The Pact Movie Review
Title: The Pact Director: Nicholas McCarthy Starring: Caity Lotz, Casper Van Dien, Agnes Bruckner, Haley Hudson, Kathleen Rose Perkins, Mark Steger A horror movie in only the loosest sense, writer-director…
The Imposter Movie Review
THE IMPOSTER Indomina Releasing Director: Bart Layton Cast: Frédéric Bourdin, Carey Gibson, Beverly Dollarhide, Charlie Parker, Nancy Fisher, Bryan Gibson, Bruce Perry, Philip French, Adam O’Brian, Anna Ruben, Cathy Dresbach,…
Sacrifice Movie Review
SACRIFICE Samuel Goldwyn Films Director: Chen Kaige Screenwriter: Chen Kaige, Gao Xuan, Ren Baoru, Zhao Ningyu, based on the Yuan era play “The Orphan of Zao” Cast: Ge You, Wang…
Wagner’s Dream Movie Review
WAGNER’S DREAM The Metropolitan Opera Director: Susan Froemke Cast: Robert LePage, Deborah Voigt, Jay Hunter Morris, Peter Gelb, James Levine, Fabio Luisi, and the Metropolitan Opera Screened at: Dolby 24,…
Top Priority: The Terror Within Movie Review
Title: Top Priority: The Terror Within Director: Asif Akbar An intensely felt but jumbled and poorly reasoned cinematic treatise against governmental bureaucracy run amok and specifically a series of Constitutional…
Union Square Movie Review
Title: Union Square Director: Nancy Savoca Starring: Mira Sorvino, Tammy Blanchard, Mike Doyle, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Michael Rispoli, Patti Lupone A half-sketched tale of familial floundering, Nancy Savoca’s “Union Square” is…
Ice Age: Continental Drift Movie Review
Title: Ice Age: Continental Drift Director: Steve Martino and Mark Thurmeier Considering it’s the fourth installment in a franchise that is basically a one-trick pony, Ice Age: Continental Drift is…
Red Lights Movie Review
Title: Red Lights Director: Rodrigo Cortes (‘Buried’) Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Robert De Niro, Cillian Murphy (’28 Days Later,’ ‘Batman Begins,’ ‘Inception’) and Elizabeth Olsen (‘Martha Marcy May Marlene,’ ‘Silent House,’…
Nipples & Palm Trees Movie Review
Title: Nipples & Palm Trees Director: Dylan Reynolds Starring: Matt James, Sadie Katz, Aki Kitamura, Dallas Malloy, Vanessa Rose Parker If a catchy, memorable and/or weirdly evocative title made a…