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Sunday, December 31, 2017
ALIEN: COVENANT (2017)
Directed By: Ridley Scott
Written By: John Logan & Dante Harper
Story By: Michael Green & Jack Paglen
Based On “Alien” Characters Created By: Ronald Shusett & Dan O’Bannon
Cinematography By: Dariusz Wolski
Editor: Pietro Scalia
Cast: Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston, Danny McBride, Billy Crudup, Demian Bichir, Carmen Ejogo, Jussie Smollett, Callie Hernandez, Amy Seimetz
Almost eleven years after the futile and disastrous expedition on the distant moon LV-223, the deep-space colonisation vessel Covenant equipped with more than 2,000 colonists in cryogenic hibernation, sets a course for the remote planet Origae-6 with the intention to build a new world. Instead, a rogue transmission will entice the crew to a nearby habitable small planet which resembles The Earth. The unsuspecting members of Covenant will have to cope with biological foes, beyond human comprehension. Ultimately, what was intended as a peaceful exploratory mission, will soon turn into a desperate rescue operation deep into the cold infinite space.
Saturday, December 30, 2017
DEMOLITION MAN (1993)
Directed By: Marco Brambilla
Written By: Daniel Waters, Peter M. Lenkov & Robert Reneau
Story By: Peter M. Lenkov & Robert Reneau
Cinematography By: Alex Thomson
Editor: Stuart Baird
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Wesley Snipes, Sandra Bullock, Nigel Hawthorne, Benjamin Bratt, Glen Shadix, Denis Leary, Bob Gunton, Bill Cobbs, Jack Black, Jesse Ventura, Andre Gregory
Frozen in 1996, Simon Phoenix, a convicted crime lord, is revived for a parole hearing well into the 21st century. Revived into a society free from crime, Phoenix resumes his murderous rampage, and no one can stop him. John Spartan, the police officer who captured Phoenix in 1996, has also been cryogenically frozen, this time for a crime he did not commit. In 2032, the former cities of Los Angeles, San Diego and Santa Barbara have merged into peaceful, utopian San Angeles. Unable to stop him with their non-violent solutions, the police release Spartan to help recapture Phoenix. Now after 36 years, Spartan has to adapt himself to the future society he has no knowledge about.
ALIEN VS. PREDATOR: REQUIEM (2007)
Directed By: Colin Strause & Greg Strause
Written By: Shane Salerno
Based On “Alien” Characters Created By: Dan O’Bannon & Ronald Shusett
Based on “Predator” Characters Created By: Jim Thomas & John Thomas
Cinematography By: Daniel C. Pearl
Editor: Dan Zimmerman
Cast: Steven Pasquale, John Ortiz, Johnny Lewis, Reiko Ayelsworth, Sam Trammell, Robert Joy, Kristen Hager, Ariel Gade, David Paetkau
Following the events of Alien vs. Predator, and the maturation of the chest burster that erupted from the body of Scar (the Predator that defeated the Alien Queen) into an adult Predalien, the Predator scout ship crashes in the woods of Gunnison County. A local, Buddy Benson, and his son, Sam, are hunting in the forest and witness the crash, but they are chased and are implanted with alien embryos by facehuggers along with several homeless people living in the sewers. Meanwhile another Predator lands seeking out the Alien and destroying evidence of their presence on Earth. The dwellers of the town find themselves in the middle of a battlefield between the two deadly extraterrestrial creatures, and the small group of survivors splits between the leadership of Sheriff Eddie Morales and the bad-boy Dallas Howard. Both have different opinions about the best means to escape from the beings.
BATTLEFIELD BASEBALL (2003)
Directed By: Yudai Yamaguchi
Written By: Yudai Yamaguchi, Isao Kiriyama & Ryuichi Takatsu
Based On The Comic By: Gataro Man
Editor: Shuichi Kakesu
Cast: Tak Sakaguchi, Atsushi Ito, Hideo Sakaki
Battlefield Baseball is a tough game--it doesn't end until all the members on the opposing team are dead. In this game the Gedo High team is composed of blue-faced zombies, and their opponents on the Seido High team know they don't have a chance at beating them unless they can bring back a star pitcher who has a lethal pitch called the Super Tornado, but who has hung up his cleats and has no desire to return to the game.
Thursday, December 28, 2017
VALERIAN & THE CITY OF A THOUSAND PLANETS (2017)
Written & Directed By: Luc Besson
Based on the Comic Book Series “Valerian and Laureline” By: Pierre Christin & Jean-Claude Mezieres
Cinematography By: Thierry Arbogast
Editor: Julien Rey
Cast: Dale DeHann, Cara Delevingne, Ethan Hawke, Clive Owen, Rihanna, Herbie Hancock, Kris Wu, Alain Chabat, Rugter Hauer, Louis Letterier, Benoit Jacquot, Olivier Megaton
In the Century XXVIII, the space station Alpha is a city where beings from different planets live together exchanging their knowledge and culture. Peace is granted by a human force, including Major Valerian and his partner Sergeant Laureline. They are assigned by the Defence Minister to retrieve the last species of converter in a dangerous mission. They succeed and back to Alpha, unknown humanoids abduct Commander Arun Filitt expecting to steal the converter. They head to a forbidden area that is infected but Valerian and Laureline follow them and disclose a hidden secret about the race and the infected area.
