Wednesday, October 4, 2017

The October Society's Tales of Halloween (2015)


Released October 16th in the US.
Filmed in California.
This film consists of ten short stories by ten different directors.
1. 'Sweet Tooth' : After trick or treating , Mikey is going crazy eating as much of his candy that he can.
The babysitter and her beau decide to tell Mikey the story of Sweet Tooth.
Sweet Tooth was a child who got revenge against his parents who always allowed him to trick or treat but never allowed him to eat any of his candy.
2. 'The Night Billy Raised Hell' : Billy is tricked into doing pranks on Halloween by his sister and her beau.
But the first person Billy tries playing a trick on shows him what will really happen if he plays tricks on people.
3. 'Trick' : Four people just chilling on Halloween are taking turns answering the door for trick or treaters.
One child causes one the four harm , which sets in motion a chain reaction of hurt on the four due to a trick or treaters need for revenge.
4. 'The Weak and the Wicked' : Some bullies finally get a payback for killing a kid their ages' innocent parents from the demon of All Hallow's Eve.
5. 'Grim Grinning Ghost' : While at a Halloween party , Lynn's mother tells a creepy tale of Mary Bailey who was tortured due to a disfigured face. Lynn meets Mary...
6. ' Ding Dong' : Every Halloween Bobbie gets depressed. All she wants is a child. Bobbie eventually comes up with a great idea for giving out candy and getting to see and maybe capture , the kiddies.
7. 'This Means War' : A guy who takes his Halloween decorations and pranks seriously flips his lid when his neighbor tries competing with him but not very seriously.
8. 'Friday the 31st' : A killer who looks like Jason Voorhees has killed a bunch of Halloween party goers. After finishing off his last victim , he is met by a pestering little alien who changes the course of things to come.
9. 'The Ransom of Rusty Rex' : Two bank robbers decide to try their hand at kidnapping a rich guys kid for ransom. But when they call Mr. Rex and ask for the cash to get his kid , he doesnt want him back...
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10. 'Bad Seed' : This year , Ray has carved the best pumpkin he has ever carved. His pumpkin is so good , its bad...
Stars (voice) Adrienne Barbeau , Hunter Smit , Cameron Easton , Caroline Williams , Robert Rusler , Clare Kramer , Barry Bostwick , Marcus Eckert , Ben Stillwell , Natalie Castillo , Christopher Zajac Denek , John F Beach , Tiffany Shepis , Casey Ruggieri , Trent Haaga , Mia Page , Kennedy Fuselier , Clayton Keller , Marnie McKendry , Alex Essoe , Lin Shaye , Barbara Crampton , Lisa Marie , Mick Garris , Stuart Gordon , Liesel Hanson , Pollyanna McIntosh , Marc Senter , Lilly Von Woodenshoe , Lucas Armendariz , Vanessa Menendez , Dana Gould , James Duvall , Elissa Dowling , Graham Denmen , Thomas Blake Jr , Sean Clark , Buzz Wallick , Jennifer Wenger , Amanda Moyer , Nick Principe , Jose Pablo Cantillo , Sam Witwer , John Landis , Greg McLean , Cerina Vincent, John Savage , Joe Dante , Pat Healy , Kristina Klebe 
Directed by David Parker , Darren Lynn  Bousman , Adam Gierasch , Paul Solet , Axelle Carolyn , Lucky McKee ,  John Skipp , Mike Mendez , Ryan Schifrin , Neil Marshall
Rated R
HORROR/DARK COMEDY/HALLOWEEN

Monday, October 2, 2017

Child's Play (1972)


Released December 12th in the US.
Filmed entirely in New York.
The story : Paul Reis is the new gym teacher at a Catholic , all boy prep school.
Paul actually went to the school and never thought he would see the day he'd be back to teach.
After a very short time , things start going a bit haywire with the normally , fairly well-haved students.
Paul learns that there have been 6 incidents in only the last two weeks with students doing harm to other students at the school.
No one knows why. 
No one can guess why and none of the kids are talking.
Well , that is until one of them loses an eye.
Stars Robert Preston , Beau Bridges , Jerome Malley , Charles White , David Rounds , Ron Weyand , Bryant Fraser , Kate Harrington , Jamie Alexander , Brian Chapin , Mark Hall Haefeli , Robbie Reed
Directed by Sidney Lumet
Rated PG
MYSTERY/THRILLER/SNOREFEST

Thursday, September 21, 2017

Death Note (2017)


