MIRRORS (2008) Starring Kiefer Sutherland, Paula Patton, Cameron Boyce, Erica Gluck, Amy Smart, Mary Beth Peil, John Shrapnel, Jason Flemyng, Tim Ahern, Julian Glover, Josh Cole and Ezra Buzzington. Screenplay by Alexandre Aja and Grégory Levasseur. Directed by Alexandre Aja. Distributed by 20th Century Fox. 110 minutes. Rated R. French director Alexandre Aja has a … Continue reading
THE UNINVITED (2009) Starring Emily Browning, Elizabeth Banks, Arielle Kebbel, David Strathairn, Maya Massar, Kevin McNulty, Jesse Moss, Dean Paul Gibson, Don S. Davis, Lex Burnham, Matthew Bristol, Danny Bristol and Heather Doerksen. Screenplay by Craig Rosenberg, Doug Miro and Carlo Bernard. Directed by Charles and Thomas Guard. Distributed by DreamWorks Pictures. 87 minutes. Rated … Continue reading
Bruce Campbell Giving His Burn Notice by Jay S. Jacobs It’s not easy to make a living in Hollywood as a cult celeb, but Bruce Campbell never believed in doing things the easy way. Campbell has become a God for throngs of fans for B-movies and genre work. Best known for his role in Sam … Continue reading
THE LODGER (2009) Starring Alfred Molina, Hope Davis, Shane West, Simon West, Donal Logue, Rachael Leigh Cook, Mel Harris, Philip Baker Hall, Rebecca Pidgeon, Daphne Ashbrook, Kirk Fox, David Sullivan and Ernie Grunwald. Screenplay by David Ondaatje. Directed by David Ondaatje. Distributed by Sony Pictures. 95 minutes. Rated R. There is a lot of history … Continue reading
THE X-FILES: I WANT TO BELIEVE (2008) Starring David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Amanda Peet, Billy Connolly, Alvin “Xzibit” Joiner, Mitch Pileggi, Callum Keith Rennie, Adam Godley, Alex Diakun, Nicki Aycox, Fagin Woodcock, Marco Niccoli, Carrie Ruscheinsky and Spencer Maybee. Screenplay by Chris Carter and Frank Spotnitz. Directed by Chris Carter. Distributed by 20th Century Fox. … Continue reading
YELLA (2008) Starring Nina Hoss, Devid Striesow, Hinnerk Schönemann, Burghart Klaußner, Barbara Auer, Christian Redl, Selin Barbara Petzold, Wanja Mues, Michael Wittenborn, Martin Brambach, Joachim Nimtz, Peter Benedict, Ian Norval, Peter Knaack and Thomas Giese. Screenplay by Simone Baer and Christian Petzold. Directed by Christian Petzold. Distributed by The Cinema Group. 89 minutes. Not Rated. … Continue reading
Another Happening from Director M. Night Shyamalan by Brad Balfour Like his work or not, director M. Night Shyamalan employs big ideas and challenges himself and his viewers with unusual and dark storylines with the framework to express them. After his incredible success with The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable and Signs, he was hailed as a youthful wunderkind with a … Continue reading
AMATEUR PORN STAR KILLER 2 (2008) Starring Kai Lanette and Shane Ryan. Screenplay by Kai Lanette and Shane Ryan. Directed by Shane Ryan. Distributed by Alter Ego Cinema. 80 minutes. Not Rated. When I received the press release about this film – bragging about how the original Amateur Porn Star Killer movie had been made for a … Continue reading
Liv Tyler and Scott Speedman Are No Longer Strangers by Brad Balfour Sometimes there are interview opportunities and then there are interview opportunities. Consider the circumstances that came up with covering this sort-of horror/suspense film, The Strangers. A great trailer suggests a film that ratchets up the personal anxiety through the assault of three strangers … Continue reading
TEETH (2008) Starring Jess Weixler, John Hensley, Josh Pais, Hale Appleman, Ashley Springer, Vivienne Benesch, Lenny Von Dohlen, Nicole Swahn, Julia Garro and Adam Wagner. Screenplay by Mitchell Lichtenstein. Directed by Mitchell Lichtenstein. Distributed by Dimension Extreme. 88 minutes. Rated R. The symbolic baggage behind the central conceit of Teeth alone could keep a Freudian busy for … Continue reading
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