Stars: Toby Wynn-Davies, Sian Altman, Daniel Godfrey, Nicola Wright, Matthew Marcelis | Written by Tom Jolliffe | Directed by Rhys Frake-Waterfield, Scott Jeffrey Dr. Devlin (Toby Wynn-Davies; Nefarious, The Ghosts of Borley Rectory) is on the verge of a breakthrough. I’m not entirely sure what his techno-babble means, even his intern Anna (Sian Altman; The […]
Stars: B.J. Novak, Boyd Holbrook, Dove Cameron, Issa Rae, Ashton Kutcher | Written and Directed by B.J. Novak Ben Manalowitz, a journalist and podcaster, travels from New York City to West Texas to investigate the death of a girl he was hooking up with… Who would’ve thought that The Office star B.J. Novak could make […]
Stars: Florence Pugh, Harry Styles, Chris Pine, Olivia Wilde, Gemma Chan | Written by Katie Silberman | Directed by Olivia Wilde In the 1950s, Alice and Jack live in the idealized community of Victory, an experimental company town that houses the men who work on a top-secret project. While the husbands toil away, the wives […]
Stars: David Howard Thornton, Krystle Martin, Chase Mullins, John Bigham, Erik Baker, Flip Kobler, Amy Schumacher | Written by Flip and Fin Kobler | Directed by Steven LaMorte The Mean One, along with Mad Heidi and Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey is part of an unexpected crop of horror and exploitation films based on […]
Stars: Martin Lawrence, Melissa Roxburgh, John Malkovich, Chris Mullinax, Nellie Sciutto | Written by Reggie Keyohara III | Directed by Mauro Borrelli Martin Lawrence (Bad Boys, Wild Hogs) is known for his comedic roles, but in Mindcage he plays it straight as Detective Jake Doyle who along with his partner Mary Kelly (Melissa Roxburgh; The […]
Stars: Gabriel LaBelle, Michelle Williams, Paul Dano, Seth Rogen, Jeannie Berlin | Written by Steven Spielberg, Tony Kushner | Directed by Steven Spielberg Young Sammy Fabelman falls in love with movies after his parents take him to see “The Greatest Show on Earth.” Armed with a camera, Sammy starts to make his own films at […]
Stars: Todd Lubitsch, Janice Angela Burt, Joshua Rose, Ruby Setnik, Greg Sestero, Caleb Lush, Louise Harding, Jason Kuykendall, Vernon Wells, Lori Richardson, Ian Hopps, Devin Valdez, Dave Sheridan | Written and Directed by Robert Livings, Randy Nundlall Jr Surprisingly not titled A V/H/S Christmas, or as close to that as the lawyers would allow, The […]
Stars: Anna Gunn, Janeane Garofalo, Holland Bailey, Linus Roache | Written and Directed by Alison Star Locke The flood of sinister Christmas-themed films continues with The Apology, a thriller about Darlene Hagen (Anna Gunn; Red State, Sully). She’s a recovering alcoholic and, with some help from her best friend Gretchen (Janeane Garofalo; Lava, Wet Hot […]
Stars: Sam Worthington, Sigourney Weaver, Zoe Saldana, Stephen Lang, Giovanni Ribisi, Joel David Moore, CCH Pounder, Kate Winslet, Cliff Curtis, Brian Dalton, Jemaine Clement, Edie Falco | Written by James Cameron, Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver | Directed by James Cameron Director James Cameron returns to planet Pandora for Avatar: The Way of Water, the long-awaited […]
Stars: Katarina Hughes, Stephanie Domini, Travis Peters, Adam Lowder, Chelsea Clark | Written and Directed by Ruben Rodriguez Bearing a 2022 release date on IMDB but originally shot and released ten years earlier, The Death of April is a found footage mockumentary about a young woman named Megan (Katarina Hughes; Pretty Problems, Peridot). She’s recently […]
Stars: Jacqueline Byers, Colin Salmon, Christian Navarro, Lisa Palfrey, Nicholas Ralph | Written by Robert Zappia | Directed by Daniel Stamm The Roman Catholic Church combats a global rise in demonic possessions by reopening schools to train priests to perform exorcisms. Although nuns are forbidden to perform this ritual, a professor recognizes Sister Ann’s gifts […]
