Mae (Emma Watson) is slogging through life doing temp work as a customer service representative. Her dad (Bill Paxton) has multiple sclerosis but the treatment he needs isn’t covered by insurance. Her car breaks down and leaves her stranded on the side of the road. But luck is on herContinue Reading
Jennifer Lawrence stars as Dominika, a former Russian ballet dancer who is recruited into State School Four by her uncle, played by Matthias Schoenaerts. State School Four is also known as “Sparrow School” and it teaches young Russian men and women how to use their minds and bodies to extractContinue Reading
When most people think of Hammer Films, they’ll remember Christopher Lee as Dracula or Peter Cushing as Van Helsing. Hammer Horror is practically a genre in and of itself. But, Hammer Studios made more than just updated (for their time) versions of classics like Frankenstein, The Phantom of the Opera,Continue Reading
Based on Philip K. Dick’s story, “The Golden Man”, Next follows Cris Johnson (Nicolas Cage), a man who was born with the ability to see two minutes into the future. The catch is that he can only see two minutes into his own future. He can’t tell what will happenContinue Reading
Tom Bardo (Stephen Rea) is having an extremely bad day. He’s been evicted from his apartment. A job interview appointment turned into a three-hour wait to fill out a form. Now homeless, he’s been kicked off the park bench on which he planned to sleep. The police direct him toContinue Reading
Earlier this year, I watched (and reviewed) WarGames: The Dead Code, a techno-thriller in which a computer is able to track the movements of anyone it chooses simply by tapping into cell phones and closed-circuit television cameras. It could also read lips and commit murder at will. 2008’s Eagle EyeContinue Reading
Action star Jean Claude Van Damme has been called many things, but “actor” is most likely not one of the first words to pop into anyone’s head at the mention of his name. After a screening of JCVD, that line of thinking might (and probably should) change. JCVD casts the “Muscles fromContinue Reading