Film Review: Beautiful Creatures (2013)
SYNOPSIS: A supernatural drama centered on a local teenager and the mysterious new girl in town who uncover dark secrets about their respective families. REVIEW: Based on the novel by authors Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl, “Beautiful Creatures” is a film that while catering to a Twilight-style crowd, “feels” very much like the movie novelization it is. This well-directed, well-acted …
Read More »Film Review: Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013)
SYNOPSIS: Catching up with Hansel and Gretel 15 years after their incident involving a gingerbread house, the siblings have evolved into bounty hunters who hunt witches. REVIEW: It is friggin’ cold in NY acolytes, incredibly and painfully cold. It’s too cold to tell any jokes on how cold it is! Yet I trundled to a downtown theater to catch a …
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