Saturday, December 28, 2024

BABES (2024)

 


Directed By: Pamela Adlon 

Written By: Ilana Glazer and Josh Rabinowitz 

Cinematography: Jeffrey Kim 

Editor: Elizabeth Merrick and Annie Eifright


Cast: Ilana Glazer, Michelle Buteau, Hassan Minhaj, John Carroll Lynch, Stephen James, Oliver Platt, Sandra Bernhard, Elena Ouspenskaia 


Lifelong friends Eden and Dawn, one single and wanting a baby, the other already a mother, navigate challenges to their bond when Eden pursues pregnancy alone after a one-night stand.


Friday, December 27, 2024

SPREAD (2024)

 


Directed By: Ellie Kanner 

Written By: Buffy Charlet 

Cinematography: Corey MacGregor 

Editor: Jason Dale and Freddie DeLaVega


Cast: Elizabeth Gillies, Harvey Keitel, Diedrich Bader, Doira Bird, Teri Polo, Keith Walker, Dia Frampton, Bryan Craig, Blake Harrison, Jonah Platt


To make ends meet, an aspiring journalist is forced to take a job at the world's largest porn magazine-beginning her journey to change her life, and the porn industry, forever.


Thursday, December 26, 2024

WICKED LITTLE LETTERS (2023)






Directed By: Thea Sharrock 

Written By: Jonny Sweet 

Cinematography: Ben Davis 

Editor: Melanie Ann Oliver 


Cast: Olivia Colman, Jessie Buckley, Anjana Vasan, Timothy Spall, Gemma Jones, Hugh Skinner, Alisha Weir, Malachi Kirby, Lolly Adefope, Eileen Atkins, Joanna Scanlan


When people in Littlehampton--including conservative local, Edith--begin receiving letters full of hilarious profanities, the rowdy, Irish migrant, Rose, is charged with the crime. Suspecting that something is amiss, the town's women investigate.


Wednesday, December 25, 2024

MAFIA MAMMA (2023)

 


Directed By: Catherine Hardwicke

Written By: Michael J. Feldman and Debbie Jhoon

Based on a story By: Amanda Sthers

Cinematography: Patrick Murguia

Editor: Waldemar Centeno 


Cast: Toni Collette, Monica Bellucci, Alessandro Bressanello, Eduardo Scarpetta, Tommy Rodger,  Tim Daish, Sophia Nomvette, Gulio Corso, Dora Romano, Francesco Mastroianni 


An American mom inherits her grandfather's mafia empire in Italy. Guided by the firm's consigliere, she hilariously defies everyone's expectations as the new head of the family business.


Saturday, December 21, 2024

DEAR SANTA (2024)

 



Directed By: Bobby Farrelly

Written By: Ricky Blitt and Peter Farrelly 

Story By: Ricky Blitt, Peter Farrelly and Dan Ewen

Cinematography: C. Kim Miles

Editor: Julie Garces


Cast: Jack Black, Robert Timothy Smith, Post Malone, Brianne Howey, Keegan Michael Key, Jaden Carson Baker, Hayes MacArthur, P.J. Byrne, Kyle Gass 


When a young boy mails his Christmas wish list to Santa with one crucial spelling error, a devilish Jack Black arrives to wreak havoc on the holidays.


Friday, December 20, 2024

FOUR SAMOSAS (2022)

 


Written & Directed By: Ravi Kapoor

Cinematography: Akashi Raj 

Editor: Anisha Acharya 


Cast: Venk Potura, Sonal Shah, Sharmita Bhattacharya, Nirvan Patniak, Sujata Day, Karan Soni, Summer Bishil, Maya Kapoor, Ravi Kapoor 


An unmotivated South Asian American rapper, along with three other first-time thieves, plans a heist on a grocery store owned by his ex-girlfriend's father, in order to steal her wedding diamonds and disrupt her pending engagement.


Thursday, December 19, 2024

BAD SANTA 2 (2016)

 


Directed By: Mark Waters

Written By: Johnny Rosenthal And Shauna Cross 

Based on characters Created by: Glen Ficarra & John Requa 

Cinematography: Theo Van De Sande 

Editor: Travis Sittard


Cast: Billy Bob Thornton, Tony Cox, Kathy Bates, Christina Hendricks, Ryan Hansen, Brett Kelly, Jenny Zigrino, Octavia Spencer, Mike Starr


Fueled by cheap whiskey, greed, and hatred, Willie teams up once again with his angry little sidekick, Marcus, to knock off a Chicago charity on Christmas Eve.


