Saturday, December 29, 2018

ASSASSINATION NATION (2018)



Written & Directed By: Sam Levinson 
Cinematography By: Marcell Rev 
Editor: Ron Patane 


Cast: Odessa Young, Joel McHale, Hari Nef, Abra, Suki Waterhouse, Colman Domingo, Maude Apatow, Bella Thorne, Anika Noni Rose, Kathryn Erbe, Bill Skarsgard, Danny Ramirez, Cody Christian, Jennifer Morrison 


After a malicious data hack exposes the secrets of the perpetually American town of Salem, chaos decends and four girls must fight to survive, while coping with the hack themselves.

Friday, December 28, 2018

A QUIET PLACE (2018)



Directed By: John Krasinski 
Written By: John Krasinski, Bryan Woods & Scott Peck 
Story By: Bryan Woods & Scott Peck 
Cinematography By: Charlotte Bruus Christensen 
Editor: Christopher Tellefsen 


Cast: John Krasinski, Emily Blunt, Millicent Simmonds, Noah Jupe 


On a devastated Earth overrun by lethal and ever-hearing predators of a possible extraterrestrial origin, the Abbotts struggle to survive in a desolate New York City in a new era of utter silence. As this new type of invader is attracted to noise, even the slightest of sounds can be deadly; however, it's been already twelve months since the powerful monsters' first sightings, and this resilient family still stands strong. To learn the rules of survival in this muted dystopia is essential; nevertheless, an otherwise joyous event is threatening an already frail stability. Now, more than ever, don't make a sound.

AN EVENING WITH BEVERLY LUFF LINN (2018)



Directed By: Jim Hosking 
Written By: Jim Hosking & David Wike 
Cinematography By: Nanu Segal 
Editor: Mark Burnett & Nick Emerson 


Cast: Aubrey Plaza, Jemaine Clement, Craig Robinson, Maria Bamford, Emile Hirsch, Matt Berry, Jacob Wysocki 


Lulu Danger's unsatisfying marriage takes a turn for the worse when a mysterious man from her past comes to town to perform an event called "An Evening With Beverly Luff Linn; For One Magical Night Only."

REINDEER GAMES (2000)



Directed By: John Frankenheimer 
Written By: Ehren Kruger 
Cinematography By: Alan Caso 
Editor: Antony Gibbs & Michael Kahn 
Music By: Alan Silvestri 


Cast: Ben Affleck, Charlize Theron, Gary Sinise, Clearance Williams III, Dennis Farina, Donal Logue, Danny Trejo, Issac Hayes, James Frain, Ashton Kutcher 


After assuming his dead cellmate's identity to get with the other man's girlfriend, an ex-con finds himself a reluctant participant in a casino heist.

Saturday, December 22, 2018

DUMPLIN' (2018)


Directed By: Anne Fletcher 
Written By: Kristin Hahn 
Based on the Novel By: Julie Murphy 
Cinematography By: Elliot Davis 
Editor: Emma E. Hickox 


Cast: Danielle MacDonald, Jennifer Aniston, Odeya Rush, Harold Perrineau, Dove Cameron, Maddie Baillio, Bex Taylor-Klaus, Kathy Najimy, Luke Benward, Georgie Flores 


Willowdean ('Dumplin'), the plus-size teenage daughter of a former beauty queen, signs up for her mom's Miss Teen Bluebonnet pageant as a protest that escalates when other contestants follow her footsteps, revolutionizing the pageant and their small Texas town.

Friday, December 21, 2018

TRUE LIES (1994)



Written & Directed By: James Cameron 
Based on The Original  screenplay “La Totale” By: Claude Zidi, Simon Michael & Didier Kaminika 
Cinematography By: Russell Carpenter 
Editor: Conrad Buff, Mark Goldblatt & Richard A. Harris 


Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis, Bill Paxton, Tom Arnold, Tia Carerre, Art Malik, Charlton Heston, Eliza Dushku, Grant Heslov, Marshall Manesh 


A fearless, globe-trotting, terrorist-battling secret agent has his life turned upside down when he discovers his wife might be having an affair with a used car salesman while terrorists smuggle nuclear war heads into the United States.