ULTRAVIOLET (2006)
Written & Directed By: Kurt Wimmer
Cinematography By: Arthur Wong
Editor: William Yeh
Cast: Milla Jovovich, Cameron Bright, Nick Chinlund, William Finchter
A beautiful hemophage infected with a virus that gives her superhuman powers has to protect a boy in a futuristic world, who is thought to be carrying antigens that would destroy all hemophages.
Friday, December 22, 2017
THE LOST CITY OF Z (2017)
Directed By: James Gray
Written By: James Gray & David Grann
Based on the Book By: David Grann
Cinematography By: Darius Khondji
Editor: John Axelrad & Lee Haugen
Cast: Charlie Hunnam, Sienna Miller, Robert Pattinson, Tom Holland, Angyus MacFadyen, Ian McDiarmid, Franco Nero
The Lost City of Z tells the incredible true story of British explorer Percy Fawcett, who journeys into the Amazon at the dawn of the 20th century and discovers evidence of a previously unknown, advanced civilization that may have once inhabited the region. Despite being ridiculed by the scientific establishment who regard indigenous populations as "savages," the determined Fawcett - supported by his devoted wife, son and aide de camp returns time and again to his beloved jungle in an attempt to prove his case, culminating in his mysterious disappearance in 1925.
DONNIE BRASCO (1997)
Directed By: Mike Newell
Written By: Paul Attanasio
Based On The Book By: Joseph D. Pistone & Richard Woodley
Cinematography By: Peter Sova
Editor: Jon Gregory
Cast: Johnny Depp, Al Pacino, Anne Heche, Michael Madsen, Bruno Kirby, James Russo, Zeljko Ivanek, Zach Grenier, Gretchen Mol, Tim Blake Nelson, Paul Giamatti,
An FBI undercover agent infiltrates the mob and finds himself identifying more with the mafia life, at the expense of his regular one. This film seems set apart from the supposed usual gangster dramas. Maybe because it's more about the difficulties of going undercover aspect of the scenario more Han the mob wars and community. So that is seems a bit more elegant and not asking you necessarily to go with the mobsters and presenting them more as the heroes or at least the leads we care about.
Labels:
1997,
Al Pacino,
Anne Heche,
Bruno Kirby,
DRAMA,
Gretchen Mol,
James Russo,
Johnny Depp,
Michael Madsen,
Mike Newell,
Paul Attanasio,
Paul Giamatti,
Peter Sova,
Tim Blake Nelson,
Zach Grenier,
Zeljko Ivanek
DEFENDING YOUR LIFE (1991)
Written & Directed By: Albert Brooks
Cinematography By: Allen Daviau
Editor: David Finfer
Cast: Albert Brooks, Meryl Streep, Rip Torn, Lee Grant, Buck Henry, James Eckhouse, Susan Walters, Mary Pat Gleason, Ethan Embry,
Yuppie Daniel Miller is killed in a car accident and goes to Judgment City, a waiting room for the afterlife. During the day, he must prove in a courtroom-style process that he successfully overcame his fears (a hard task, given the pitiful life we are shown); at night, he falls in love with Julia, the only other young person in town. Nights are a time of hedonistic pleasure, since you can (for instance) eat all you want without getting fat.
SAVING SILVERMAN (2001)
Directed By: Dennis Dugan
Written By: Hank Nelken & Greg DePaul
Cinematography By: Arthur Albert
Editor: Debra Neil-Fisher
Cast: Jason Biggs, Amanda Peet, Steve Zahn, Jack Black, Amanda Detmer, R. Lee Ermey, Neil Diamond, Kyle Gass
Two dim-witted former high school buddys and Neil Diamond fanactics, Wayne and J.D., plot to keep their friend Darren from marrying the wrong woman, a domineering and spiteful psychologist named Judith by kidnapping her and trying to set Darren up with his old high school girlfriend Sandy who plans to become a nun
Wednesday, December 20, 2017
INGRID GOES WEST (2017)
Directed By: Matt Spicer
Written By: David Branson Smith & Matt Spicer
Cinematography By: Bryce Fortner
Editor: Jack Price
Cast: Aubrey Plaza, Elizabeth Olsen, O’Shea Jackson Jr. Wyatt Russell, Billy Magnussen, Pom Klementieff, Joseph Breen, Angelica Amor
Ingrid Thorburn is an unhinged social media stalker with a history of confusing "likes" for meaningful relationships. Taylor Sloane is an Instagram-famous "influencer" whose perfectly curated, boho-chic lifestyle becomes Ingrid's latest obsession. When Ingrid moves to LA and manages to insinuate herself into the social media star's life, their relationship quickly goes from #BFF to #WTF.
