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Southbound (TIFF Review 2015)

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: Desperate travelers on a long-stretch of abandoned highway are forced to come face-to-face with their most primal fears. REVIEW: Anthology movies – by their very nature – are almost always uneven. At their best, such as the VHS series,...

Review: Everest

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: Based on a true story, EVEREST recounts the 1996 expedition to the summit of Mount Everest by several groups of climbers, some experienced, some not, that resulted in multiple fatalities. REVIEW: The trailers may bill EVEREST as an edge-of-your-seat...

The Girl in the Photographs (TIFF Review 2015)

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: A celebrity photographer (Kal Penn) and his vacuous posse descend on a small town when the amateur photographic work of a vicious serial killer attracts his attention. REVIEW: Being that THE GIRL IN THE PHOTOGRAPHS bears the name of...

The Hive (Movie Review)

Posted 11 years ago

  PLOT: A young man wakes up in a fortified cabin without any memory of who he is or how he got there. All he knows for sure is that  he’s infected with some kind of virus, there’s a dead...

Review: The Visit

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: While their mother goes on a much-needed vacation, two siblings spend a week with their estranged grandparents. The children quickly learn these old folks have habits that range from odd to worrisome to downright deadly. REVIEW: What JAWS did...

The Visit (Movie Review)

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: When a single mom goes on vacation with her new boyfriend, she sends her two young children to visit their estranged grandparents. When they arrive however, the old folks are not what they seem. REVIEW: 16 years it’s been...

Review: The Transporter Refueled

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: Frank Martin, transporter of mysterious goods, finds himself entangled with a bevy of sexy ladies as they attempt to rip off their brutal pimp. REVIEW: Watching THE TRANSPORTER REFUELED is like watching the longest car commercial in the world....

Review: Z for Zachariah

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: After some horrific event has claimed most of civilization, three people find themselves living together on a bucolic farm, the last people on Earth. But will simmering tensions destroy this makeshift family? REVIEW: This has been the summer of...

Review: Hitman: Agent 47

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: An assassin trained as part of a government experiment finds himself protecting the daughter of one of the men who created him. REVIEW: Can praise get any fainter than "it's not as bad as I thought it was going...

Review: Return to Sender

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: After being raped by an intruder, Miranda Wells decides to strike up a relationship with the man while he's behind bars. Has she truly forgiven him, or does she have something else in mind?  REVIEW: Is Rosamund Pike in...

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