It’s August, and it’s yet another week of awesome releases in both theaters and on DVD. Quentin Tarantino’s long awaited INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS finally hits theaters and shows us the awesomeness of killing Nazis. On DVD, we have the killer THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT remake (great movie!), WYVERN from the Maneater Series courtesy of SyFy, and the much acclaimed SURVEILLANCE from director Jennifer Chambers Lynch. Not a bad week for releases, with plenty of cool shit to keep ya busy.
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
Rated: R for strong graphic violence, language and brief sexuality.
Starring Brad Pitt, Eli Roth, Mike Myers, Michael Fassbenderr, Diane Kruger
Directed by Quentin Tarantino
Run Time: 2 hrs. 32 min.
In German-occupied France, Shosanna Dreyfus witnesses the execution of her family at the hand of Nazi Colonel Hans Landa. Shosanna narrowly escapes and flees to Paris, where she forges a new identity as the owner and operator of a cinema. Elsewhere in Europe, Lieutenant Aldo Raine organizes a group of Jewish soldiers to engage in targeted acts of retribution. Known to their enemy as “The Basterds,” Raine’s squad joins German actress and undercover agent Bridget Von Hammersmark on a mission to take down the leaders of The Third Reich. Fates converge under a cinema marquee, where Shosanna is poised to carry out a revenge plan of her own…
SLAUGHTERING STORES THIS WEEK
WYVERN
Rated: R
Starring Nick Chinlund, Erin Karpluk, Barry Corbin
Run Time: 89 Min.
Floating toward Beaver Mills, Alaska, is a glacier—an icy tomb for a prehistoric winged creature. Once released, it turns the small community into a feeding ground sending helpless residents into a fight for their lives. With time running out, trucker Jake Suttner sees only one option: steal the creature’s egg from its nest and use it as bait in a trap. But beware – the Wyvern is one angry mother.
THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT
Rated: Not Rated
Starring Garret Dillahunt, Monica Potter, Tony Goldwyn
Directed Dennis Iliadis
Run Time: 110 minutes
Renowned horror director Wes Craven returns to the scene of the most notorious thrillers of all time in this darkly disturbing reimagining of The Last House on the Left. After kidnapping and ruthlessly assaulting two teen girls, a sadistic killer and his gang unknowingly find shelter from a storm at the home of one of the victim’s parents– two ordinary people who will go to increasingly gruesome extremes to get revenge. Loaded with shocking twists guaranteed to leave you on edge, it’s the ominous film critics call, “One of the best horror remakes ever made” (Scott Weinberg, Fearnet.com).
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SURVEILLANCE
Rated: R
Starring Julia Ormond, Bill Pullman, Ryan Simpkins
Directed by Jennifer Chambers Lynch
Run Time: 97 minutes
When FBI agents Elizabeth Anderson (Julia Ormond) and Sam Hallaway (Bill Pullman) arrive at a local police station to investigate a series of gruesome murders, there are three witnesses with three different stories of the roadside rampage. However, as the agents begin to expose the fragile little details each witness conceals so carefully with a well practiced lie, they soon discover that uncovering the truth can come at a very big cost.
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