THE LITTLE HOURS (2017)
Written & Directed By: Jeff Baena
Cinematography By: Quyen Tran
Editor: Ryan Brown
Cast: Dave Franco, Aubrey Plaza, Alison Brie, Kate Micucci, Nick Offerman, Jemima Kirke, Molly Shannon, John C. Reilly, Paul Reiser, Fred Armisen, Paul Weitz, Lauren Weedman
On the run from the battle-seasoned Lord Bruno for sleeping with his wife, the handsome and willing servant, Massetto, flees to the safety of the woods during the warm and peaceful summer of 1347. There, after a chance encounter with the always boozy but merciful Father Tommasso, the young charmer will find refuge into his convent's sanctuary, on one condition: to pretend he is a deaf-mute. However, Massetto's tempting presence will unavoidably upset the already frail balance of things within the sexually-repressed female realm, as nun after nun desperately seeks an escape from their tedious way of life and an extra reason to molest the charming handyman. In the end, will those cloistered Sisters finally find out what they had been missing out on all these years?
Friday, December 15, 2017
JEFF OF THE CINEFILES & UNFINISHED BUSINESS: HALL OF FAME: FILE #0050: SON OF SAUL (2016)
Directed By: Nemes Laszlo
Written By: Nemes Laszlo & Clara Royer
Cinematography By: Matyas Erdley
Editor: Matthieu Taponier
Cast: Geza Rohrig, Levente Molnar, Urs Rechn
Two days in the life of Saul Auslander, Hungarian prisoner working as a member of the Sonderkommando at one of the Auschwitz Crematoriums who, to bury the corpse of a boy he takes for his son, tries to carry out his impossible deed: salvage the body and find a rabbi to bury it. While the Sonderkommando is to be liquidated at any moment, Saul turns away of the living and their plans of rebellion to save the remains of a son he never took care of when he was still alive.
SILKWOOD (1983)
Directed By: Mike Nichols
Written By: Nora Ephron & Alice Arlen
Cinematography By: Miroslav Ondricek
Editor: Sam O’Steen
Cast: Meryl Streep, Cher, Kurt Russell, Bruce McGill, Diana Scarwid, Ron Silver, Fred Ward, Craig T. Nelson, Josef Sommer, Charles Hallahan, Alice Arlen, James Rebhorn, Ray Baker, Anthony Heald, Bill Cobbs, Will Patton, Tess Harper, M. Emmett Walsh
Fairly accurate recounting of the story of Karen Silkwood, the Oklahoma nuclear-plant worker who blew the whistle on dangerous practices at the Kerr-McGee plant and who died under circumstances which are still under debate.
20TH CENTURY WOMEN (2016)
Written & Directed By: Mike Mills
Cinematography By: Sean Porter
Editor: Leslie Jones
Cast: Annette Bening, Lucas Jade Zumann, Elle Fanning, Greta Gerwig, Billy Crudup, Alison Elliott, Alia Shawkat
The story of a teenage boy, his mother, and two other women who help raise him among the love and freedom of Southern California of 1979. The film is semi-autobiographical, according to Michael Mills. The main cast members are based on one or multiple influences upon Mills from his childhood. Annette Bening's character in particular is based partly on his mother, but with the emphasis on Bening's particular spin on her character.
YEAR OF THE DOG (2007)
Written & Directed By: Mike White
Cinematography By: Tim Orr
Editor: Dody Dorn
Cast: Molly Shannon, Laura Dern, Peter Sarsgaard, John C. Reilly, Regina King, Josh Pais, Thomas McCarthy, Liza Weil, Christy Lynn Moore
Peggy is single, childless, in her 40s, a lonely executive assistant in a friendly office. Her dog Pencil is the love of her life, and when he dies after eating some sort of toxin, Peggy's life spins out of her control: a friendly neighbor invites her for dinner; a friendly staff member at her vet's calls with an abused dog he recommends she adopt - she does, and also finds herself attracted to this fellow. She becomes a vegan, supports animal-rights causes, and embroils her brother's young children in these concerns. Saving dogs and other animals become such a passion that her mental health and her job may be in danger. Are regaining control and finding love beyond her reach?
Wednesday, December 13, 2017
BEATRIZ AT DINNER (2017)
Directed By: Miguel Arteta
Written By: Mike White
Cinematography By: Wyatt Garfield
Editor: Jay Deuby
Cast: Salma Hayek, John Lithgow, Connie Britton, Chloe Sevingy, Jay Duplass, Amy Landecker, David Warshofsky
An holistic medicine woman spends her life absorbing the pain of all those unfortunates that she comes in contact with while attempting to heal them. She is invited to a dinner party by a client/friend when her car breaks down putting the hostess in the awkward position of having Beatriz join a dinner party with people whose lives are foreign to hers and she begins her judgement of them all. She is self absorbed and incapable of self healing. She forces her opinions on the group and for such a healer as herself has no difficulty inflicting violence on the group as a whole and finally on herself.