THE HEAT (2013)



Directed By: Paul Feig 
Written By: Katie Dippold 
Cinematography By: Robert Yeoman 
Editor: Jay Deuby & Brent White 


Cast: Sandra Bullock, Melissa McCarthy, Tony Hale, Demian Bichir, Bill Burr, Marlon Wayans, Michael Rappaport, Jane Curtain, Ben Falcone, Taran Killam, Michael McDonald, Kaitlin Olson, Joey McIntyre, Tom Wilson, John Ross Bowie, Nathan Corddry Sarah Ashburn, 

an FBI agent, is extremely ambitious and has her eye on a promotion, but she doesn't get along with her co-workers. She is sent to Boston to uncover the identity of an elusive drug lord, Mr. Larkin, by tracking down his proxy, Rojas, and is told that she'll have a good shot at the promotion if she finds Larkin. When she arrives in Boston, she learns that Larkin has been eliminating his competition and taking over their operations. She learns that Rojas is in Boston PD custody and goes to see him to ask him what he knows about Larkin, but is warned that the cop who arrested Rojas, Shannon Mullins, is very territorial, and she is not exactly sociable. When the two meet they don't get along. When Mullins learns why Ashburn is in Boston, she decides to find Larkin herself. Ashburn is told by her boss to work with Mullins, but it won't be easy because Ashburn does things by the book while Mullins does things her way.

THUNDER ROAD (2018)



Written & Directed By: Jim Cummings 
Cinematography By: Lowell A. Mayer 
Editor: Jim Cummings & Brian Vannucci 

Cast: Jim Cummings, Nican Robinson, Kendal Farr, Chelesa Edmundson, Macon Blair, Jocelyn DeBoer, Ammie Leonards 


A police officer faces a personal meltdown following a divorce and the death of his mother.

Saturday, December 15, 2018

EIGHTH GRADE (2018)



Written & Directed By: Bo Burnham 
Cinematography By: Andrew Wehde 
Editor: Jennifer Lilly 


Cast: Elsie Fisher, Josh Hamilton, Emily Robinson, Jake Ryan, Daniel Zolghardi, Imani Lewis 

 An introverted teenage girl tries to survive the last week of her disastrous eighth grade year before leaving to start high school.

SKATE KITCHEN (2018)



Story By & Directed By: Crystal Moselle 
Written By: Crystal Moselle, Jen Silverman & Aslihan Unaldi 
Cinematography By: Shabier Kirchner 
Editor: Nico Luenen 


Cast: Rachelle Vinberg, Nina Moran, Jules Lorenzo, Kabrina Adams, Jaden Smith, Elizabeth Rodriguez 


Camille's life as a lonely suburban teenager changes dramatically when she befriends a group of girl skateboarders. As she journeys deeper into this raw New York City subculture, she begins to understand the true meaning of friendship as well as her inner self.Camille's life as a lonely suburban teenager changes dramatically when she befriends a group of girl skateboarders. As she journeys deeper into this raw New York City subculture, she begins to understand the true meaning of friendship as well as her inner self.

THE MISEDUCATION OF CAMERON POST (2018)



Directed By: Desiree Ahkavan 
Written By: Desiree Ahkavan & Cecilia Frugiuele 
Based On The Novel By: Emily M. Danforth 
Cinematography By: Ashley Connor 
Editor: Sara Shaw 


Cast: Chloe Grace Moretz, Sasha Lane, Jennifer Ehle, John Gallagher Jr., Marin Ireland, Emily Skeggs, Quinn Shephard, Dalton Harrod, Forrest Goodluck 


In 1993, a teenage girl is forced into a gay conversion therapy center by her conservative guardians.

MADELINE'S MADELINE (2018)




Directed By: Josephine Decker 
Written By: Josephine Decker & Donna Di Novelli
Story Consultant: Gail Segal 
Story Editor: Sharon Mishihi 
Dramturg By: Alexandra Tatarsky 
Cinematography By: Ashley Connor 
Editor: Josephine Decker, Harrison Atkins & Elizabeth Rao 


Cast: Helena Howard, Molly Parker, Miranda July, Sunita Mani, Lisa Tharps, Blake Baumgartner, Emily Decker 


 A theatre director's latest project takes on a life of its own when her young star takes her performance too seriously.

