My life at the movies.
Directed by John Ford. Starring Sally O'Neil, Alan Dinehart, Frank Albertson, and William Collier Sr..
Sally O’Neil plays the titular Brat, a young street urchin with a heart of gold who opens the film before a night court judge, on trial for stealing a meal. Alan Dinehart plays Mac Forrester, an aristocrat novelist who’s buddy-buddy with the judge and sitting in on the court for story ideas. Continue reading...
Directed by Darren Lynn Bousman. Starring Tobin Bell, Shawnee Smith, Angus Macfadyen, and Bahar Soomekh.
It’s rare the third entry in a franchise improves on its predecessor, but Saw III proves it possible. Spoilers follow. Continue reading...
Directed by Sam Raimi. Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Elizabeth Olsen, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and Benedict Wong.
Sam Raimi returns to the superhero genre. Doctor Strange must protect a teenage girl capable of travelling between universes. Minor spoilers follow. Continue reading...
Directed by Darren Lynn Bousman. Starring Donnie Wahlberg, Beverley Mitchell, Franky G, and Emmanuelle Vaugier.
Jigsaw (the villain behind the first film’s perils) returns to torment a cop played by Donnie Wahlberg. Continue reading...
Directed by Don Coscarelli. Starring James Le Gros, Reggie Bannister, Angus Scrimm, and Paula Irvine.
The first film’s survivors hunt the Tall Man in the Pacific Northwest. Continue reading...
Directed by Scott Spiegel. Starring Liz Kern, Renée Estevez, Dan Hicks, and David Byrnes.
An unstable man terrorizes the night crew working at a small-town supermarket. Continue reading...
Directed by Jonathan Glazer. Starring Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy McWilliams, Lynsey Taylor Mackay, and Dougie McConnell.
Scarlett Johansson plays an alien posing as a human to prey upon unwitting males. Continue reading...
Directed by James Wan. Starring Cary Elwes, Leigh Whannell, Danny Glover, and Ken Leung.
Two men awaken chained to opposite walls of a grimy bathroom. A bloody body lays sprawled on the floor between them. Spoilers follow. Continue reading...
Directed by Robert Hiltzik. Starring Felissa Rose, Jonathan Tiersten, Karen Fields, and Christopher Collet.
Ricky attends summer camp with his cousin Angela, where a series of grisly murders occurs. Continue reading...
Directed by Cheh Chang and Hsueh-Li Pao. Starring Kuan Tai Chen, Li Ching, David Chiang, and Mario Milano.
Chen Kuan-tai plays a young man who rises from penniless day-laborer to gangster boss in early twentieth century Shanghai. Continue reading...
