Eli Roth’s newest film, The Green Inferno, brings back a horror genre I thought was dead and gone: cannibal films full of gore, irony, and even a little satire. Eli Roth pays homage to Rugerro Deodato’s Cannibal Holocaust. Even the title of the film is a tribute to this film – the original title for […]
Hotel Transylvania 2 is exactly what I was hoping for in a sequel. The writers kept the adorable horror puns, the cute story arc, and also added in a dash of strong adult humor and themes to the mix! Though the first one had a much stronger story arc, the sequel lived up to the […]
The Visit stars Ed Oxenbould and Olivia DeJonge, who play Tyler and Becca. Tyler and Becca are two kids who go to rural Pennsylvania in order to meet grandparents they have never seen before. Their plan is to turn the whole experience into a documentary. Their grandparents and their mother do not get along. In […]
THE LAST WITCH HUNTER In Theaters October 23 The modern world holds many secrets, but the most astounding secret of all is that witches still live amongst us; vicious supernatural creatures intent on unleashing the Black Death upon the world. Armies of witch hunters battled the unnatural enemy across the globe for centuries, including KAULDER, […]
THE DIVERGENT SERIES: ALLEGIANT In Theaters March 18, 2016 The third installment of the blockbuster Divergent series franchise, ALLEGIANT takes Tris [Shailene Woodley] and Four [Theo James] into a new world, far more dangerous than ever before. After the earth-shattering revelations of INSURGENT, Tris must escape with Four and go beyond the wall enclosing Chicago. […]
Deadline Hollywood reported today that two of TV’s hottest stars have been cast in the new film Oxford – Outlander’s Sam Heughan has been cast in a lead role with Supergirl star Melissa Benoist. Here’s the film’s premise: “Soon after arriving at Oxford U, an American Rhodes Scholar student falls for an arrogant teaching assistant […]
When the original Man from U.N.C.L.E. tv show aired, from 1964-1968, the Cold War was a real thing. We were straight off of Kennedy’s showdown with Fidel Castro over Cuba; the Berlin Wall separated families and men and women were desperate enough to escape that they risked death to cross over; the exploits of spies […]
Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation Written and Directed by Christopher McQuarrie You may be wondering why a non-scifi film is being reviewed on this scifi site – it’s easy – I made up the list of movies that we choose from to review, and I wanted to review this one. And really, with all the techie gadgets […]
Ant-Man, a Not-so-Small, Hit! This review may contain spoilers: I openly admit to being very pessimistic about this film. Even though the words “Marvel can do no wrong” have been firmly drilled into my brain I still couldn’t help but have a nagging feeling about this one. I couldn’t quite pinpoint it; maybe it was […]
There have been a lot of post apocalyptic movies and stories to come out in the past 5 years. Much like vampires and werewolfs, it has been the time of the dystopian future world for film. Some have worn thin on us and others have continued to provide great entertainment. The Maze Runner is just […]