Friday, December 7, 2018

DEN OF THIEVES (2018)



Written & Directed By: Christian Gudegast 
Story By: Christian Gudegast & Paul Scheuring 
Cinematography By: Terry Stacey 
Editor: Nathan Godley, Joel Cox & David Cox 


Cast: Gerard Butler, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Pablo Schrieber, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, Meadow Williams, Brian Van Holt, Jordan Bridges, Dawn Olivieri, Maurice Compte, Evan Jones, Mo McRae 


A gritty L.A crime saga which follows the intersecting and often personally connected lives of an elite unit of the LA County Sheriff's Dept. and the state's most successful bank robbery crew as the outlaws plan a seemingly impossible heist on the Federal Reserve Bank of downtown Los Angeles.

STICK (1985)



Directed By: Burt Reynolds 
Written By: Elmore Leonard & Joseph C. Stinson 
Based on the novel By: Elmore Leonard 
Cinematography By: Nick McLean 
Editor: William Gordean 


Cast: Burt Reynolds, Candice Bergen, George Segal, Dar Robinson, Jose Perez, Alex Rocco, Richard Lawson, Tricia Leigh Fisher 


Ernest 'Stick' Stickley returns from prison, and very soon he gets involved with his old friend in a drug-running deal that goes sour. Hired by a rich investor, he tries to walk the line, but trouble follows him throughout as he tries to collect a debt and make up for lost time with his daughter. Stick also finds a new flame with a financial wiz and gets set to enjoy a new life, but Chucky and Nestor, the two hoods who owe him the debt, have other plans for Stick.

CONFIDENCE (2003)



Directed By: James Foley 
Written By: Doug Jung 
Cinematography By: Juan Ruiz Amchia 
Editor: Stuart Levy 


Cast: Ed Burns, Rachel Weisz, Dustin Hoffman, Paul Giamatti, Brian Van Holt, Morris Chestnut, Louis Lombardi, Andy Garcia, Robert Forster, Robert Pine, Leland Orser, John Caroll Lynch, Luis Guzman, Donal Logue, Tony “Tiny” Lister, Franky G, Nicole Lenz 


Jake Vig is a consummate grifter about to pull his biggest con yet, one set to avenge his friend's murder. But his last scam backfired, leaving him indebted to a mob boss and his enforcer.

SAY IT ISN'T SO (2001)



Directed By: J.B. Rogers 
Written By: Peter Gaulke & Gerry Swallow 
Cinematography By: Mark Irwin 
Editor: Larry Madaras 


Cast: Chris Klein, Heather Graham, Sally Field, Richard Jenkins, Eddie Cibrian, Sarah Silverman, Orlando Jones, Richard Riehle, Brent Briscoe, Julie White, Brent Hinkley, Courtney Peldon, Lin Shaye 

Young orphan Gilly finds out his lover Jo may actually be his biological sister. After they break up he discovers he's not related and travels across the country to stop her impending wedding. Unfortunately the entire nation has heard the same story and thinks he's just after incestuous thrills.

MOVIES WATCHED IN NOVEMBER (2018)

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Thursday, November 29, 2018

THE PREDATOR (2018)



Directed By: Shane Black 
Written By: Shane Black & Fred Dekker 
Based On Characters Created By: Jim Thomas & John Thomas 
Cinematography By: Larry Fong 
Editor: Harry B. Miller III 


Cast: Boyd Holbrook, Trevante Rhodes, Sterling K. Brown, Olivia Munn, Jacob Tremblay, Keegan Michael-Key, Alfie Allen, Yvonne Strahvoski, Thomas Jane, Jake Busey, Augusto Aguilera, Francoise Yip, Lochlyn Munro 


From the outer reaches of space to the small-town streets of suburbia, the hunt comes home. Now, the universe's most lethal hunters are stronger, smarter and deadlier than ever before, having genetically upgraded themselves with DNA from other species. When a young boy accidentally triggers their return to Earth, only a ragtag crew of ex-soldiers and a disgruntled science teacher can prevent the end of the human race

Saturday, November 24, 2018

DON'T WORRY, HE WON'T GET FAR ON FOOT (2018)



Written & Directed By: Gus Van Sant 
Based On The Book By: John Callahan 
Story By: Gus Van Sant, John Callahan, Jack Gibson & William Andrew Eatman 
Cinematography By: Christopher Blauvelt 
Editor: David Marks & Gus Van Sant 


Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Jonah Hill, Rooney Mara, Jack Black, Beth Ditto, Kim Gordon, Carrie Brownstein, Udo Kier, Mark Webber, Emilio Rivera, Angelique Rivera, Rebecca Rittenhouse, Tony Greenhand, Matt Bennett, Mireille Enos 


On the rocky path to sobriety after a life-changing accident, John Callahan discovers the healing power of art, willing his injured hands into drawing hilarious, often controversial cartoons, which bring him a new lease on life.

