Synchronicity (4/10)
What if someone would be able to harness the immense potential energy of Earth spinning in space and redirect that energy to open a wormhole... where would that wormhole lead? A different space, a different
Sicario (7/10)
The background to Sicario's story is the premise that the war on drugs cannot be won by playing by the rules. Or even that the war on drugs cannot be won at all, as it
10 Cloverfield Lane (8.5/10)
The basic premise is that Michelle (played by the versatile actress Mary Elizabeth Wnstead) wakes up after a car accident to find herself with a drip in one arm, her leg strapped up and manacled
Hail Caesar! (6/10)
“Hail Caesar!” is a gentle comedy on the surface, but seems to me more a homage to the glory days of the Hollywood studio system in the 1930s-50s. At that time the “big five” studios
A Bigger Splash (7/10)
In this film Tilda Swinton plays Marianne, a major rock star who has had to have a throat operation and is convalescing in a villa on an isolated Mediterranean island. All seems idyllic and
It Follows (6.5/10)
It Follows certainly borrows from classics in the genre. There is a definite John Carpenter feel to the overall plot and to various scenes, channeling in particular elements from 'Halloween' and 'The Thing'. And
The Guest (5/10)
Dan Stevens plays David, who is The Guest: a soldier visiting the family of a friend who died in action. The Petersons sort of welcome him into their home, and in a short few days
Self/less (6/10)
Self/less is the story of Damian (Ben Kingsley), an older real estate magnate with billions in the bank who is dying of cancer when he finds out about 'shedding'. A procedure where for a mere
Super 8 (6/10)
It is 1979, and in small town America a group of young adolescents spend their summer making a Super 8 short film to submit for a competition. As they shoot a scene in their zombie
The Gift (7/10)
When married couple Simon and Robyn move back to Simon's childhood town, they go shopping for their new house and bump into Gordo, a guy Simon used to go to school with even if Simon