THE RENTAL (2020)

 

Directed by: Dave Franco Written By: Dave Franco & Joe Swanberg Story By: Dave Franco, Joe Swanberg & Mike Demski Cinematography: Christian Sprenger  Editor: Kyle Reiter 

Cast: Alison Brie, Dan Stevens, Sheila Vand, Jeremy Allen White, Toby Huss 

Two couples on an oceanside getaway grow suspicious that the host of their seemingly perfect rental house may be spying on them. Before long, what should have been a celebratory weekend trip turns into something more sinister, as well-kept secrets are exposed and the four old friends come to see each other in a new light.

THE LIE (2018)

 

Written & Directed By: Veena Sud Based On the Film “WIR MONSTER” Written By: Marcus Seibert & Sebastian Ko Cinematography: Peter Wurstorf Editor: Phil Fowler

Cast: Peter Sarsgaard, Mireille Enos, Joey King, Cas Anvar, Patti Kim, Nicholas Lea, Devery Jacobs, Dani Kind 

A father and daughter are on their way to dance camp when they spot the girl's best friend on the side of the road. When they stop to offer the friend a ride, their good intentions soon result in terrible consequences.

ALL ABOUT EVIL (2010)

 

Written & Directed By: Joshua Grannell Cinematography: Tom Richmond  Editor: Rick LeCompte 

Cast: Natasha Lyonne, Thomas Dekker, , Cassandra Peterson, Mink Stole, Noah Segan, Jack Donner, Kat Turner, Jade Ramsey, Nikita Ramsey 

A mousy librarian inherits her father's beloved but failing old movie house. In order to save the family business she discovers her inner serial killer - and a legion of rabid gore fans - when she starts turning out a series of grisly shorts. What her fans don't realize yet is that the murders in the movies are all too real.

NOT ANOTHER TEEN MOVIE (2001)

 

Directed By: Joel Gallen  Written By: Michael G. Bender, Adam Jay Epstein, Andrew Jacobson, Phil Beauman & Buddy Johnson  Cinematography: Reynaldo Villalobos  Editor: Steven Welch 

Cast: Chris Evans, Chyler Leigh, Jaime Pressly, Eric Christian Olsen, Mia Kirshner, Samm Levine, Ron Lester, Joanna Garcia, Sam Hunnington, Randy Quaid, Lacey Chabert, Eric Jungmann, Cody McMains, Nectar Rose, Samaire Armstrong, Beverly Polcyn, Ed Lauter, Paul Gleason, Mr. T, Molly Ringwald 

A sendup of all the teen movies that have accumulated in the past two decades. After breaking up with his girlfriend, Priscilla, a popular jock, Jake Wyler makes a bet with his friends that he can't make 'ugly girl' Janey Briggs into prom queen. After spending more and more time with Janey, Jake really starts to think whether he wants to keep the bet on or not.

NIGHTMARE SISTERS (1988)

 

Directed By: David Decoteau  Written By: Kenneth J. Hall Cinematography: Voya Mikulic  Editor: Tony Malanowski 

Cast: Linnea Quigley, Brinke Stevens, Michelle Bauer, Richard Gabai, Timothy Kauffman, Matthew Phelps, C.J. cox, Marcus Vaughter

Melody, Marci, and Mickey are three geeky college girls who can't get a date. One night, they invite some geeky college guys over and have a seance that results in the girls becoming possessed and turning into sex starved vamps. Will the geek hero guys be able to stop the horrible (?) possession?

SATURDAY THE 14TH (1981)

 

Written & Directed By: Howard R. Cohen  Story By: Jeff Begun  Cinematography: Daniel Lacambre  Editor: Kent Beyda & Joanne D’Antonio

Cast: Richard Benjamin, Paula Prentiss, Jeffrey Tambor, Kari Michaelsen, Kevin Brando, Severn Darden, Roberta Collins 

Primarily a spoof of the Friday the 13th series, but also takes shots at several other horror films. After his family moves to a new house, a young boy discovers a mysterious book describing the curse hanging over the date of Saturday the 14th. Opening the book releases a band of monsters into the house, and the family must join together to save themselves and their neighborhood.