ILL MANORS (2012)



Written & Directed By: Ben Drew (Plan B) 
Cinematography By: Gary Shaw 
Editor: Farrah Drabu, David Freeman, Sotira Kyriacou & Hugh Williams 

Cast: Riz Ahmed, Ed Skrein, Lee Allen, Andrew Akello, Eloise Smyth, Natalie Press, Jo Hartley 

The lives of four drug dealers, one user and two prostitutes and so much more.

LOST ANGELS (1989)



Directed By: Hugh Hudson 
Written By: Michael Weller 
Cinematography By: Juan Ruiz Anchia 
Editor: David Gladwell 


Cast: Adam Horovitz, Donald Sutherland, Amy Locane, Kevin Corrigan, Celia Weston, Graham Beckel, Nina Siemaszko, Gary Riley, Patricia Richardson, William O’Leary, David Herman, Max Perlich, Kevin Tighe, John C. McGinley, Frances Fisher, Park Overall, Pauly Shore 


A troubled youth from a split Los Angeles family is sent to a private psychiatric hospital after a violent scrape with the police. In the hospital, he makes a connection with one of the doctors who has his own problems.

RESERVATION ROAD (2007)



Directed By: Terry George 
Written By: Terry George & John Burnham Schwartz 
Based On The Novel By: John Burnham Schwartz 
Cinematography By: John Lindley 
Editor: Naomi Geraghty 


Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Ruffalo, Jennifer Connolly, Mira Sorvino, Elle Fanning, John Slattery, Bill Camp, Gary Kohn 


The lives of two families change forever after a fatal tragedy takes place on Reservation Road.

Saturday, November 17, 2018

A PRAYER BEFORE DAWN (2017)



Directed By: Jean-Stephane Suavarie 
Written By: Jonathan Hirschbein & Nick Saltrese 
Cinematography By: David Ungaro 
Editor: Marc Boucrot 


Cast: Joe Cole 


Billy Moore, an English boxer, down on his luck, addicted to Ya Ba, and stuck in Thailand, ends up getting arrested and sent to Chiang Mai Prison, where he struggles to survive and eventually ends up fighting in Muay Tai boxing tournaments.

JEFF OF THE CINEFILES & UNFINISHED BUSINESS: HALL OF FAME: FILE #0054: CONFESSIONS OF A DANGEROUS MIND (2002)



Directed By: George Clooney 
Written By: Charlie Kaufman 
Based on the Novel By: Chuck Barris 
Cinematography By: Newtom Thomas Sigel 
Editor: Stephen Mirrione 


Cast: Sam Rockwell, George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Drew Barrymore, Rugter Hauer, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Michael Cera, Robert John Burke, Rachelle Lefevre, Jerry Weintraub, Richard Kind, James Urbaniak 


Television made him famous, but his biggest hits happened off screen. "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind" is the story of a legendary showman's double life - television producer by day, CIA assassin by night. At the height of his TV career, Chuck Barris was recruited by the CIA and trained to become a covert operative. Or so Barris said.

LOVE GILDA (2018)



Directed By: Lisa D’Apolito 

With: Gilda Radner, Martin Short, Laraine Newman, Paul Shaffer, Bill Hader, Chevy Chase, Melissa McCarthy, Amy Poehler, Lorne Michaels, Maya Rudolph 


In her own words, comedienne Gilda Radner looks back and reflects on her life and career. Weaving together recently discovered audiotapes, interviews with her friends, rare home movies and diaries read by modern day comediennes, LOVE Gilda offers a unique window into the honest and whimsical world of a beloved performer whose greatest role was sharing her story.

THE WRECKING CREW (2008)



Directed By: Danny Tedesco 

Featuring: Danny Tedesco, Brian Wilson, Cher, Dick Clark, Glenn Campbell, Nancy Sinatra, Micky Dolenz 


A celebration of the musical work of a group of session musicians known as "The Wrecking Crew", a band that provided back-up instrumentals to such legendary recording artists as Frank Sinatra, The Beach Boys and Bing Crosby.