SOME FREAKS (2016)
Written & Directed By: Ian MacAllister McDonald
Cinematography By: Joseph Zizzo
Editor: Jonathan Melin & Joel Plotch
Cast: Thomas Mann, Marin Ireland, Elise Hudson, Lachlan Buchanan, Ely Henry, Lily Mae Harrington
A charming romance develops between a boy with one eye and an overweight girl, though when she loses her weight after going to college, their relationship is tested in devastating ways they never dreamed would happen.
Saturday, December 9, 2017
BETTER WATCH OUT (2016)
Directed By: Chris Peckover
Written By: Chris Peckover & Zack Khan
Story By: Zack Khan
Cinematography By: Carl Robertson
Editor: Julie-Ann DeRuvo
Cast: Olivia DeJonge, Levi Miller, Ed Oxenbould, Dacre Montgomery, Aleks Mikic, Virginia Madsen, Patrick Warburton
When you think the suburbs, you think safety, but this holiday night the suburbs are anything but safe. Ashley thought this babysitting job was going to be an easy night, but the night takes a turn when dangerous intruders break in and terrorize her and the twelve-year-old boy, Luke, she's caring for. Ashley defends her charge to the best of her ability only to discover this is no normal home invasion.
THE AMERICAN (2010)
Directed By: Anton Corbijn
Written By: Rowan Joffe
Based On The Novel By: Martin Booth
Cinematography By: Martin Ruhe
Editor: Andrew Hulme
Cast: George Clooney, Irina Bjorklund, Paolo Bonacelli, Johan Leysen, Thekla Rueten, Violante Placido, Filipo Timi
Alone among assassins, Jack is a master craftsman. When a job in Sweden ends more harshly than expected for this American abroad, he vows to his contact Pavel that his next assignment will be his last. Jack reports to the Italian countryside, where he holes up in a small town and relishes being away from death for a spell. The assignment, as specified by a Belgian woman, Mathilde, is in the offing as a weapon is constructed. Surprising himself, Jack seeks out the friendship of local priest Father Benedetto and pursues romance with local woman Clara. But by stepping out of the shadows, Jack may be tempting fate.
ROAD GAMES (1981)
Directed By: Richard Franklin
Written By: Everett De Roche
Story By: Richard Franklin & Everett De Roche
Cinematography By: Vincent Monton
Editor: Edward McQueen-Mason
Cast: Stacy Keach, Jamie Lee Curtis, Marion Edward, Grant Page, Robert Thompson, Angelica La Bozzetta
Pat Quid is driving a semi across Australia. On the way he encounters various other travellers, and the occasional hitchhikers repeatedly as they're traveling the same road. A favorite pastime of Pat is to play games to pass the time on the journey. (Such as to make up backgrounds of the other people on the road.) Pamela is one hitchhiker he picks up. But when she disappears, he suspects that the driver of a van who has been acting a little strange, (Smith or Jones) maybe the serial killer mentioned on the radio. But his pursuit of the van driver brings him to the attention of the police, who begin to suspect him.
Thursday, December 7, 2017
MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS (2017)
Directed By: Kenneth Branagh
Written By: Michael Green
Based on the Novel By: Agatha Christie
Cinematography By: Haris Zambarlokus
Editor: Mick Audsley
Cast: Kenneth Branagh, Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Penelope Cruz, Willem Dafoe, Daisy Ridley, Josh Gad, Judi Dench, Olivia Colman, Leslie Odom Jr, Derek Jacobi, Lucy Boynton, Adam Garcia
Hercule Poirot, the best detective in the world decides to leave on the Orient Express. The train accidentally gets stopped because of the strong snow. Little did he know that a murder was planned and that a person on this train was able of commiting such crime. Will he solve this murder before the train starts working again?
Saturday, December 2, 2017
THE CINEFILES: JOHN SINGLETON EPISODE : PART 2
Friday, December 1, 2017
BUSHWICK (2017)
Written & Directed By: Cary Murnion & Jonathan Milott
Cinematography By: Lyle Vincent
Editor: Joe Hobeck
Music By: Aesop Rock
Cast: Dave Bautista, Brittany Snow, Angelic Zambrana, Arturo Castro, Jeremie Harris
BUSHWICK tells the story of twenty-year- old Lucy and war veteran Stupe. Texas is trying to secede from the U.S., and NYC is being used as a negotiation tool. Lucy meets Stupe after coming up from the subway into the military invasion of Brooklyn. Together they decide to cross the treacherous five blocks of Bushwick - littered with looters, local militias, the invading forces, and one crazy cousin - in order to get home and be reunited with Lucy's grandmother.