99 FRANCS (2007)

 

Directed By: Jan Kounen Written By: Jan Kounen, Bruno Lavaine & Nicolas Charlet Based On the book by Frederic Beigbeder Cinematography: David Ungaro Editor: Anny Danche

Cast: Jean Dujardin, Vahina Giocante, Jocelyn Quivrin, Patrick Mille, Elisa Tovati, Nicolas Marie, Dominique Bettenfeld

The life of Octave Parango, a flamboyant ad designer, is filled with success, satire, misery, and love.

ARE WE NOT CATS (2016)

 

Written & Directed By: Xander Robin  Cinematography: Matt Clegg  Editor: Xander Robin & Dustin Waldman

Cast: Chelsea Lopez, Michael Godere, Michael Patrick Nicholson, Charles Gould, Adeline Thery, Alice Frank, Dean Haletermann 

After losing his job, girlfriend, and home in a single day, a desperate thirty-something accepts a delivery job in a remote upstate backwater. There he meets a beguiling and mysterious young woman with whom he shares a strange obsession.

NORMAN LOVES ROSE (1982)

 

Written & Directed By: Henri Safran  Cinematography: Vincent Monton Editor: Don Saunders 

Cast: Carol Kane, Tony Owen, Barry Otto, David Downer, Warren Mitchell, Sandy Gore, Virginia Hey, Myra De Groot, Louise Pajo

A teenage boy falls hopelessly in love with his new sister-in-law. When she gets pregnant, someone raises the question that he might be the father--a notion he does nothing to discourage.

CRIME & PUNISHMENT IN SUBURBIA (2000)

 

Directed By: Rob Schmidt 

Written By: Larry Gross

Cinematography: Bobby Bukowski 

Editor: Gabriel Wyre 

Cast: Monica Keena, Vincent Kartheiser, James DeBello, Jeffrey Wright, Ellen Barkin, Michael Ironside, Conchata Ferrell, Lucinda Jenney, Marshall Teague, Nicki Aycox, Bonnie Somerville 

This is a contemporary fable loosely based on Fyodor Dostoyevsky's "Crime and Punishment". Roseanne is outwardly a perfect and popular teen. However, her image is hiding the abuse at her stepfather's hands, and she decides to take revenge. The events that follow are a mix of dark humor and an exploration of modern morality as Roseanne faces not only a fellow suburbanite who knows, but her own conscience as well.

VIOLET (2014)

 

Written & Directed By: Bas Devos

Cinematography: Nicolas Karakatsanis

Editor: Dieter Diependaele

Cast: Cesar De Sutter, Koen De Sutter, Mira Helmer, Brent Minne, Fania Sorel

15-year-old Jesse is the only one who witnessed the stabbing of his friend Jonas. Now he has to face his family and friends form the BMX riders crew and explain the unexplainable - how he feels about it.

LET ME MAKE YOU A MARTYR (2016)

 

Written & Directed By: Corey Asraf & John Swab 

Cinematography: Jeff Melanson 

Editor: Corey Asraf & Dylan Quirt 

Cast: Niko Nicotera, Sam Quartin, Mark Boone Junior, Marilyn Manson, William Lee Scott, Michael Potts, Gore Abrams, Megan Mattox, Danny Boy O’Connor, Michael Sheamus 

A cerebral revenge film about two adopted siblings who fall in love, and hatch a plan to kill their abusive father.

BREAST MEN (1997)

 

Directed By: Lawrence O’Neil  Written By: John Stockwell Cinematography: Robert Stevens  Editor: Michael Jablow 

Cast: David Schwimmer, Chris Cooper, Emily Procter, Matt Frewer, Kathleen Wilhoite, John Stockwell, Louise Fletcher, Terry O’Quinn, Lisa Marie, Amanda Foreman, Lyle Lovett, Julie McCullough, Rena Riffel, Raphael Sbarge 

Two doctors create breast implants. However, when success and money come their way, they separate and follow different paths.

