Grace Stewart (Nicole Kidman) lives on an island off the coast of England with her two children, Anne (Alakina Mann) and Nicholas (James Bentley). They inhabit a large mansion. Her housekeepers have mysteriously abandoned their jobs in the middle of the night. So, a few days later, three new housekeepersContinue Reading
After the disappointment of M. Night Shyamalan’s The Village, I tried not to be too excited about The Forgotten, which I first learned about — strangely enough — from a trailer attached to The Village. It looked creepy and sufficiently eerie, but so did The Village trailer — which, soContinue Reading
In this age of computer generated effects and latex rubber masks, it’s easy to forget the pioneers who gave actual blood, sweat and tears to make the unbelievable seem real. Lon Chaney was one of those ground-breaking individuals. In The Penalty, a 1920 silent film of revenge, Chaney played theContinue Reading
Aileen Wuornos was America’s first female serial killer according to the Guinness Book of World Records. Convicted of killing six men in Florida, she was put to death in October, 2002. Monster, a film from first-time director Patty Jenkins, details the story of how a roadside prostitute became a serialContinue Reading
Dr. Hannibal Lecter is one of cinema’s most appealing villains. Most remember his first on-screen appearance as being in 1991’s The Silence of the Lambs with Anthony Hopkins in the role. However, that’s not correct. The first person to play Hannibal Lecter was Brian Cox. The movie in which heContinue Reading
After six years, Quentin Tarantino has returned with a film so jam-packed with action, B-movie references and blood that it had to be split into two parts. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 tells the tale of The Bride (Uma Thurman), a former member of the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad (DiVAS). Planning toContinue Reading
I remember this movie when it was released in 1987 and it was called Fatal Attraction. Apparently, the suits in Hollywood decided that Generation Y needed their own version and released Swimfan in 2002. Ben Cronin (Jesse Bradford) is a star on the high school swim team. Having recently overcomeContinue Reading