MONEY TRAIN (1995)
Directed By: Jospeh Ruben
Written By: Doug Richardson & David Loughery
Story By: Doug Richardson
Cinematography By: John W. Lindley
Editor: George Bowers & Bill Pankow
Cast: Wesley Snipes, Woody Harrelson, Jennifer Lopez, Robert Blake, Chris Cooper, Skip Sudduth, Bill Nunn, Joe Grifasi, Larry Gillard Jr., Vincent Pastore, Aida Turturro, Vincent Laresca
Two foster brothers work as transit cops. While one's life is as good as it gets, the other's is a pit. After losing his job, getting dumped by his brother, and getting the crap kicked out of him by a loan shark for the umpteenth time, He implements his plan to steal the "money train," a train carrying the New York Subway's weekly revenue. But when things go awry, will his brother be able to save him in time?
THE SPECIALIST (1994)
Directed By: Luis Llosa
Written By: Alexandra Seros
Based on The Specialist series of books By: John Shirley
Cinematography By: Jeffrey L. Kimball
Editor: Jack Hofstra
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Sharon Stone, James Woods, Eric Roberts, Rod Steiger
Ray Quick is a bomb expert who worked for the CIA along with a guy named Ned Trent, who's extremely demented. When they have a falling out, Ray becomes a freelancer who lives off the grid. A woman named May Munro contacts and wants him to kill the three men who killed her family years ago, who work for the Leon crime family. Ray does it and after killing the first one, the Leons need to find the one who did it and it turns out Ned is now working for them and they task him with finding the bomber. The Leons get him to work with the police and he looks for the bomber. In the meantime Ray, while working on getting the others, can't help but follow May wherever she goes.
CINEFILES - JOHN SINGLETON EPISODE: PART 1
The show has returned with this episode taking a look at the films of John Singleton.
Wednesday, November 29, 2017
BRAWL IN CELL BLOCK 99 (2017)
Written & Directed By: S. Craig Zahler
Cinematography By: Benji Bakshi
Editor: Greg D’Auria
Cast: Vince Vaughn, Jennifer Carpenter, Marc Blucas, Udo Kier, Don Johnson, Tom Guiry, Fred Melamed, Clark Johnson, Rob Morgan
Bradley Thomas is a hard working man. After him and his wife's miscarriage they admit the spark isn't there anymore and decide to have a baby. After being fired from his job, he turns to his friend who hires him as a drug dealer. A trade goes bad and he ends up in prison, the only problem is that a gang has kidnapped his wife and they will do an experimental operation on the baby unless Thomas kills one of the inmates in cell block 99. Bradley will not stop at anything until his wife is safe again.
Saturday, November 25, 2017
THE VOICES (2014)
Directed By: Marjane Satrapi
Written By: Michael R. Perry
Cinematography By: Maxime Alexandre
Editor: Stephane Roche
Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Gemma Arterton, Anna Kendrick, Jacki Weaver, Adi Shankar
Jerry is that chipper guy clocking the nine-to-five at a bathtub factory, with the offbeat charm of anyone who could use a few friends. With the help of his court-appointed psychiatrist, he pursues his office crush. However, the relationship takes a sudden, murderous turn after she stands him up for a date. Guided by his evil talking cat and benevolent talking dog, Jerry must decide whether to keep striving for normalcy, or indulge in a much more sinister path.
TO THE BONE (2017)
Written & Directed By: Marti Noxon
Cinematography By: Richard Wong
Editor: Elliot Greenberg
Cast: Lily J. Collins, Alex Sharp, Lili Taylor, Brooke Smith, Keanu Reeves, Retta, Kathryn Prescott, Leslie Bibb, Carrie Preston, Alanna Ubach, Maya Eshet
Ellen is a 20 year old woman struggling with anorexia nervosa. In the midst of family problems and her own fears, she is accepted into a group home run by an unusual doctor. Through the people she meets and the journey she takes, Ellen follows a path of self discovery and acceptance that will lead her to a surprising place she never would have thought possible
THE MEDDLER (2015)
Written & Directed By: Lorene Scafaria
Cinematography By: Brett Pawlek
Editor: Kayla M. Emter
Cast: Susan Sarandon, Rose Byrne, J.K. Simmons, Jerrod Carmichael, Cecily Strong, Lucy Punch, Michael McKean, Billy Magnussen, Jason Ritter, Casey Wilson, Megan Echikunwoke, Amy Landecker, Harry Hamlin, Robert Picardo, Shiri Appleby, Laura San Giacomo, Roger Arron Brown, Randall Park, Bill Fagerbakke
An aging widow from New York City follows her daughter to Los Angeles in hopes of starting a new life after her husband passes away.