10 TO MIDNIGHT (1983)

 

Story & Directed By: J. Lee Thompson 

Written By: William Roberts 

Cinematography: Adam Greenberg 

Editor: Peter Lee-Thompson 

Cast: Charles Bronson, Lisa Eilbacher, Andrew Stevens, Gene Davis, Geoffrey Lewis, Wilford Brimley, Robert Lyons, Ola Ray, Kelly Preston, Beau Billingslea, Bert Williams 

An LAPD detective and his rookie partner are on the trail of a psychopathic young man who is murdering young women.

ANGEL (1983)

 

Directed By: Robert Vincent O’Neil 

Written By: Robert Vincent O’Neil & Joseph M. Cala 

Cinematography: Andrew Davis 

Editor: Charles Bornstein 

Cast: Donna Wilkes, Cliff Gorman, Susan Tyrell, Dick Shawn, Rory Calhoun, John Diehl, Elaine Giftos, Steven M. Porter, Donna McDaniel, Graem McGavin, Mel Carter 

Molly, a high schooler, secretly earns her living as Angel, a street prostitute whose only family and friends are the ones she works with on the streets. She has to survive against a serial killer who is targeting people of her profession.

CHAINED HEAT (1983)

 

Directed By: Paul Nicholas Written By: Paul Nicholas & Vincent Mongol  Cinematography: Mac Ahlberg  Editor: Nino Di Marco

Cast: Linda Blair, John Vernon, Sybil Danning, Tamara Dobson, Stella Stevens, Henry Silva, Sharon Hughes, Louisa Moritz, Robert Miano, Nina Talbot 

Young Carol Henderson ends up in prison where she must learn how to survive in an environment plagued by violence, murder, rape, racism, drugs and staff corruption and brutality.

MOVIES WATCHED IN AUGUST (2022)

 

MOVIES WATCHED IN AUGUST (2022)

ALL MY FRIENDS HATE ME (COMEDY) 6.5/10 

PREY (SCIENCE-FICTION) (ACTION) 7.5/10 

DON’T MAKE ME GO (DRAMA) 7/10 

HOLLYWOOD STAR GIRL (TEEN)(MUSICAL) (ROMANCE) (DRAMA) 6/10 

MILL OF THE STONE WOMAN (HORROR) 7/10 

THE KING OF MARVIN GARDENS (DRAMA) 7/10 

*ALIEN VS. PREDATOR (SCIENCE-FICTION) (ACTION) 6.5/10 

CARTER (ACTION)(FOREIGN)(INTERNATIONAL) (KOREA) 6.5/10

SHALLOW GRAVE (THRILLER) 6.5/10 

JUNGLE GROUND (ACTION) 5/10 

BODIES, BODIES, BODIES (THRILLER)(COMEDY) 7/10 

DAY SHIFT (ACTION)(COMEDY)(HORROR) 5/10 

GLORIOUS (HORROR) 7/10 

SAMARITAN (SUPERHERO)(ACTION) 6/10 

*SCREAM 2 (HORROR) 7.5/10 

*INDEPENDENCE DAY (SCIENCE FICTION)(ACTION) 7/10 

THE KILLER ELITE (ACTION) 7/10

TELEVISION SERIES, TELEVISION MOVIES, STAND-UP & SPECIALS

MS. MARVEL (LIMITED SERIES) 6/10 

THIS FOOL (SEASON 1) 7/10 

UNTOLD: THE GIRLFRIEND WHO WASN’T THERE -  7/10 

THE REHEARSAL (SEASON 1) 9/10 

GROWN-ISH (SEASON 4) 6/10 

MO (SEASON 1) 7/10 

DOPESICK (LIMITED SERIES) 9/10