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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