Recommended Moontrap (1989), a low-budget science fiction thriller made in Michigan, is a pleasant surprise. It's not a great film or even a particularly good one, but it's unquestionably better than 95% of similar genre films produced on comparable budgets.
Recommended One of the first things people have and will continue to say about Wetlands is that it's a frank exploration of women's sexuality. That's certainly true, but it may be more accurate to call the film an exploration of women's biology
Highly Recommended Heaven & Earth is a 1993 dramatic filmfromacclaimed filmmaker Oliver Stone ( Salvador , JFK , Nixon ).Based upon the memoirs written by Le Ly Hayslip (along with Jay Wurtis)entitled:” When Heaven And Earth Changed Places “, Stone adapted thememoir as screenwriter and director. Â StarringHiep Thi Le as Le Ly, Heaven &Earth is a sweeping epic spanning the years from …
Skip It THE FILM: Click an image to view Blu-ray screenshot with 1080p resolution. My barely thirteen-year-old self had no idea what went on behind the scenes of Supernova when I bought a ticket at the box office in January 2000
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Recommended THE FILM: Click an image to view Blu-ray screenshot with 1080p resolution. Mainstream horror continued to flounder in 2014, but a number of promising independent features managed to fill the void with original chills and thrills. I really like the premise of Leigh Janiak's Honeymoon , and the uneasy, uncertain tension overshadows the somewhat disappointing ending.
Recommended The Season: Once time travel and alternate realities enter the equation in a sci-fi TV plotline, you can essentially kiss newcomer audiences goodbye. Those drawn to the show's premise or ensemble understandably become lost while trying to follow the numerous interwoven threads and the impacts made on various permutations of the future; hell, it can become tedious for those who were …
Recommended Funny Lady Blu-ray Review Funny Lady is the follow-up sequel to thecriticallyacclaimed and Academy Award winning Funny Girl (whichintroduced theworld to Barbara Streisand in her debut film performance – which wasultimatelya Oscar winning performance). While the idea of making a sequel wasdebated anddiscussed for several years following the success achieved by FunnyGirl ,star Barbara …
Highly Recommended The Film: Few films are as appreciated sight unseen as Richard Linklater's Boyhood , his decade-long project in depicting the maturation of a boy from his prepubescent years all the way to his high-school graduation. The idea itself, filtered through the lens of the slice-of-life director responsible for Dazed and Confused and the Before … series, amasses its own mix of …
Rent It The Movie: Finding Fela is an efficient, albeit messy documentary that should provide a decent introduction to those who have never heard of Fela Kuti or have a basic understanding of his work. I belong to the second category.