Horror movies in 2015 have it rough, we get so much crap like those cheap and easy to produce “found footage” movies, so when we hear buzz about a foreign film in the horror genre, daring to offer up something different, interest in perked. Austrian filmmakers Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala deliver something different for […]
Early buzz from the Sundance Film Festival this year was that Sleeping With Other People, director Leslye Headland’s second feature film, was an overwhelming crowd-pleaser. So I was a bit disappointed to find out that the plot seems recycled from other mainstream romantic comedies like No Strings Attached and Friends with Benefits. There is
Director Scott Cooper certainly hit the ground running with his directorial debut “Crazy Heart” back in 2009 earning lead actor Jeff Bridges an Academy Award. His sophomore feature “Into the Furnace” in 2013 was hyped as an awards vehicle for lead Christian Bale, but that didn’t pan out so well after people saw the film.
Scorch Trials is the second installment to The Maze Runner (2014) and is based on the popular teen novel series. As it often happens in adaptation series the makers of Scorch Trials seem so interested moving the story along, that they neglect to make the current film stand on its own. We know this can
Diary of a Teenage Girl from the very first frame is presented as an exploration into the sexual life of a 15-year-old girl growing up in mid-seventies San Francisco.
According to IMDB: “This film was made so Fox could keep the film rights for the Fantastic Four. Fox waited the full 7 years they had, before going into production. Any longer, and Fox would have lost the film rights”. This pretty much sums up why the reviews, attitudes and general discontent for the reboot
The second novel to be adapted from Oscar nominated writer Gillian Flynn, Dark Places initially had a lot going for it after the success of Gone Girl. Flynn however did not pen the screenplay for this one, instead writer/director Gilles Paquet-Brenner (Sarah’s Key) took up that responsibility. Even with a terrific cast, Dark Places lacks
It’s really difficult to keep track of all the “Terminator” revamps since its 1984 debut, launching the career or Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Following the $200 million dollar gross on a $50 million budget, writer, director and voice star Seth MacFarlane returns with more Family Guy style antics.