Wednesday, December 18, 2024

FRED CLAUS (2007)

 


Directed By: David Dobkin

Written By: Dan Fogelman 

Story By: Jessie Nelson and Dan Fogelman

Cinematography: Remi Adefarasin 

Editor: Mark Livolsi 


Cast: Vince Vaughn, Paul Giamatti, Kevin Spacey, Rachel Weisz, John Michael Higgins, Elizabeth Banks, Kathy Bates, Miranda Richardson, Chris ‘Ludacris’ Bridges, Bobb’e J. Thompson 



Always living in the shadow of his younger and utterly popular brother, Nicholas--or the one and only, Santa Claus--the polar opposite of his holy sibling, Fred Claus, now faces an unforeseen predicament that drags him all the way up to the frozen North Pole to beg for Santa's help. However, there's a catch. To get off the hook, Fred must work his fingers to the bone along with the jolly elves during the hectic pre-Christmas Eve period, against the backdrop of a thorough and merciless efficiency inspection. Can the wayward brother Fred save himself, and above all, Christmas?


Saturday, December 14, 2024

HERETIC (2024)

 


Written & Directed By: Scott Beck & Bryan Woods 

Cinematography: Chung-Hoon Chung

Editor: Justin Li 


Cast: Hugh Grant, Sophie Thatcher, Chloe East, Topher Grace, Elle Young 


Two young religious women are drawn into a game of cat-and-mouse in the house of a strange man.



Friday, December 13, 2024

THE WATCHERS (2024)

 


Written & Directed By: Ishana Shyamalan 

Based On the Novel By: A.M. Shine 

Cinematography: Eli Arenson 

Editor: Job Ter Burg 


Cast: Dakota Fanning, Georgina Campbell, Olsen Fouere, Oliver Finnegan, Alister Brammer, John Lynch, Siobhan Hewlett 


A young artist gets stranded in an extensive, immaculate forest in western Ireland, where, after finding shelter, she becomes trapped alongside three strangers, stalked by mysterious creatures each night.


Thursday, December 12, 2024

IMMACULATE (2024)

 


Directed By: Michael Mohan

Written By: Andrew Lobel 

Cinematography: Elisha Christian 

Editor: Christian Masini 


Cast: Sydney Sweeney, Simona Tobasco, Benedetta Porcaroli, Alavaro Morte, Giorgio Colangeli, Dora Romano, Giulia Heathfield Di Renzi, Giampiero Judica 


Cecilia, a woman of devout faith, is warmly welcomed to the picture-perfect Italian countryside where she is offered a new role at an illustrious convent. But it becomes clear to Cecilia that her new home harbors dark and horrifying secrets.


Wednesday, December 11, 2024

THE STONE TAPE (1972)

 


Directed By: Peter Sasdy

Written By: Nigel Kneale

Editor: Geoff Higgs


Cast: Michael Bryant, Jane Asher, Iain Cuthbertson, Michael Bates, Reginald Marsh, Tom Chadbon, John Forgeham 


A research team from an electronics company moves into an old Victorian house to start work on finding a new recording medium. When team member Jill Greeley witnesses a ghost, team director Peter Brock decides not only to analyze the apparition, which he believes is a psychic impression trapped in a stone wall (dubbed a "stone tape"), but also to exorcise it--with terrifying results.


Saturday, December 7, 2024

SNACK SHACK (2024)

 


Written & Directed By: Adam Rehmeier

Cinematography: Jean-Philippe Bernier

Editor: Justin Krohn


Cast: Conor Sherry, Gabriel LaBelle, Mika Abdalla, Nick Robinson, David Costabile, Gillian Vigman, June Gentry, April Clark 


Nebraska City, 1991, two best friends get the chance to run the swimming pool snack shack, that later comes to be the perfect scenario for transgression, fun, personal discovery, and romance.


Friday, December 6, 2024

INCOMING (2024)

 


Written & Directed By Dave Chernin & John Chernin

Cinematography: Ricardo Diaz

Editor: Josh Crockett and Elizabeth Praino


Cast: Mason Thames, Ali Gallo, Isabella Ferreira, Thomas Barbusca, Kaitlin Olson, Bobby Cannavale, Raphael Alejandro, Ramon Reed, Bardia Seiri, Scott Macarthur, Victoria Moroles, Loran Gray


Four freshmen navigate the terrors of adolescence at their first-ever high school party.


Thursday, December 5, 2024

BAD MANNERS (1984)

 


Directed By: Robert Houston 

Written By: Robert Houston and Joseph Kwong 

Cinematography: Jan De Bont

Editor: Barry Zetlin


Cast: Pamela Segall, Joey Coleman, George Olden, Michael Hentz, Christopher Brown, Anne DeSalvo, Martin Mull, Karen Black, Kimmy Robertson, Susan Ruttan, Edy Williams, Stephen Stucker


Four teens on the run from an orphanage spring a fellow orphan recently adopted by a rich family, then trash the whole house.