James Wan’s most interesting and artistically successful film since the original Saw goes back to basics, delivering an incredibly effective haunted house tale, with some added ghost hunter fun thrown in for good measure. Perhaps because of the infuriating Insidious films, which Wan directed either side of this similar yet superior period effort, Wan has […] Read more »
Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga play real life supernatural detectives Ed and Lorraine Warren in this straight up old school possession horror film. Director James Wan weaves a familiar yet well told tale of a beautiful young family who move into a charming but malevolently possessed old New England home. With solid performances all around […] Read more »
Ellis Whitman (Graham Phillips) is a somewhat lost 15 year old who lives where the desert meets the suburbs of Tuscon Arizona, with his woefully narcissistic, new age obsessed and trust fund supported mother, Wendy (Vera Farmiga). Lacking any real father figure, Ellis turns to live-in gardener, dope-addict and part-time goat trainer Javier, AKA Goat […] Read more »
It has been a quiet couple of years for Keanu Reeves, who has produced nothing of note since 2008′s lacklustre THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL. In HENRY’S CRIME he plays a “nice guy” deadbeat who just can’t catch a break or get his life out of first gear. The problem is that Reeves is […] Read more »
SOURCE CODE is but the latest example of an encouraging resurgence in intelligent science fiction cinema. Arriving in Hong Kong mere days after SARFT advised Chinese filmmakers to refrain from developing projects dealing with time travel, in part because they disrespect history and represent “bad science”, this sophomore effort from acclaimed British director Duncan Jones, […] Read more »