When we meet Coral Chase (Shauna Grace), it is clear she is unhappy in her job and seeking a career change as an occult hitwoman who steals life-extending souls and sells them to wealthy elitists so she can make a better life for her and her son. As she skulks into a glitter-clad party, she talks to the camera, explaining herself and her work. We meet her latest client, Erica Claessen (Donna Mills) appears to be managed by Damien (Shane West)....
L-R Sherry Cola as Naomi, Sandra Oh as Mistral, Bowen Yang as Sidney, Henry Golding as Hu and Brandon Soo Hoo as Tom in The Tiger’s Apprentice, streaming on Paramount+, 2024. Photo Credit: Paramount Pictures/Paramount+. Tom is now a quippy high school student. He quickly befriends new student Räv (Leah Lewis) just before having a run-in with the school bully. Next thing Tom knows, he blasts the bully through the ceiling with magic powers....
The film has some of the usual trappings of the typical documentary. We do walk through the life story of Shatner via a talking-head interview interwoven with scenes from his illustrious acting career. However, it is atypical in that the documentary is broken up into chapters that explore the themes that make up the subject. The film opens in the middle of a forest, and in voiceover, Shatner reflects on life… his life and its relationship with the outdoors and nature....
Writer, director, composer, and editor (!) Antonio Tublen laudably manages to come up with a somewhat new spin on the well-worn genre by… featuring almost no zombies at all in his highly theatrical, contained take on the zombie apocalypse, Zoo. He uses the undead as a metaphor for marital woes, the rapidly-spreading Armageddon a catalyst for stagnating emotions. In that respect, he succeeds; too bad he can’t quite figure out if he’s making a horror flick, an affecting drama, a theatrical pastiche, a dark comedy, or all of the above....
Unless you’ve gone to local horror festivals, the masterpiece “[REC]” is pretty much a mythical horror film that’s now being remade in the West with the new title “Quarantine” (the word is “[REC]” won’t be on DVD until the remake is released). To the uninitiated, “[REC]” is an incredible experiment in the found footage formula aiming its lens on a run down tenement where a presumed outbreak of rabies sparks a horrific night for a fledgling reporter looking for some excitement....
“Rocket Science” Trailer Before we get into standalone clips, it’s important to acclimate you, the reader, with the film. Premiering at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival, Jeffrey Blitz’s “Rocket Science” tells the tale of Hal Hefner, stuttering high school student and latest debate team member. Love, Violent Femmes and the importance of having an agenda, “Rocket Science” leaves no subject untouched… nor any heart. Filmmaker Profiles from the Sundance Channel: Jeffrey Blitz Filmmaker Jeffrey Blitz made a name for himself with the documentary “Spellbound,” which followed a number of young students competing in the National Spelling Bee....
Best Movies on Paramount Plus Is there anything good to watch on Paramount plus? Definitely, and now you will learn about these masterpieces. 1. Inside Llewyn Davis (2013) “Inside Llewyn Davis,” helmed by the illustrious Coen brothers, diverges from the typical musician-centric film narrative that often glorifies the ascent from obscurity to stardom. It’s like giving a silent nod of respect to all those folks whose dedication flies under the radar, never making it onto the big shiny billboards....
Our vampires are Bev (Alice Winslow), Florence (Libby Matthews, and Pauline (Taylor Shurte). The trio are inconspicuously dressed in nursing scrubs visiting a dying elderly gentleman. He tells the ladies that he’s ready and becomes enamored with their ritualistic dance. Before you (or he) know it, Pauline strikes and sucks the blood and life of their client. This happens again for Florence, but with their third patient of the night, she has changed her mind, leaving Beverly the odd woman out....
Vinny was ripped off while doing business for a Colombian drug boss, who threatens his life for the money he’s owed. In desperation, he turns to a connected friend, Antonio (Giacomo Vanacore), who approaches his don (Paris Branda) and asks him to hire Vinny. Vinny’s father was a well-known figure in the family, which gives him an in. The don agrees to bring Vinny on as a soldier, with the understanding that he expects complete loyalty and obedience and offers no second chances....