Monday, November 20, 2017
THE BEGUILED (2017)
Written & Directed By: Sofia Coopola
Based On The Novel By: Thomas Cullinan
Based On the Screenplay by: Grimes Grice & Albert Maltz
Cinematography By: Philippe Le Sourd
Editor: Sarah Flack
Music By: Phoenix
Cast: Nicole Kidman, Colin Farrell, Kirsten Dunst, Elle Fanning, Oona Laurence, Angourie Rice
Three years into the senseless American Civil War, in 1864, the dilapidated mansion of Miss Martha Farnsworth's Seminary for Young Ladies is still running, occupied by the matriarch, a teacher and five students in Spanish moss-draped Virginia. However, when a young student stumbles upon Corporal John McBurney, a wounded Union deserter on the verge of death, the already frail balance of things will be disrupted, as the hesitant headmistress decides to take him in to heal from his injury. Little by little, as the unwelcome guest arouses an uneasy sexual excitation among the women of the secluded boarding school, it is not before long that they will find themselves competing for the alluring man's favour. Undoubtedly, this handsome devil is a manipulator, nevertheless, will the ladies stay forever beguiled by his charm?
Friday, November 17, 2017
PROBLEM CHILD 2 (1991)
Directed By: Brian Levant
Written & Story By: Scott Alexander & Larry Karaszewski
Cinematography By: Peter Smokler
Editor: Lois Freeman-Fox & Robert P. Seepey
Cast: Michael Oliver, John Ritter, Jack Warden, Ivyann Schwan, Amy Yasbeck, Gilbert Gotfried, Jonathan Tolkan, Laraine Newman, Eric Edwards, Zach Grenier, Martha Quinn, Charlene Titlton
Junior and his father, Ben, move from Cold River to Mortville. Junior becomes threatened by Ben's desire to date again and find a new mother for Junior, and sabotages each of his dates. Ben falls in love with Annie, the school nurse. However, Annie is the mother of Trixie - who is worse than Junior in his behavior and equally resents her mother dating again. Then Ben meets Lawanda, the richest woman in Mortville, who desires to marry Ben and send Junior to boarding school in Bagdad. And Ben now has to make the decision whether to continue to pursue Annie for love or marry Lawanda so Junior can have a mother.
DON'T TELL MOM THE BABYSITTER'S DEAD (1991)
Directed By: Stephen Herek
Written By: Neil Landau & Tara Ison
Cinematography By: Tim Sushrstedt
Editor: Larry Bock
Cast: Christina Applegate, Keith Coogan, Joanna Cassidy, Jayne Brook, John Getz, Josh Charles, Kimmy Robertson, Danielle Harris, David Duchovny, Concetta Tomei, Christopher Pettiet, Sarah Buxton, Michael Kopelow
Single mother goes away for the summer. The kids are first delighted but then find that Mom has hired the sitter from hell to stay with them. When the sitter dies of a sudden coronary they deposit the body at a mortuary only to discover all their summer expense money was in her purse. The kids must find a way to survive the summer without mom or her money. This means actual work!
Labels:
1991,
Christina Applegate,
Comedy,
Danielle Harris,
David Duchovny,
Jayne Brook,
Joanna Cassidy,
John Getz,
Josh Charles,
Keith Coogan,
Kimmy Robertson,
Stephen Herek,
Teen,
Tim Suhrstedt
HOW TO BE A LATIN LOVER (2017)
Directed By: Ken Marino
Written By: Chris Spain & Jon Zack
Cinematography By: John Bailey
Editor: John Diagle
Cast: Eugenio Derbez, Salma Hayek, Rob Lowe, Michael Cera, Rob Coddry, Raquel Welch, Renee Taylor, Rob Huebel, Rob Riggle, Kristen Bell, Linda Lavin, Raphael Alejandro, McKenna Grace
Finding himself dumped after 25 years of marriage, a man who made a career of seducing rich older women must move in with his estranged sister, where he begins to learn the value of family.
Labels:
2017,
Comedy,
Eugenio Derbez,
John Bailey,
Ken Marino,
Kristen Bell,
Linda Lavin,
McKenna Grace,
Michael Cera,
Raquel Welch,
Renee Taylor,
Rob Coddry,
Rob Huebel,
Rob Lowe,
Rob Riggle,
Salma Hayek
Tuesday, November 14, 2017
LADY BIRD (2017)
Written & Directed By: Greta Gerwig
Cinematography By: Sam Levy
Editor: Nick Houy
Music: Jon Brion
Cast: Saoirse Ronan, Tracy Letts, Laurie Metcalf, Lucas Hedges, Beanie Feldstein , Tinmothee Chalamet, Lois Smith, Jordan Rodrigues, Odeya Rush, Stephen Mckinley Henderson, Bob Stephenson, Daniel Zovatto, Danielle Macdonald
The adventures of a young woman living in Northern California for a year. Who seeks to get out and attend college on the east coast.
