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Horror

Sleep Tight

Directed by Jaume Balagueró Produced by Julio Fernández Written by Alberto Maurini Released by Dark Sky Films/MPI Media Group Spain. 102 min. Not rated With Luis Tosar, Marta Etura, Alberto San Juan, Petra Martinez, Iris Almeida, and Carlos Lasuarte César (Luis Tosar) works at the front desk as the concierge of a small Barcelona apartment […]

Hitchcock

Directed by Sacha Gervasi Produced by Alan Barnette, Joe Medjuck, Tom Pollock, Ivan Reitman & Tom Thayer Written by John G. McLaughlin, based on the book Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho by Stephen Rebello Released by Fox Searchlight Pictures USA. 98 min. Rated PG-13 With Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren, Scarlett Johansson, Jessica Biel, […]

The Awakening

Directed by Nick Murphy Written by Murphy & Stephen Volk Produced by David M. Thompson, Julia Stannard & Sarah Curtis Released by Cohen Media Group UK. 102 min. Rated R With Rebecca Hall, Dominic West, Imelda Staunton, Lucy Cohu, John Shrapnel, Cal Macaninch, Isaac Hempstead-Wright & Joseph Mawle Florence Cathcart isn’t a believer in ghosts. […]

Compliance

Written & Directed by Craig Zobel Produced by Sophia Lin, Lisa Muskat, Tyler Davidson, Theo Sena & Zobel Released by Magnolia Pictures. USA. 90 min. Rated R With Ann Dowd, Dreama Walker, Pat Healy, Bill Camp, Philip Ettinger & James McCaffrey Go see Compliance. Why? Because I told you to. If you still think that […]

The Pact

Written & Directed by Nicholas McCarthy Produced by Ross Dinerstein Released by IFC Films USA. 90 min. Rated R. With Caity Lotz, Casper Van Dien, Agnes Bruckner & Haley Hudson Okay, let’s get the plot out of the way. After her mother passes away, Annie (Caity Lotz) returns to the family home where she was […]

More From Tribeca

The Tribeca Film Festival offers such a wide array of films from all over the world that some many get passed by amid the list of so-much-to-see-ooh-I-want-to-see-that. With that in mind, here are some notable titles. Francophrenia (or: Don’t Kill Me, I Know Where the Baby Is) This is, to my knowledge, one of the […]

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 […]

Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan’s Hope

Directed by Morgan Spurlock Produced by Jeremy Chilnick, Matthew Galkin, Spurlock & Thomas Tull Written by Jeremy Chilnik, Whedon & Spurlock Released by Wrekin Hill Entertainment USA. 88 min. Rated PG-13 With Joss Whedon, Frank Miller, Kevin Smith, Eli Roth, Robert Kirkman, Stan Lee, Harry Knowles, Seth Green and Seth Rogen For the first time […]

Notable Genre DVDs, Spring 2012

Too Weird, Too Wonderful: Home Video Releases You Won’t Want To Miss Battle Royale: The Complete Collection With all the renewed attention that Kinji Fukasaku’s 2000 cult hit has received during the run-up to, and the aftermath of, The Hunger Games release, it’s no surprise that a new home video release has appeared on the […]