The comic book movies just keep coming, as DC primes the pump for the upcoming release of “Batman Begins” with “Constantine.” Based on DC/Vertigo’s “Hellblazer” comic, it’s the story of one John Constantine (Keanu Reeves), blessed and/or cursed with the talent to “see” the half-breed angels and demons who roam the earth attempting to influence humanity. This ability caused him to attempt suicide as a young man, and though he was eventually resuscitated, the fact that he was clinically dead for a time means – according to the resolute and unalterable dogma of the Roman Catholic Church (the only religion that counts, at least in the movies) – he’s going to Hell....
Belorussian Alexei (Franz Rogowski) embarks on a treacherous journey. He travels by bus over the border to Poland, hitchhikes, crosses cold rivers by night, tragically loses a friend, and escapes naked from authorities until he arrives in Paris, disheveled but determined. Despite having no papers, he joins the Foreign Legion, which – barring he passes all the vigorous training and consequent assignments – promises a residence permit and French citizenship in five years....
This was how we arrived at Flashback Weekend. Our first time at that show and our first time in Chicago in five years (since my prehistoric days at Femme Fatales), and the city was doing its best to ensure that we wouldn’t arrive. Later, when we found ourselves bitching to natives about our auto adventure, the inevitable reply became, “Just two hours? You were lucky.” Apparently, Chicagoans take this kind of traffic for granted....
Michael Coleman (Burt Binder) is a writer who is navigating a way to balance everything in his personal life while attempting to adhere to a writing deadline. Coming off the success of his first book, Michael has decided to place his sophomore novel in the Western genre. Unfortunately, writer’s block creeps in as he struggles to connect the dots of his story and come up with a conclusion. Meanwhile, Michael has a girlfriend, Naomi (Lindsey G....
A Breakthrough in Smart Home Appliances: The Robot Vacuum As gaming companies that serve the online vegas casino industry harness the power of new technology, home appliance manufacturers are doing the same thing. Gone are the days when you had to vacuum the floor — there is now a robot that will do it for you, and all you have to do is watch. What Is the Robot Vacuum? The robot vacuum is an autonomous robot....
The priest Rebecca Holland (Tuppence Middleton) arrived ten months ago to preach at the local church, and her husband Henry (Matt Stokoe) and their daughter Grace (Evie Templeton) have had difficulty settling in. When the local harvest festival is ignited, the trio enjoys the festivities, but when Grace is lured away by a masked and cloaked figure, she’s lost in the woods. Rebecca frantically searches for her and pleads to the local parish for their aid in finding her daughter....
A crook and a cop have been playing cat and mouse for years. The cop wants to know what happened to his partner and the crook just wants his years of running to end at all costs. The pair decide to meet at the Sunset Cafe, and both have plans beyond ordering meatloaf and pie. Before the meeting, the crook’s accomplice, The Smoker, armed with a shotgun, is to storm the meeting when the crook utters the words, “Are you sure you don’t want to order the meatloaf?...
That’s what “Pretty Persuasion” appears to be, or at least is being marketed as. A small-town private school girl wants to be an actress and decides the best way to break into the business is to sue her teacher for sexual harassment. That gets her on the news and a big televised stage to show off her talents. Ron Livingston stars as the teacher and Evan Rachel Wood is the tease…I mean student....
— Marlene Dietrich as “Tanya” in Orson Welles’ “Touch of Evil.” I met Dr. Donald A. Reed probably a decade and half before director Dustin Lance Black, but I didn’t know him as well. Not by a long shot. Let me explain. Donald Reed was the founder and permanent president of the Count Dracula Society, later coming to greater prominence as the leader of the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films, best known for its Saturn Awards....
“The Hired Hand” is the simple, lyrical story of Harry Collings (Fonda) and Arch Harris (Warren Oates), two men drifting out toward California. When trouble finds them in a small New Mexico town, Harry and Arch make their way back to the house Harry abandoned years before, and the wife, Hannah (Verna Bloom), who Harry also left behind. Tired of his aimless existence, Harry must learn to be a husband again, and Arch must decide where his path will finally lead him....
The version of the story the media ran with early on was that José Inez García Zárate, a many-time convicted felon in the country illegally, confessed to murder at nearly point-blank range. But García Zárate, who was mentally challenged, was tricked into agreeing to all kinds of demonstrably false statements. He never really changed his story – that he picked up a pile of rags, and inside was a gun that went off accidentally....
