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    Aftershock

    Directed by Nicolás López
    Produced by Eli Roth, Brian Oliver & Miguel Asensio Llamas
    Written by Eli Roth, Nicolás López & Guillermo Amoedo
    Released by Radius-TWC
    English & Spanish with English subtitles
    USA/Chile. 90 min. Rated R
    With Lorenza Izzo, Nicolás Martinéz, Eli Roth, Natasha Yarovenko, Ariel Levy & Andrea Osvárt
    In Aftershock, Hostel mastermind Eli Roth has come up with a […]

    By |May 10th, 2013|Disaster, Horror|0 Comments

      Side Effects

      Directed by Steven Soderbergh
      Produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Gregory Jacobs and Scott Z. Burns
      Written by Burns
      Released by Open Road Films
      USA. 106 min. Rated R
      Starring Rooney Mara, Channing Tatum, Jude Law, Catherine Zeta-Jones & Vinessa Shaw
      Steven Soderbergh has threatened for some time now to quit making movies. His latest, the medico-murder mystery Side Effects, is […]

      By |February 7th, 2013|Drama, Psychological thriller, Top Picks|0 Comments

        Hermano

        Directed by Marcel Rasquin
        Written by Rohan Jones & Rasquin
        Produced by Enrique Aular, Juan Antonio Díaz & Rasquin
        Released by Music Box Films
        Spanish with English subtitles
        Venezuela. 97 min. Not rated
        With Fernando Moreno, Eliú Armas, Alí Rondon, Beto Benites, Gonzalo Cubero & Marcela Girón

        Venezuela’s 2010 selection for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar is a bizarre hybrid, […]

        By |January 2nd, 2013|Crime, DVD/Streaming/On Demand, Foreign, Sports|0 Comments

          Killing Them Softly

          Written & Directed by Andrew Dominik, based on the novel Cogan’s Trade by George V. Higgins
          Produced by Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Steve Schwartz, Paula Mae Schwartz & Anthony Katagas
          Released by the Weinstein Company
          USA. 97 min. Rated R
          With Brad Pitt, Scoot McNairy, Ben Mendelsohn, James Gandolfini, Vincent Curatola, Richard Jenkins & Ray Liotta
          It’s telling that the […]

          By |December 6th, 2012|Crime, DVD/Streaming/On Demand|0 Comments

            Solomon Kane

            Written & Directed by Michael J. Bassett, based on the character created by Robert E. Howard
            Produced by Paul Berrow, Samuel Hadida & Kevan Van Thompson
            Released by Radius/TWC
            France/Czech Republic/UK. 104 min. Rated R
            With James Purefoy, Max von Sydow, Pete Postlethwaite, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Patrick Hurd-Wood, Alice Krige, Jason Flemyng & Lucas Stone
            Solomon Kane, a low-budget adaptation of […]

            By |September 28th, 2012|Action, Costume Drama, DVD/Streaming/On Demand|0 Comments

              The Cabin in the Woods

              Directed by Drew Goddard
              Produced by Joss Whedon
              Written by Whedon & Goddard
              Released by Lionsgate
              USA. 95 min. Rated R
              With Kristen Connolly, Chris Hemsworth, Anna Hutchison, Fran Kranz, Jesse Williams, Richard Jenkins & Bradley Whitford
              Joss Whedon’s big Happy Meal tie-in extravaganza The Avengers will make a lot more money, but The Cabin in the Woods, his other film […]

              By |April 13th, 2012|Horror, Top Picks|0 Comments

                Bullhead

                Written & Directed by Michael R. Roskam
                Produced by Bart Van Langendonck, Peter Bouckaert, Patrick Quinet & Jan Van der Zanden
                Released by Drafthouse Films
                Flemish & French with English subtitles
                Belgium. 126 min. Rated R
                With Matthias Schoenaerts, Jeroen Perceval, Barbara Sarafian, Jeanne Dandoy, Tibo & Sam Louwyck
                Bullhead must have been one hell of a tough sell. How […]

                By |April 2nd, 2012|Crime, Foreign, Top Picks|0 Comments

                  The Trouble With Bliss

                  Directed & Edited by Michael Knowles
                  Produced by John Ramos, Knowles & John Will
                  Written by Douglas Light & Knowles, based on East Fifth Bliss by Light
                  Released by 7A Production/Variance Films
                  USA. 97 min. Not rated
                  With Michael C. Hall,  Chris Messina, Brie Larson, Brad William Henke, Sarah Shahi, Peter Fonda & Lucy Liu
                  The irritations with The Trouble with […]

                  By |March 28th, 2012|Comedy|1 Comment

                    Let the Bullets Fly

                    Directed by Jiang Wen
                    Produced by Ma Ke, Albert Lee, Barbie Tung,Yin  Homber Yin & Zhao Haicheng
                    Written by Zhu Sujin, Shu Ping, Jiang Wen, Guo Junli, Wei Xiao & Li Bukong, based on  novel Ye Tan Shi Ji by Ma Shitu
                    Released by Well Go USA/Variance Films
                    Mandarin with English subtitles
                    China/Hong Kong. 132 min. Not rated
                    With Chow Yun-Fat, […]

                    By |March 2nd, 2012|Action, Asian, Top Picks|0 Comments