Synopsis Rex and Saskia are two young lovers on a car trip from Holland to France to do some vacation bicycling together. They make a pit stop at a busy service station for petrol and drinks for the road. Saskia disappears. Three years later she is still missing without a … [Read More]
Synopsis Daphne and Wilson are sister and brother. Each have had it tough in life. Really tough. Not the least of their issues manifests in the mystery of a relentlessly terrifying stalker who refuses to leave them be. Who is it? What is it? And what could possibly be driving … [Read More]
The new sci-fi drama “The Vast of Night” spends a lot of it’s hour and a half runtime showing us unedited scenes of one person talking. For a long time. This clearly demands extraordinary preparation, commitment, focus and talent on behalf of the three primary performers here, Sierra McCormick, Jake … [Read More]
Mixing comedy with suspense can make for a really tricky cinematic recipe. Do you aspire to inspire your audience to giggle or gasp? However, when done right it is quite often entertainment most delectable. Filmmakers Tom Dever and Warren J. Williams are a couple of guys who give this curious … [Read More]
Organizers had to scrap this year’s edition of South By Southwest (SXSW) due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But the good folks with the Austin, Texas festival were kind enough to provide the film review community with links to the featured properties in search of a distribution home. I watched a … [Read More]
Emma wakes up to find herself trapped in an abandoned bunker. She soon realizes that there are two other victims trapped with her, Ben and Jamie, who she knows from her days in high school. Now Ben and Jamie are Emma’s only means of escape from their savage captors, three … [Read More]
The new indie domestic horror flick “Something” presents a mysteriously disturbing premise rooted in seemingly unremarkable circumstances. When asked during my recent interview how he arrived at this unusual dynamic, Writer/Director Stephen Portland candidly concedes it was a matter of creativity born of a shoestring budget. “I wasn’t going to … [Read More]
There’s something lurking through the pass on the other side of the mountains. Who, or what, is it? This is the mystery that you may or may not solve if you choose to venture “Beyond Here”, a most unconventional and arresting independent production from the Czech Republic. Basile and Lea … [Read More]
Faithful is a psychological thriller about a woman named Lauren who’s struggling in her relationship with a cheating husband. I often have the opportunity to review short films by aspiring Directors. By nature the budgets are minimal and the scripts spare. Still, the end result varies widely in terms of … [Read More]
If ever there was an example of a passable mystery/thriller, “Grey Lady” fills the bill perfectly. It is not a great movie. But it ain’t half horrible, either. Starring a gaggle of primarily TV actors cumulatively testing the cinematic waters, the performances are mostly more than adequate. Eric Dane (“Grey’s … [Read More]
Synopsis: An American woman takes a job overseas to be a nanny to a special boy, who she discovers is actually is a doll. Creepy doll movies are making a comeback. It all started with Chucky, and in recent years we’ve have been introduced to Annabelle, Billy (Dead Silence), and … [Read More]
A story centered on an eccentric art auctioneer and his obsession with an heiress/collector. Geoffrey…Rush…is…an…actor. Are we clear on this? Damn, is this guy good at his job. I submit that the versatile veteran Aussie is the reason to watch the exquisite mystery drama “The Best Offer”. Rush … [Read More]