Lucy is a reluctant drug mule (Scarlett Johansson) who accidentally gets dosed with a substance called CPH-4. This drug allows her to unlock the full potential of her brain. Somehow, this causes her to be able to manipulate electricity, control people’s bodies and minds, and other crazy stuff. Lucy vowsContinue Reading
2017’s 47 Meters Down was a shark thriller about two women trapped underwater with great white sharks and a rapidly depleting air supply. The sequel, 47 Meters Down: Uncaged, has absolutely nothing in common with the original other than it’s about four girls trapped underwater with great white sharks andContinue Reading
Lauren Curran (Christina Ricci) suffers from manic depression and frequent hallucinations. After a particularly stressful night where Lauren believes an intruder was in their home, she and her husband, Russel (Brendan Fletcher,) decide to move out of the city. Their destination is The Pinnacle, a high security, “smart” apartment buildingContinue Reading
The population of Rockwell Falls has never wavered from 436 people for over 100 years. When the Census Bureau uncovers this anomaly, it sends Steve Kady (Jeremy Sisto) to investigate. Upon arriving in town, Kady’s car suffers a tire blowout. Local deputy Bobby Caine (Fred Durst) gives him a liftContinue Reading
Sometime in the 1950s, a small town DJ (Jake Horowitz) and a teenage switchboard operator (Sienna McCormick) stumble upon something otherworldly in a small New Mexico town. That’s the premise behind Andrew Patterson’s micro-budget sci-fi feature, The Vast of Night. Usually, I provide more of a plot summary but, inContinue Reading
In 1992, 2008 must have seemed far enough into the future to posit that global warming and monsoon-like rain would cause London to flood. So, that’s how Split Second, a 1992 dystopian science fiction thriller starring Rutger Hauer, begins its story. Detective Harley Stone (Hauer) has been haunted by guiltContinue Reading
Adapted from H. G. Wells’ 19th century novel, The War of the Worlds transplants the action from Victorian England to Linda Rosa, a small town in California in the 1950s. Meteor-like cylinders have landed nearby, arousing the curiosity of the locals. Rather than impacting and leaving a crater, the cylindersContinue Reading