Labels:
2017,
Beanie Feldstein,
Comedy,
Coming Of Age,
DRAMA,
Greta Gerwig,
Jon Brion,
Laurie Metcalf,
Lois Smith,
Lucas Hedges,
Sam Levy,
Saoirse Ronan,
Stephen McKinley Henderson,
Teen,
Tracy Letts
Saturday, November 11, 2017
NOCTURAMA (2017)
Written, Music & Directed By: Bertrand Bonello
Cinematography By: Leo Hinstin
Cast: Finnegan Oldfield, Vincent Rottiers, Manal Issa, Hamza Meziani, Martin Petit-Guyot, Jamil McCraven, Rabah Nait Oufella, Laure Valentinelli, Ilias De Lore, Robin Goldbronn, Luis Rego, Hermine Karagheuz, Adele Haenel
Some young folks, tired of the society they're living in, plan a bomb attack over Paris before to take shelter for a night in a shopping center.
THE BAR (EL BAR) (2017)
Directed By: Alex De La Iglesia
Written By: Alex De La Iglesia & Jorge Guerricaechevarria
Cinematography By: Angel Amoros
Editor: Domingo Gonzalez
Cast: Blanca Suarez, Mario Casas, Carmen Michi, Secun De La Rosa, Jamie Ordonez, Terele Pavez, Joaquin Climent, Alejandro Awada, Jordi Aguilar
On an ordinary day in bustling downtown Madrid, life ticks over as usual, while inside a decrepit and noisy central bar, a motley assortment of common urbanites is killing time indolently, up until a loud gunshot sends chills down the spine. Out of the blue, now a man lies dead in front of the bar in a pool of blood, and then surprisingly, in broad daylight, another death follows. Where did that mysterious lethal bullet come from? Is this an act of terrorism or is there a solitary invisible sniper hidden on a roof? As hysteria prevails and the bodies miraculously vanish into thin air, the perplexed and terrified bar's regulars are bound to turn on each other, paranoid and suspicious of the potential assassin who might be hiding inside the place. Is there indeed a wolf among sheep?
HAPPY TIMES (TIEMPOS FELICES!) (2014)
Directed By: Luis Javier M. Henaine
Written By: Luis Javier M. Henaine & Alejandra Olvera Avila
Cinematography By: Diego Garcia
Editor: Branko Gomez Palacia & Luis Javier M. Henaine
Production Design: Christopher Lagunes
Set Decoration: Gabriela Rodriguez Farah
Cast: Luis Arrieta, Cassandra Ciangherotti, Humberto Busto, Barbara de Regil, Miguel Rodarte
A young man who is unable to break up with his girlfriend decides to hire an agency that specializes in ending relationships.
SEX IS ZERO (2002)
Written & Directed By: Yoon Je-Kyoon
Cinematography By: Yeong-Cheol Kim
Editor: Sun-min Kim
Cast: Chang Jung Lim, Ji-Won Ha, Chae-Young Yu, Min Jung, Jae-Young Jim
At Sunjong University, a few students are serious, including Eun-hyo, who works hard at aerobics in hopes of doing well in a national competition. Most students goof off: drinking, partying, and focusing on sex. Eun-shik, a law student who's been in the military, is older but socially inept. He likes Eun-hyo; even though his earnest and simple side appeals to her, his juvenile excesses make him irrelevant when Sung-ok, a good-looking rich kid, charms Eun-hyo. They begin an affair, leaving Eun-shik on the sidelines. The national competition approaches and complications arise.
Wednesday, November 8, 2017
THOR: RAGNAROK (2017)
Directed By: Taika Waititi
Written By: Eric Pearson, Craig Kyle & Christopher Yost
Based On The Comics By: Stan Lee, Jack Kirby & Larry Lieber
Cinematography By: Javier Agguiresarobe
Editor: Zene Baker & Joel Negron
Music By: Mark Mothersbaugh
Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Mark Ruffalo, Tessa Thompson, Cate Blanchett, Karl Urban, Jeff Goldblum, Idris Elba, Anthony Hopkins, Sam Neill, Benedict Cumberbatch, Zachary Levi, Ray Stevenson, Taika Waititi, Clancy Brown
Thor is imprisoned on the other side of the universe and finds himself in a race against time to get back to Asgard to stop Ragnarok, the destruction of his homeworld and the end of Asgardian civilization, at the hands of an all-powerful new threat, the ruthless Hela.