Friday, November 9, 2018

THE FIRST PURGE (2018)



Directed By: Gerard McMurray 
Written By: James DeMonaco 
Cinematography By: Anastas N. Michos 
Editor: Jim Page 

Cast: Y’Lan Noel, Lex Scott Davis, Marisa Tomei, Luna Lauren Velez, Joivan Wade, Patch Darragh, Melonie Diaz, Steve Harris, Derek Basco, Chyna Layne, Kristin Solis, Mo McRae, Desiigner 


America's third political party, the New Founding Fathers of America, comes to power and conducts an experiment: no laws for 12 hours on Staten Island. No one has to stay on the island, but $5,000 is given to anyone who does.

Thursday, November 8, 2018

WRONG TURN (2003)



Directed By: Rob Schmidt 
Written By: Alan McElroy 
Cinematography By: John S. Bartley 
Editor: Michael Ross 


Cast: Eliza Dushku, Desmond Herrington, Emanuelle Chiriqui, Jeremy Sisto, Lindy Booth, Kevin Zegers 


Six people find themselves trapped in the woods of West Virginia, hunted down by cannibalistic mountain men grossly disfigured through generations of in-breeding.

FROM PARIS WITH LOVE (2010)



Directed By: Pierre Morel 
Written By: Adi Hasak 
Story By: Luc Besson 
Cinematography By: Michael Abramowicz 
Editor: Frederic Thoraval 


Cast: John Travolta, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Kasia Smutniak, Amber Rose Revah, Richard Durden 


James Reece is an ambitious aide to the U.S. Ambassador in Paris, doing little jobs for the CIA and hoping to get into black ops. On the night he and his girlfriend, Caroline, become engaged, he's told to pick up Charlie Wax at Orly. Charlie is an unorthodox government employee - large, bald and bearded, foul-mouthed and eccentric. Charlie immediately takes James on a wild ride of murder and mayhem, through ethnic enclaves. As bodies pile up, the purpose remains opaque to James. Caroline, unhappy that James has been out of touch for a day, tells him to bring Charlie for dinner. Charlie can be charming - where will it lead? Does the chess-playing James have what it takes?

THE GUNMAN (2015)



Directed By: Pierre Morel 
Written By: Sean Penn, Pete Travis & Don McPherson 
Based on the Novel By: Jean-Patrick Machette 
Cinematography By: Flavio Martinez Labiano 
Editor: Frederic Thoraval 

Cast: Sean Penn, Javier Bardem, Idris Elba, Mark Rylance, Ray Winstone, Jasmine Trinca, Peter Franzen 

A sniper on a mercenary assassination team, kills the minister of mines of the Congo. Terrier's successful kill shot forces him into hiding. Returning to the Congo years later, he becomes the target of a hit squad himself.

Sunday, November 4, 2018

JEFF OF THE CINEFILES & UNFINISHED BUSINESS: HALL OF FAME: FILE #0053: DOMINO (2005)


Directed By: Tony Scott 
Written By: Richard Kelly 
Story By: Richard Kelly & Steve Barancik 
Cinematography By: Dan Mindel 
Editor: William Goldenberg & Christian Wagner 


Cast: Kiera Knightley, Mickey Rourke, Edgar Ramirez, Delroy Lindo, Mo’Nique, Christopher Walken, Mena Suvari, Tom Waits, Ian Ziering, Brian Austin Green, Lew Temple, Lucy Liu, Dale Dickey, Jaqueline Bisset, Macy Gray, T.K. Carter, Dabney Coleman, Peter Jacobson, Jerry Springer, Frederick Koehler, Andy Milder 


The daughter of an actor father and a social-climber mother, Domino Harvey, bored with her life, decides to join the team of Ed Moseby and becomes a bounty hunter. But she gets in trouble when the Mafia's money is stolen from an armored truck, while Moseby and his crew are participating in a reality show produced by Mark Heiss. The situation gets out of control when the sons of a rival mobster are kidnapped while the FBI is monitoring two gangs of mobsters.

DEEP END (1970)



Directed By: Jerzy Skolimowski 
Written By: Jerzy Skolimowski & J. Gruza & B. Sulik 
Cinematography By: Charly Steinberger 
Editor: Barrie Vince 


Cast: Jane Asher, John Moulder-Brown, Karl Michael Vogler, Christopher Sanford, Diana Dors, Louise Martini 


15-year-old Mike takes a job at the local swimming baths, where he becomes obsessed with an attractive young woman, Susan, who works there as an attendant. Although Susan has a fiancé, Mike does his best to sabotage the relationship, to the extent of stalking both her and her fiancé. Mike becomes increasingly desperate to have Susan for himself, with tragic results.

