Monday, August 18, 2014

You're Next (2011)

Released August 23 , 2013 in the US.
Filmed entirely in Missouri.
The story : Aubrey and Paul Davison have decided to spend their anniversary at their home away from home.
They have also invited all of their grown children to celebrate at the house with them.
The couple are the first to get to the house.
When they get to the front door , they find that it is unlocked.
Hmmmm that's odd.
Aubrey is a nervous wreck about the whole thing but Paul has this covered.
After checking the house , all seems clear.
The rest of the family start arriving with their significant others.
But little does everyone know , there were a couple of murders next door and yea that just can't be good.
Stars Kate Lyn Sheil , Larry Fessenden , Barbara Crampton , Rob Moran , Sharni Vinson , AJ Bowen , Joe Swanberg , Margaret Laney , Amy Seimetz , Ti West , Nicholas Tucci , Wendy Glenn , Simon Barrett , Lane Hughes , L.C. Holt , Calvin Reeder
Directed by Adam Wingard
Rated R
HORROR/MYSTERY/THRILLER

The Dunwich Horror ; H.P. Lovecraft's (1970)

Released January 14th in the US.
Filmed in California.
The story : After Dr. Armitage gives a lecture on the occult and its days gone past at the local library , a very curious man named Wilbur arrives.
Unfortunately Wilbur missed the ever so fascinating lecture , but that's okay cause Wilbur is more fascinated with the Docs's rare Necronomicon.
Ah yes , the Necronomicon.
It seems it has been in Wilbur's family for quite some generations. Well , one of them anyways.
The other now belongs to the doctor and well , it's priceless. So no , you cannot check it out of the library.
Wilbur strikes up a haunting friendship with one of the doctors assistants and that proves to be good.
So good that Wilbur will get his hands right on that Necronomicon and do with it what it is intended to be used for.
Stars Dean Stockwell , Ed Begley , Sandra Dee , Talia Shire , Sam Jaffe , Donna Baccala , Lloyd Bochner , Michael Fox , Jason Wingreen , Toby Russ , Barboura Morris , Beach Dickerson , Michael Haynes , Jack Pierce
Directed by Daniel Haller
Rated R
HORROR/MYSTERY

Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Frankie & Alice (2010)


Released April 4 , 2014 in the US.
Filmed entirely in Canada.
Based on truths.
The story : It's 1973 and Frankie is a young woman , living in Los Angeles working as a go-go dancer.
Frankie realizes she does things and then doesn't remember doing them.
The people close to Frankie know she can be violent at times and very brilliant at others.
First Frankie beats up her best guy.
Then she loses her job because of it.
Then she finds herself in jail.
The only thing that will keep Frankie from spending a lot of time in jail is getting psychiatric help , so she takes what she can get.
The doctor who works with her knows there is some really deep rooted trauma from Frankie's past which is causing her to have violent outbreaks and multiple personalities.
So her doctor makes it his soul mission to make sure Frankie can get out of her past and live healthy in her present.
Stars Vanessa Morgan , Halle Berry , Melanie Papalia , Kira Clavell , Joey Bothwell , Stellan Skarsgard , Phylicia Rashad , Chandra Wilson , Alex Diakun , Joanne Baron , Rosalyn Coleman , Matt Frewer , Brian Markinson , James Kirk , Adrian Holmes , Katharine Isabelle , Emily Tennant , Scott Lyster , Megan Charpentier , Michayla McKenzie , Kennedy Goodkey , Andrew Francis
Directed by Geoffrey Sax
Rated R
BIOGRAPHY/DRAMA

The Den (2013)

