The difference between life and death is as long as a heartbeat. (Unmarked Spoilers) Before there was Rick Grimes, Jim (Cillian Murphy) slept through the zombie apocalypse first. Now, there also seems to be some debate over whether the people infected with the rage virus in 28 Days Later are zombies. Yes, yes they are, because while the infected …
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Abstinence has never looked better.
I never thought I’d write that. The person that It is following is Jay Height (Maika Monroe), who’s currently seeing a guy named Hugh (Jake Weary) who says a lot of things at the beginning that takes on a whole new meaning on a second viewing. After having sex with Jay, he explains to her …
Happy belated birthday Kick-A*s!
If I was a better critic, I would have had this out yesterday. (Unmarked Spoilers) For those of you who don’t know, Kick-A*s is to superhero movies what Scream is to horror movies. The plot concerns this loser high school student named Dave Lizewski (Aaron Johnson), who decides to be a real-life superhero named Kick-A*s. He also finally earns …
Rabid 1.0
Freud would have a field day with this movie. Shivers, initially titled Orgy of the Blood Parasites (why did they change it), is about Dr. Emil Hobbes (Fred Doederlein), who somehow managed to get grants to make a parasite that will be beneficial to people. Even though, by definition, parasites don’t provide any benefits to the hosts. …
She’s kind of like an indie version of Katniss.
Why do I feel old for remembering that series? After attacking the abusive boyfriend of her friend Emily (Grace Victoria Cox), Lauren (Bailey Noble) ends up going before a hanging judge (Kurt Fuller), who sentences her to an indeterminate stay in juvie. Eventually, Lauren decides to escape with the help of another inmate, Rebecca (Jeanine …
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CSI: Supernatural
Usually people are dying to get in. Tommy (Brian Cox) and Austin (Emile Hirsch) are a father and son team of morticians who conduct the autopsy of Jane Doe (Olwen Kelly). At first, they try and do their jobs, but once things start to get a little too weird, they decide that it’s time to …
In space, no one can hear you…
At least he’s not stuck with Willem Dafoe. Full disclosure, I wrote this review a while ago and have only now gotten around to publishing it because of everything that I’ve got going on in my life. I only point that out because I imagine I might feel a little differently watching a film about …
Who’s laughing now?
The answer is no one. This classic starts during a women’s gym class, where the subsequent locker room showering and dressing is in slow motion. All of which happens within the first five minutes during the opening credits. If you somehow missed the part of the credits that showed a man directed this movie, you’ll …
Worse things are happening in Texas
So this is one of the classics. Sally (Marilyn Burns) and Franklin Hardesty (Paul A. Partain) are traveling to check on their grandfather’s grave along with a group of friends. Along the way, they meet no end to trouble. First, they end up picking up a hitchhiker (Edwin Neal), because that’s always a good idea. …
What's the tale?
They though they could say bye, bye birdie. They thought wrong. The Nightingale follows Clare (Aisling Franciosi), an Irish convict in a penal colony where she works at a bar singing for and serving British soldiers. It is there that she meets Lieutenant Hawkins (Sam Claflin) and his cronies, who not only rape her repeatedly but …