MOVIES WATCHED IN OCTOBER (2018)

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Saturday, October 20, 2018

MANDY (2018)



Story & Directed By: Panos Cosamatos 
Written By: Panos Cosamatos & Aaron Stewart-Ahn 
Cinematography By: Benjamin Loeb 
Editor: Brett W. Bachman 


Cast: Nicolas Cage, Linus Roache, Bill Duke, Andrea Riseborough, Richard Brake, Ned Dennehy 

Taking place in 1983, Red is a lumberjack who lives in a secluded cabin in the woods. His artist girlfriend Mandy spends her days reading fantasy paperbacks. Then one day, she catches the eye of a crazed cult leader, who conjures a group of motorcycle-riding demons to kidnap her. Red, armed with a crossbow and custom Axe, stops at nothing to get her back, leaving a bloody, brutal pile of bodies in his wake.

PUPPET MASTER: THE LITTLEST REICH (2018)



Directed By: Sunny Laguna & Tommy Wiklund 
Written By: Z. Craig Zehler 
Based on Characters Created By: Charles Band & Kenneth J. Hall 

Cast: Thomas Lennon, Barbara Crampton, Michael Pare, Nelson Franklin, Betsy Holt, Charlyne Yi, Udo Kier, Skeeta Jenkins 

Recently divorced and reeling, Edgar returns to his childhood home to regroup his life. When Edgar finds a nefarious looking puppet in his deceased brother's room, he decides to sell the doll for some quick cash. Girl-next-door Ashley and and comic book pal Markowitz join Edgar for a doomed road trip to an auction at a convention celebrating the 30th Anniversary of the infamous Toulon Murders. All hell breaks loose when a strange force animates the puppets at the convention, setting them on a bloody killing spree that's motivated by an evil as old as time.

Wednesday, October 17, 2018

SUMMER OF 84 (2018)


Directed By: Francois Simard, Anouk Whissell, Yoann-Karl Whissell (RKSS) 
Written By: Matt Leslie & Stephen J. Smith 
Cinematography By: Jean Philipe Bernier 
Editor: Austin Andrews 
Music By: Le Matos 


Cast: Rich Sommer, Graham Verchere, Judah Lewis, Cory Gruter-Andrew, Caleb Emery, Tiera Skovbye, William McDonald, Susie Castillo, Jason Gray-Stanford, Shauna Johannesen 

 After suspecting that their police officer neighbor is a serial killer, a group of teenage friends spend their summer spying on him and gathering evidence, but as they get closer to discovering the truth, things get dangerous.

THE FINAL GIRLS (2015)



Directed By: Todd Strauss-Schulson 
Written By: Joshua John Miller & M.A. Fortin 
Cinematography By: Elie Smolkin 
Editor: Debbie Berman 


Cast: Taissa Farmiga, Malin Akerman, Alia Shawkat, Adam Devine, Alexander Ludwig, Nina Dobrev, Angela Trimbaur, Chloe Bridges, Thomas Middleditch, Torey N. Thompson, Lauren Gros 

A young woman grieving the loss of her mother, a famous scream queen from the 1980s, finds herself pulled into the world of her mom's most famous movie. Reunited, the women must fight off the film's maniacal killer.

DEATH BECOMES HER (1992)




Directed By: Robert Zemeckis 
Written By: David Koepp & Martin Donovan 
Cinematography By: Dean Cundey 
Editor: Arthur Schmidt


Cast: Meryl Streep, Goldie Hawn, Bruce Willis, Isabella Rossellini, Michelle Johnson, Alaina Reed Hall, Adam Storke, Fabio, Debra Jo Rupp, Jonathan Silverman, Ian Ogilvy, Mary Ellen Trainor  

When a woman learns of an immortality treatment, she sees it as a way to outdo her long-time rival.

