From the film’s synopsis, Angel of Mine sounds like it’s a Lifetime movie-of-the-week. But, thanks to a stellar cast, a decent script, and some fine direction, the film is anything but. Lizzie (Noomi Repace,) a recently divorced mother, still grieves for her deceased baby daughter, Rosie. Although seven years haveContinue Reading
Chuck Norris was the first big American action star of the 1980s. His career started in the 1960s, but it wasn’t until the late 1970s and early 80s that he became a household name. With his disco-era good looks and his martial arts prowess, Norris punched and kicked his wayContinue Reading
Other than Jaws, there are very few really good shark movies to pick from. A few movie studios, like The Asylum, have embraced the fact that they’ll never be able to equal the best shark film of all time. So, they shoot in the opposite direction. There is no shortageContinue Reading
It’s another year and we get another cinematic incarnation of Count Dracula. This time around Nicolas Cage dons the cape and fangs. But, as you might have noticed from the title of the movie, Renfield is not focused solely on the Prince of Darkness. Nor is it merely seeking outContinue Reading
Imagine that you’re in the film industry. A writer, perhaps. Your five year old child tells you a story about a dog looking to find its way home. The dog, maybe named Reggie, encounters and befriends several other dogs along his perilous journey. The dogs bond with each other throughContinue Reading
In Killing Season, John Travolta plays Emil Kovac, a member of the Scorpions, a Serbian paramilitary group that committed war crimes during the Bosnian War in the early 1990s. As the film opens, we see American soldiers liberating some of the Bosnian people from one of the Scorpions’ detention camps.Continue Reading
When gangster Frank Buchanan (Michael Granger) wants to get revenge on his enemies, he employs an oddly complicated way of doing it. He recruits a former Nazi scientist (Gregory Gay) to reanimate dead bodies to carry out their murders. I guess if you want something done, you’ve got to getContinue Reading