I am a great lover of the original 'Death Note' , so I had to watch this.
I liked the characters and the beginning a lot but I also thought it dragged halfway through too.
Not bad even though I personally didnt see a need to remake such a dope movie in the first place!
Made by Netflix , airing on instant streaming August 25th in the US.
Filmed in Canada and Washington.
The story : Light is a bright high school student who spends his time doing other peoples school work for cash.
Sitting outside school , writing papers , a strong wind blows in and a book falls from the sky to Lights feet.
He picks it up and hurries for shelter out of the surprise rain storm.
While doing so , Light witnesses a male student being bullied , then a female.
Light steps in but wakes up in the rain with all his work on the ground.
Being found out , Light recieves after school detentions.
As he sits in the detention room unattended, he decides to check out the book.
Thats when he is visited by Ryuk , the one who dropped the book with Light.
He slightly explains what it is and what it can be used for , telling Light to try it out.
Soon Light finds a way to use his new book to many peoples advantage but there is a dangerous curve.
Stars Nat Wolff , Margaret Qualley , Shea Whigham , (voice) Wiliam Dafoe , Jason Liles , Lakeith Stanfield , Paul Nakauchi , Jack Ettlinger , Matthew Kevin Anderson , Chris Britton , Paul McGillion
Directed by Adam Wingard
Not Rated
REMAKE/FANTASY/THRILLER

"So many rules...!"

Wednesday, September 13, 2017

Sideways (2004)


Released January 21, 2015 in the US.
Filmed entirely in California.
The story: Miles, an aspiring writer, and lover of wine has big plans for the upcoming week.
His best buddy Jack is getting married to Victoria really soon so Miles is excited about spending a week away with him.
Off into the countryside for some golfing and wine tasting, Miles believes its the best way to spend some quality time with Jack.
But unknown to Miles, Jack has different plans for his last week being single, regardless of Miles or anything he thinks they should do.
Miles doesn't approve, has lots of issues with Jack over his decisions but deals with it all as best he can.
Stars Paul Giamatti , Thomas Haden Church , Jessica Hecht , Marylouise Burke , Virginia Madsen , Sandra Oh , Stephanie Faracy , Alysia Reiner , Patrick Gallagher , Joe Marinelli , Missy Doty
Directed by Alexander Payne 
Rated R
COMEDY/DRAMA

Sunday, September 3, 2017

Night Watch (1973)


Released August 10th in the US.
Filmed entirely in the UK.
The story: Mrs. Ellen Wheeler is a rich lady who has had some bad luck.
In the past, Ellen was widowed when she was married to Carl who was in a tragic accident.
Now Ellen is remarried to work-a-holic John, spends all her days and nights in the house doing jigsaw puzzles and has her best gal pal Sarah around for comfort -  who happens to be having an affair with a married man...
Recently, Ellen has been dealing with bad dreams and sleepless nights.
She looks to John and Sarah for sympathy.
But one night, while not being able to sleep, Ellen sees a dead body in the abandoned house next door.
She flips and begins trying to convince John, Sarah and the police of what she seen.
But without anyone finding any evidence, no one wants to believe Ellen actually seen anything.
Stars Elizabeth Taylor , Laurence Harvey , Billie Whitelaw , Robert Lang , Laon Maybanke , Kevin Colson , Linda Hayden , Bill Dean , Tony Britton , Michael Danvers Walker , David Jackson
Directed by Brian G Hutton
Rated PG
MYSTERY/THRILLER

Thursday, August 31, 2017

The Founder (2016)


Released January 20 , 2017 in the US.
Filmed in Georgia and Mexico.
Based on truths.
The story: It's the summer of 1956...
Ray Kroc is a salesman and is trying his hands at selling everything imaginable to get to the top.
Currently, Ray is trying to sell shake blenders to car hops without much success...
That is until he finds out he has an order, in San Bernadino, for six of his blenders.
Ray can't believe it and thinks it's a joke so he goes to the establishment, which is called McDonald's , to see for himself.
What he finds is a fast food burger joint with an amazing new concept no one else is doing.
After meeting and getting to know the owners/founders and learning their story , Ray decides he wants in.
Stars Michael Keaton , Linda Cardellini , Nick Offerman , John Carroll Lynch , Laura Dern , BJ Novak , Kate Kneeland , Justin Randell Brooke , Griff Furst , Wilbur Fitzgerald , Patrick Wilson
Directed by John Lee Hancock 
Rated PG13
HISTORY/BIOGRAPHY/DRAMA

Thursday, August 17, 2017

Baby Mama (2008)



Released April 25th in the US.
Filmed in Pennsylvania and New York.
The story : Kate is a busy business woman in her mid-30s that would really like to have a baby.
Not being able to get pregnant herself , she decides to look for a surrogate mother.
The only person who applies to Kates add is Angie.
Angie isnt anything like Kate and at first this drives Kate crazy.
But after some work , Kate begins learning how to deal with Angie and becomes friends with her.
Stars Tina Fey , Amy Poehler , Steve Martin , Greg Kinnear , Romany Malco , Sigourney Weaver , Dax Shepard , Maura Tierney , Holland Taylor , Denis O Hare , Kevin Collins , Fred Armisen
Directed by Michael McCullers
Rated PG13
COMEDY/DRAMA