Stars: Beatrice Fletcher, Christophe Monplaisir, Julie Stevens, Andy Dixon, Patrick Bergin, May Kelly, Stephen Staley | Written by Joe Knetter | Directed by Rebecca Matthews Nutcracker Massacre opens with a pervy delivery guy indulging his inner voyeur at the expense of Clara (Beatrice Fletcher; Croc!, The Legend of Jack and Jill) before a giant nutcracker […]
Stars: Gregory Mann, Ewan McGregor, David Bradley, Christoph Waltz, Tilda Swinton | Written by Guillermo del Toro, Patrick McHale | Directed by Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson During the rise of fascism in Mussolini’s Italy, a wooden boy brought magically to life struggles to live up to his father’s expectations. The fact that we got […]
Stars: Joshua Bassett, Thomas Lennon, Joseph Kamal, Akmal Saleh, Steve Zahn | Written by Ray DeLaurentis, William Schifrin | Directed by Matt Danner Nick Daley is following in his father’s footsteps as the night watchman at the American Museum of Natural History, so he knows what happens when the sun goes down. But when the […]
Stars: Jack Huston, Willa Fitzgerald, John Malkovich, Winter Ave Zoli, Swen Temmel, Robert De Niro, Quavo | Written by Adam Taylor Barker, Chris Sivertson | Directed by Randall Emmett Savage Justice answers the question everyone’s been asking, what is producer, and in this case director, Randall Emmett going to do now that his go-to star […]
Stars: Miranda Edwards, Paul Johansson, Bruce Willis, Beau Mirchoff, Corey Large, Lochlyn Munro | Written by Edward Drake, Corey Large | Directed by Edward Drake Detective Knight: Redemption opens with a bank robbery and shootout between the police and a group of well-armed and mask-wearing Santas. NYPD Captain Anna Shea (Miranda Edwards; Taken Too Far, […]
Stars: Zoe Kazan, Carey Mulligan, Patricia Clarkson, Andre Braugher, Jennifer Ehle | Written by Rebecca Lenkiewicz | Directed by Maria Schrader The New York Times journalists Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor publish a report that exposes sexual abuse allegations against powerful Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. The shocking story also serves as a launching pad for […]
Stars: Kate Mayhew, Miguel Muñoz, Scarlett Sperduto, Kaya Coleman, Grant Morningstar, Christina Nguyen, Ophelia Lichtenstein, Cristobal Reyes | Written and Directed by Zac Locke #Float, the debut feature from producer (Climate of the Hunter, Bloodline) turned writer/director Zac Locke, is the latest vlogger/influencer-themed horror film to be washed up onto my viewing list. It’s the […]
Stars: Viggo Mortensen, Léa Seydoux, Scott Speedman, Kristen Stewart, Welket Bungué | Written and Directed by David Cronenberg As the human species adapts to a synthetic environment, the body undergoes new transformations and mutations. Accompanied by his partner, celebrity performance artist Saul Tenser showcases the metamorphosis of his organs. Meanwhile, a mysterious group tries to […]
Stars: Brian D. Anderson, Amber Lee Solis, Shaela Payne, Ali Alkhafaji, Thomas Burke, Judy McMillan | Written and Directed by Isaac Rodriguez In a shabby-looking cell an unseen policeman is interrogating the clown-faced serial killer Mister Creep (Brian D. Anderson; Secret of the Shroud, Abduction of the Fourth Kind). He even reminds him that cooperation […]
Stars: Ine Marie Wilmann, Kim Falck, Anneke von der Lippe, Mads Sjøgård Pettersen, Gard B. Eidsvold, Karoline Viktoria Sletteng Garvang | Written by Espen Aukan | Directed by Roar Uthaug Troll opens with a young girl and her father rock climbing in the reputed home of Norway’s trolls. When the girl professes her disbelief her […]