BATMAN AND HARLEY QUINN (2017)
Directed By: Sam Liu
Story By: Bruce Timm
Teleplay By: James Krieg & Bruce Timm
Editor: Christopher D. Lozinski
Voices of: Kevin Conroy, Melissa Rauch, Paget Brewster, Loren Lester, John DiMaggio, Rob Paulesen, Mindy Sterling, Bruce Timm
Saturday, November 4, 2017
MARVEL CINEMATIC UNIVERSE
From Least Favorite to Favorite
Though be aware this list will keep being updated with the release of each new Marvel film
Thursday, November 2, 2017
Wednesday, October 25, 2017
GERALD'S GAME (2017)
Directed & Edited By: Mike Flannigan
Written By: Mike Flannigan & Jeff Howard
Based On The Novel By: Stephen King
Cinematography By: Michael Fimognari
Cast: Carla Gugino, Bruce Greenwood, Henry Thomas, Kate Siegel
When a harmless game between a married couple in a remote retreat suddenly becomes a harrowing fight for survival, wife Jessie must confront long-buried demons within her own mind - and possibly lurking in the shadows of her seemingly empty house.
DARK NIGHT (2017)
Written & Directed By: Tim Sutton
Cinematography By: Helene Louvart
Editor: Jeanne Applegate
Cast: Eddie Caccoiola, Shawn Caccoiola, Anna Rose Hopkins, Robert Jumper
The lives of six strangers intersect at a suburban Cineplex where a massacre occurs.
Saturday, October 21, 2017
LITTLE EVIL (2017)
Written & Directed By: Eli Craig
Cinematography By: Matthew Clark
Editor: Tim Nolan
Cast: Adam Scott, Bridget Everett, Evangeline Lily, Clancy Brown, Sally Field, Carla Gallo, Tyler Labine, Hank Harris, Donald Faison, Chris D’Elia, Kyle Bornheimer
Gary, who has just married Samantha, the woman of his dreams, discovers that her six-year-old son may be the Antichrist.
Labels:
2017,
Adam Scott,
Bridget Everett,
Carla Gallo,
Chris D'Elia,
Clancy Brown,
Comedy,
Donald Faison,
Eli Craig,
Evangeline Lily,
Hank Harris,
Horror,
Kyle Bornheimer,
Sally Field,
Tyler Labine
PET SEMATARY 2 (1992)
Directed By: Mary Lambert
Written By: Richard Outten
Cinematography By: Russell Carpenter
Editor: Tom Finan
Cast: Edward Furlong, Anthony Edwards, Darlanne Fluegel, Clancy Brown, Lisa Waltz, Jared Rushton, Sarah Trigger, Jason McGuire, Jim Peck
The ancient Indian cemetery with the power to raise the dead returns and influences the lives of new residents.
Friday, October 20, 2017
CHERRY FALLS (2000)
Directed By: Geoffrey Wright
Written By: Ken Selden
Cinematography By: Anthony B. Richmond
Editor: John F. Link
Cast: Brittany Murphy, Michael Biehn, Jesse Bradford, Jay Mohr, Candy Clark, Bre Blair, Gabriel Mann, Douglas Spain, Natalie Ramsey, Kristen Miller, Michael Weston, Keram Malicki-Sanchez, Clementine Ford
A psychotic serial slasher starts a bloodthirsty murder rampage at Cherry Falls high school that only kills the local high school virgins. This leads to the local teenage population organizing a sex party in order to lose their virginity and thus no longer be targets
BLOOD NIGHT: THE LEGEND OF MOLLY HATCHET (2009)
Directed By: Frank Sabatella
Written By: Elke Blasi & Frank Sabatella
Cinematography By: Chris Walters & Jarin Blaschke
Editor: Stephen Franciosa Jr.
Cast: Danielle Harris, Bill Moseley, Nate Dushku, Samantha Facchi, Anthony Marks, Billy Magnussen, Samantha Huhn
A group of teenagers celebrating Blood Night, the anniversary of the death of a local axe murderer, Mary Hatchet, suddenly find themselves face to face with the realities of her haunting. As they run from the bloody rampage left behind they'll need to survive the night to expose the truth behind the legend of Bloody Mary.
Wednesday, October 18, 2017
THE BABYSITTER (2017)
Directed By: McG
Written By: Brian Duffield
Cinematography By: Shane Hurlbut
Editor: Peter Gvozdas
Cast: Judah Lewis, Samara Weaving, Robbie Amell, Bella Thorne, Hana Mae Lee, Emily Alyn Lind, Andrew Bachelor, Miles J. Harvey, Leslie Bibb, Ken Marino, Chris Wylde
Cole is madly in love with his babysitter Bee. She's hot, funny, and popular. One night, in a moment of defiance, Cole secretly stays up his bedtime to discover she's actually a cold-blooded killer who's in league with the Devil. He now must spend his night evading Bee's band of killers who will stop at nothing to prevent Cole from spilling their dark secret. It's up to Cole to survive the night.
Labels:
2017,
Action,
Andrew Bachelor,
Bella Thorne,
Brain Duffield,
Chris Wylde,
Comedy,
Emily Alyn Lind,
Hana Mae Lee,
Horror,
Judah Lewis,
Ken Marino,
Leslie Bibb,
McG,
Robbie Amell,
Samara Weaving,
Shane Hurlbut,
Teen
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