Released March 14th in the US.
Filming location(s) unknown.
The story : Elizabeth gets a job that she has been doing a study on for some time.
She gets to spend all her time at home while logging into a webcam chat site called "The Den".
The mission is to talk at as many people around the world via webcam as she possibly can.
Almost immediately after getting the job things get really weird.
It seems someone is watching her and looking to play some really brutal jokes on her and her friends as well.
Stars Melanie Papalia , David Schlachtenhaufen , Saidah Arrika Ekulona , Matt Riedy , Adam Shapiro , Victoria Hanlin , Matt Lasky , Kirk Bovill , Tristian Chase , Lily Holleman , Chris Kelley , Katija Pevec , Tiago Roberts , Ben Macdonald , Jeff Rubino
Directed by Zachary Donohue
Rated R
MYSTERY/THRILLER/HORROR

Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Dead Man Walking (1995)


Released January 12th in the US.
Filmed in Louisiana and New York.
The story : Sister Helen Prejean has lived most of her life as a nun.
She always knew the lifestyle was for her and has always taken some comfort in helping others.
Sister Helen receives a letter from a young man on death row just asking for her conversation in his dark time.
She starts up a friendship with the inmate even though she takes much flack from the people who believe he is getting what he deserves.
Sister Helen isn't quite sure if the inmate is in fact guilty of the crime he is serving time for but that is not her job.
She stays with him , making sure he is as comfortable as he possibly can be all while he continues to tell her piece by piece his life story and how he got to where he is now.
Stars Eva Amurri Martino , Helen Hester , Steve Carlisle , Susan Sarandon , Margo Martindale , Gil Robbins , Sean Penn , Robert Prosky , R. Lee Ermey , Raymond J. Barry , Celia Weston , Scott Wilson , Lois Smith , Roberta Maxwell , Barton Heyman , Steve Boles , Nesbitt Blaisdell , Larry Pine , Clancy Brown , Kevin Cooney , Ray Aranha , Adele Robbins , Peter Sarsgaard , Michael Cullen
Directed by Tim Robbins
Rated R
DRAMA

After Tiller (2013)

Released September 20th in the US.
Filming location(s) unknown.
The story : In 2009 , third trimester abortion provider Doctor Tiller of Kansas was shot for a third time and killed during a service at his local church.
As third trimester abortions are much more controversial than the typical abortion , there are only a handful of doctors who provide them.
Coincidentally enough , those doctors all worked with Doctor Tiller.
The physicians Doctor Tiller left behind have made it their lives work to go on courageously practicing the way they believe they should , as third trimester abortions are only legal in certain states.
Basically if they stop practice , the third trimester abortion provider could be no more.
Here we learn about what assists the doctors to proceed with their profession. How they see what they are doing for the people they provide the service to and what it all , including working with Doctor Tiller has meant to them and continues to mean.
All with the constant threats of the pro-life extremists breathing down their necks.
Directed by Martha Shane & Lana Wilson
Not Rated
DOCUMENTARY

"Women are the worlds experts on their own lives."

Christiane F.: A True Story (1981)

Released April 2nd in the US.
Filmed in Germany.
Based on truths.
The story : Christiane is a young girl , going on 14 in fact.
She lives a boring life with her mother and her sister.
Christiane wants to go to the new disco in town and gets a classmate who goes there all the time to take her.
At the disco , Christiane meets a bunch of kids her girlfriend has been running with. They all do some sort of drugs.
Back at home , Christiane finds that her little sister is going to live with their dad and her mom's only concern is with entertaining her new boyfriend.
Neither realize Christiane is even around.
So Christiane wastes more and more time at the disco and in the company of people she met there who are now using "H".
She falls for a nice kid who gradually gets addicted to "H".
Because of wanting to be just like him , Christiane starts her dance with "H" as well.
But the couple finds that the drug is ruining their lives and their friends lives.
Stars Natja Brunckhorst , Christiane Lechle , Daniela Jaeger , Ellen Esser , Thomas Haustein , Jens Kuphal , Uwe Diderich , Jan Georg Effler , Andreas Fuhrmann , David Bowie , Lutz Hemmerling , Bernhard Janson , Rainer Woelk , Lothar Chamski , Peggy Bussieck , Eberhard Auriga
Directed by Uli Edel
Rated R
German with English subtitles
BIOGRAPHY/DRAMA