Published in 1966, Hitchcock by Francois Truffaut was the first book to take a title-by-title approach to exploring a director’s career. It also made it cool to like Alfred Hitchcock. A Hollywood master and an internationally acclaimed Parisian newcomer couldn’t have been more diverse, but Hitch, instantly sensing a fellow …
A genetically-tweaked one-many army (glare-blasting Rupert Friend) comes to the aid of a likewise-amped young women (Hannah Ware) searching for her father. Five words to make grown cinephiles throw up with fear: based on a video game. At least they’re up front about it; the opening prologue reads like a …
Referred to as “the man who puts the fear of God into psychics,” retired magician James Randi could just as easily have made a name for himself bilking money out of seance-happy oldsters eager to be reacquainted with their dead pets. He has instead spent the greater portion of his …
Tara Subkoff (All Over Me,The Cell) moves behind the camera to write and direct this based-on-true-events cult horror entry for IFC Midnight. After one of the zippiest title sequences in recent memory, six well-heeled twelve-year-old girls settle in for a sleepover in a mansion where “the vortex of the four …
It’s being sold as a “very relevant thriller...about a segment of our population who want to embrace the American Dream, but their hope is shattered by unfortunate circumstances.” First-time director Michael Dwyer pushes hard to elicit sympathy, but the unfortunate truth is our young undocumented martyr’s idea of embracing the …
The lively undead. Yes, that's the legendary Mel Brooks you hear lending his voice to Great-Grandpa Vlad in director Genndy Tartakovsky's sequel to his human boy-meets-monster girl romantic comedy for kids, Hotel Transylvania. Maybe that explains the relentless, unending, benumbing avalanche of gags (visual and otherwise), puns, and one-liners — …
Diminutive cop Reese Witherspoon must transport statuesque witness Sofia Vergara through the wilds of Texas. Ho ho, one is short and one is tall!
Apparently, the hot tub time machine from the first movie was real, and John Cusack used it to go back in time and remove his contractual obligation for the sequel.
Save the whales! Save the whales? Save the whales. Documentary covers the story of Greenpeace's effort to get people interested in preserving the environment, whales included. Directed by Jerry Rothwell.
According to Box Office Mojo, The Human Centipede made just over $250K worldwide. The sequel, The Human Centipede 2: Full Sequence, made just $140K. And yet they made a third one, this time stringing together an entire prison's worth of unfortunate souls. Why? How?
IMAX film on "the largest, most majestic creatures" — humpback whales. Narrated by Ewan McGregor.
After the forced histrionics of Part 1, it’s nice to see star Jennifer Lawrence being allowed to quiet down and act again. But the story still feels stretched, a countdown that slows as it approaches zero hour. The various Districts, long divided and conquered by the Capitol, have united behind …
Videos of ebullient students learning they’ve been accepted to the college of their choice set the stage for this tough exposé of universities that betray rape survivors by not leaping to their defense. Documentarian Kirby Dick (This Film Is Not Yet Rated, Outrage) relies on testimonials from rape survivors and …