The movie: “Area 407” / Original title “Tape 407” Horror/Sci-Fi/Thriller Official Rating: NR My rating: 6/10 The scoop: A plane full of people heading home for the holidays crashes. There is a kid on board obsessed with filming everything and that’s exactly what she does while they survivors are… stalked. With no help coming for some strange … Continue reading
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Wasted On the Young || Film Takes Bullying High Tech
It should be no secret to anyone who is … alive … that social media in 2013 can be just another vehicle for bullying. There have been some high-profile cases in the media – one in my own province. Cases about bullying that left the school ground and headed to the internet. When I was … Continue reading
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“Hated” || A Film Powered By Women
Maria Lorenzo is one of the women behind the film “Hated”. Maria is, in fact, one of the writers and much of the story in the film is based on different events that happened to her throughout her career. It’s always interesting to be able to speak to the writer of a project – it’s where it … Continue reading
Review: “Mama” Is Topping Box Office For a reason.
Title: Mama (2013) Director: Andrés Muschietti (Mama, short) Cast: Jessica Chastain (“The Help”, “Zero Dark Thirty”, “Take Shelter“), Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (“Game of Thrones“, “Kingdom Of Heaven“, “Blackhawk Down”), Megan Charpentier (“Supernatural“, “Jennifer’s Body“, “Resident Evil”), Isabelle Nélisse (“Whitewash”) Synopsis: Annabel and Lucas are faced with the challenge of raising his young nieces that were left alone in the forest … Continue reading
Review: “Seven Psychopaths” and All The Best Actors
Films about killers are made better with humor. It eases the viewer into suddenly realizing that they’re feeling sympathetic toward characters who are killing people. It’s sneaky and I love it. Films where people get into an inordinate amount of trouble without really trying also please me. Colin Farrell and Christopher Walken in the same … Continue reading
Review: Apartment 143
I like horror movies; that’s no secret. In particular, I enjoy horror movies that are more traditional. There’s a place for slasher films but I’d much rather watch a good ghost story. “Apartment 143” has a lot of the things that I really enjoy in a good scary movies. There were a few moments when … Continue reading
Review: “Red Lights”
There have been quite a few movies about paranormal investigation teams encountering a phenomenon they can’t explain. Perhaps the greatest in this genre was “Poltergeist“. I will never forget the look on the scientist’s face when his steak began crawling across the counter. There’s no steak in “Red Lights” but there’s a hell of a plot and … Continue reading