**_Psychic energies draw six students and a teacher to The Rock_**
Shot in the spring of 1987, this takes bits from three prior 80s’ movies and meshes them together with the unique setting of the landmark Alcatraz Island. The films I’m talking about are “An American Werewolf in London,” “Trick or Treat” and “The Lost Boys.” While it’s a ‘B’ movie by comparison and easily the least of these, there are enough highlights to make it worth checking out for those interested.
Tammy Hyler as conservative Jan stands out in the feminine department, although the camera tends to focus on bl…
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When his young sister is brutally slaughtered, fearsome warrior “Manji” (Takuya Kimura) exacts his revenge on the killer and on his army of soldiers. What’s left of him at the end, though, isn’t going to survive for long - until a mysterious lady arrives and pours bloodworms into his wounds. Next thing his limbs are reattached and he is gifted with an immortality. In the next fifty years he acquires quite a reputation and it’s that that the young “Rin” (Hana Sugisaki) wants to tap into after her own father is brutally murdered and she wants her own pound of flesh. Initially, he isn’t really in…
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In an age where life’s everyday challenges can test our wits, becoming overwhelmed is a real possibility when they pile up. Just ask Linda (Rose Byrne), a therapist who struggles to sincerely and sensitively assist her troubled patients. But that’s just the start of her problems. She’s also tending to a sick child (Delaney Quinn), the demands of which are considerable, both from the whiny, often-unappreciative youngster and her annoyingly insistent caregivers. To make matters worse, a burst pipe in the ceiling of her apartment has forced mother and child to move into a hotel, a stay that’s bec…
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“Grayson” (Anthony Del Negro) is flushed with success having just sold one of his artworks for $60,000 and so with his agent “Wendy” (Scout Taylor-Compton) clamouring for more of the same, he heads to his family cabin where he hopes to knuckle down. Nobody had been to the place for quite a while, and so with the toilet backed up all the way to Chicago, he summons the help of a local handyman. Meet the perfectly manscaped “Sawyer” (Zachary Roozen), an handsome and versatile chap who is handy with a spanner, a plunger and - as it turn out - a towel, too. There’s not the slightest hint of sexual …
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There’s a bit of rivalry between the indigenous young men of Hawai’i and those of Philipino heritage whom they think cavalier about the natural resources of their pristine islands. That hostility extends into school where “Pili” (Kaipo Dudoit) and his older lads like to pick on “Edmar” (Jayson Munoz) and his pals. Things look set to come to an head when a teacher decides to pair these two on a project to select and prepare their favourite food for presentation to their fellow students. Of course, this doesn’t seem like the best of ideas as the two men see eye to eye on virtually nothing, but g…
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Finding compatible companions – let alone good friends or romantic prospects – seems to have become considerably more problematic than it once was. Such kindreds appear to be more elusive nowadays, and forging meaningful, lasting connections with them – for whatever reason – has become fundamentally more difficult, sometimes driving us to great lengths and even acts of desperation. That can be especially true for those in communities that fall outside the mainstream, as well as those grieving the passage of loved ones who are having trouble recovering from their losses. And now, in this latest…
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To be honest, I don't know how accurate is this show compared to real life events and real character, so I won't be judging this show as a history based show, however we can't argue that this is a high quality production series. The entire effort—from the cinematography and directing to the performances and overall execution—is top-tier. It's also very morbid and sick, so it's definitely not for faint-hearted people. Actor who plays Ed Gein does a terrific job!…
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I’m struck by how Yoo Hyun-mok fuses Italian Neorealism with a distinctly Korean sense of moral paralysis, creating a portrait of post-war despair that still feels uncomfortably present. The film’s cramped interiors, handheld street scenes, and jarring cuts trap the viewer inside the same psychological claustrophobia that consumes its characters. Rather than depicting dramatic collapse, Obaltan shows a slow erosion—lives quietly worn down by debt, trauma, and a social order struggling to rebuild on spiritual ruins. Its bleakness isn’t decorative; it functions as a diagnosis, an autopsy of a so…
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If this doesn’t get Ethan Hawke some statuettes this coming winter, then I don’t know what will. He is on great form delivering a pithy series of monologues as if he really were the renowned lyricist Larry Hart. Most of this is told by way of his chat with his favourite barman “Eddie” (Bobby Cannavale) whilst he is waiting for the after show party for “Oklahoma!” to begin. He had famously worked with Richard Rodgers (Andrew Scott) for many a year, but this latter man had become tired of his booze-driven histrionics and so teamed up with Oscar Hammerstein II (Simon Delaney) for this latest offe…
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Though we don’t really know quite why at the time, it’s fairly clear the the “Rev. Shannon” (Richard Burton) has rather lost the confidence of his flock and so it’s not really surprising to find him now tour-guiding some evangelist American women round the sights of Mexico. This fellow has a penchant for the bottle and is little interested in his charges. Unluckily for him, the impressionable young “Charlotte” (Sue Lyon) is determined to seduce him, despite his own alarm bells telling him to leave well alone and her guardian “Miss Fellowes” (Grayson Hall) doing all she can to save the girl fro…
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