Roy Scheider plays Frank Murphy, a Vietnam War veteran flying helicopter patrols for the Metropolitan Police Department’s “Astro” Division. (The Los Angeles Police Department wanted no association with the film even though it clearly takes place in Los Angeles.) Murphy’s been experiencing blackouts related to PTSD from the war. HisContinue Reading
Rachel (Caren Pistorius) is having a terrible day. She overslept, her son is late for school, and her soon-to-be-ex-husband has just informed her that he’s going to fight her for their house. It’s about to get a lot worse. Trying to get her son to school, Rachel pulls up behindContinue Reading
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