TEETH (2007)



Written & Directed By: Mitchell Lichtenstein 
Cinematography By: Wolfgang Held 
Editor: Joe Landauer 


Cast: Jess Weixler, John Hensley, Josh Pais, Lenny Von Dohlen, Ashley Springer, Hale Appleman 

Dawn grows up in the shadow of a nuclear power plant. In high school, while her biology class studies evolution, she realizes she may have a hidden curse, an "adaptation." She lives with her mom, step-father, and hard-edged step-brother. She likes Tobey, a guy at school, and he likes her. She takes a pledge to remain chaste until marriage, so they date in groups, watch G-rated films, and don't kiss, but the power of teen hormones is great, so temptation beckons. Dawn has an admirer in Ryan, and when when things have an unexpected twist with Tobey, she turns to Ryan for help. Will he be her mythical hero and rescue her? Or can she find her way as her own hero, turning the curse into an asset?

Thursday, October 11, 2018

ANT-MAN AND THE WASP (2018)



Directed By: Peyton Reed 
Written By: Paul Rudd, Chris McKenna, Erik Sommers, Andrew Barrer & Gabriel Ferrari 
Based On Characters Created By: Stan Lee, Jack Kirby & Larry Lieber 
Cinematography By: Dante Spinotti 
Editor: Dan Lebental & Craig Wood 


Cast: Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lily, Michael Douglas, Michael Pena, Walton Goggins, Laurence Fishburne, Michelle Pfeiffer, Hannah John-Kamen, Randall Park, Judy Greer, Bobby Cannavale, Tip T.I. Harris, David Dastmalchain 


In the aftermath of CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR, Scott Lang grapples with the consequences of his choices as both a superhero and a father. As he struggles to rebalance his home life with his responsibilities as Ant-Man, he's confronted by Hope van Dyne and Dr. Hank Pym with an urgent new mission. Scott must once again put on the suit and learn to fight alongside The Wasp as the team works together to uncover secrets from their past.

THE STEPFORD WIVES (2004)



Directed By: Frank Oz 
Written By: Paul Rudnick 
Based On The Book By: Ira Levin 
Cinematography By: Rob Hahn 
Editor: Jay Rabinowitz 


Cast: Nicole Kidman, Bette Midler, Roger Bart, Matthew Broderick, Glenn Close, Christopher Walken, Faith Hill, Matt Malloy, David Marshall Grant, Jon Lovitz, Kadee Strickland 


Joanna Eberhart, a wildly successful president of a TV Network, after a series of shocking events, suffers a nervous breakdown and is moved by her milquetoast of a husband, Walter, from Manhattan to the chic, upper-class, and very modern planned community of Stepford, Connecticut. Once there, she makes good friends with the acerbic Bobbie Markowitz, a Jewish writer who's also a recovering alcoholic. Together they find out, much to their growing stupor and-then horror, that all the housewives in town are strangely blissful and, somehow... doomed. What is going on behind the closed doors of the Stepford Men's Association and the Stepford Day Spa? Why is everything perfect here? Will it be too late for Joanna and Bobbie when they finally find out?

JIGSAW (2017)


Directed By: Michael Spierig & Peter Spierig 
Written By: Josh Stolberg & Pete Goldfinger 
Cinematography By: Ben Nott 
Editor: Kevin Gruetert 

Cast: Matt Passmore, Callum Keith Rennie, Laura Vandervoort, Hannah Emily Anderson, Cle Bennett Tobin Bell, Mandela Van Peebles, Brittany Allen, Paul Braunstein 


Bodies are turning up around the city, each having met a uniquely gruesome demise. As the investigation proceeds, evidence points to one suspect: John Kramer, the man known as Jigsaw, who has been dead for over 10 years.

THE CLOVERFIELD PARADOX (2018)


Directed By: Julius Onah 
Written By: Oren Uziel 
Story By: Oren Uziel & Doug Jung 
Cinematography By: Dan Mindel 
Editor: Alan Baumgarten, Matt Evans & Rebevva Valente 

Cast: Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Chris O’Dowd, Daniel Bruhl, David Oyelowo, John Ortiz, Ziyi Zhang, Donal Logue, Roger Davies, Elizabeth Debicki 


Orbiting a planet on the brink of war, scientists test a device to solve an energy crisis, and end up face-to-face with a dark alternate reality.

Saturday, October 6, 2018

UPGRADE (2018)



Written & Directed By: Leigh Whannell 
Cinematography By: Stefan Duscio 
Editor: Andy Canny 

Cast: Logan Marshall-Green, Melanie Vallejo, Betty Gabriel, Harrison Gilbertson, Benedict Hardie, Richard Cawthorne, Christopher Kirby 


A vision of a Utopian future where technology is supremely ubiquitous. In that future, technophobe Grey Trace embraces an experimental computer chip implant named STEM after a mugging incident leaves him paralyzed and his wife dead. STEM proves to possess its own agency, making for an unpredictable ally in Trace's vendetta.

BLADE: TRINITY (2004)



Written & Directed By: David S. Goyer 
Based on Characters Created By: Marv Wolfman & Gene Colan 
Cinematography By: Gabriel Beristain 
Editor: Conrad Smart & Howard E. Smith 


Cast: Wesley Snipes, Ryan Reynolds, Jessica Biel, Parker Posey, Dominic Purcell, Kris Kristofferson, Patton Oswalt, Natasha Lyonne, Francoise Yip, James Remar, John Michael Higgins, Callum Keith Rennie, Paul Levesque, Eric Bogosian 


Blade finds himself alone surrounded by enemies, fighting an up hill battle with the vampire nation and now humans. He joins forces with a group of vampire hunters who call themselves the Nightstalkers. The vampire nation awakens the king of vampires Dracula from his slumber with intentions of using his primitive blood to become day-walkers. On the other side is Blade and his team manifesting a virus that could wipe out the vampire race once and for all. In the end the two sides will collide and only one will come out victorious, a battle between the ultimate vampire who never knew defeat, facing off against the greatest vampire slayer.

MY SUPER EX-GIRLFRIEND (2006)



Directed By: Ivan Reitman 
Written By: Don Payne 
Cinematography By: Don Burgess 
Editor: Wendy Greene Bricmont & Sheldon Kahn 


Cast: Uma Thurman, Luke Wilson, Anna Faris, Eddie Izzard, Rainn Wilson, Wanda Sykes, Mark Consuelos 


When a regular guy dumps a superhero for her neediness, she uses her powers to make his life a living hell.

BILL & TED'S BOGUS JOURNEY (1991)


Directed By: Peter Hewitt 
Written By: Chris Matheson & Ed Soloman 
Cinematography By: Oliver Wood 
Editor: David Finfer 


Cast: Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, William Sadler, George Carlin, Joss Ackland, Pam Grier, Hal Landon Jr., Sarah Trigger, Jim Martin, Taj Mahal, Primus 


The world of our distant future is a veritable utopia, thanks to the lyrics of two simple-minded 20th Century rock and rollers, Bill S. Preston, Esq. and Ted "Theodore" Logan. However, a would-be conquerer threatens to throw history off-track by sending "most non-non-heinous" evil robot Bill and Teds back to kill their good counterparts. Finding themselves dead, the boys must outwit the Grim Reaper and traverse Heaven and Hell to return to the land of the living, rescue their "babes" and have a "most triumphant" concert at the all-important Battle of the Bands

Thursday, September 27, 2018

WHITE BOY RICK (2018)



Directed By: Yann Demange 
Written By: Andy Weiss, Noah Miller & Logan Miller 
Cinematography By: Tat Radcliffe 
Editor: Chris Wyatt 


Cast: Richie Merritt, Matthew McCognahey, Bel Powley, Bruce Dern, Piper Laurie, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Rory Cochrane, Brian Tyree Henry, RJ Cyler, Eddie Marsan, Jonathan Majors, YG 

The story of teenager Richard Wershe Jr., who became an undercover informant for the FBI during the 1980s and was ultimately arrested for drug-trafficking and sentenced to life in prison.

DISTURBIA (2007)


Directed By: D.J. Caruso 
Written By: Christopher Landon & Carl Ellsworth 
Story By: Christopher Landon 
Cinematography By: Rogier Stoffers 
Editor: Jim Page 


Cast: Shai LeBouf, Sarah Roemer, Aaron Yoo, David Morse, Carrie-Anne Moss, Viola Davis, Matt Craven, Jose Pablo Cantillo 


After his father is killed in a car accident, things unravel for Kale Brecht and he is placed under house-arrest for punching his Spanish teacher. Having nothing better to do, Kale occupies himself by spying on his neighbors. But one night, he witnesses what appears to be a murder going on in Mr. Turner's house. Kale becomes obsessed with uncovering the truth behind these murders but, after a few unsettling run-ins with Mr. Turner, it becomes a matter of life and death. And the ominous question: Who is watching whom?