Mami Wata “Mami Wata” is a fable mixed with a thriller from Benin, shot in black and white and set in a seaside village called Iwi. It opens on the ocean at night. the crashing surf is blurred almost to abstraction; the water occupies only the bottom of the frame, everything else is darkness. Mood, […]
King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table If you are looking for a version of King Arthur’s life and times from his birth and death focusing particularly on the life events in between, I would reach for the works of Rosemary Sutcliff and her Legends of King Arthur trilogy. For me, it is
Adopting Terror The Lifetime network premiered Adopting Terror earlier this year, a movie which I did not watch since I find most of the channel’s content uninteresting. Asylum Home Entertainment made this movie and it was one of the several DVDs I have reviewed during this year and so they were nice enough to let
Rich Kids This cute movie focuses on the adolescent drama of Franny (Trini Alvarado), a middle school student, who meets and becomes infatuated with new kid, Jamie (Jeremy Levy). The trailers revolve around the events and relationships involving both Franny and Jamie. Franny’s mother and father (played by John Lithgow and Kathryn Walker) are nearing
Menus-Plaisirs Les Troisgros Frederick Wiseman, the 93 year old master documentarian has been called a filmmaker who shows how an army base, mental hospital, domestic violence shelter or small Maine town or a Queens neighborhood or New York Public Library branch works and changes over time. And that is certainly one of his main subjects.
American Warships There’s no denying, however, that I made this particular purchase owing to the fact that I have recently enjoyed watching SYFY’s Super Shark which is why I bought this low-budget direct to dvd movie that was produced by The Asylum a short time back. Both these films were produced by the same company.
Bigfoot In this cinematic action, which was directed by Jared Show, accompanied by Curt Wootton, Tow Bigfoot’s Movie – Monsterous laughs’ has been required. It is a bit unfair to categorize it as a spiritual comedy picture as it does have some elements of horror but it’s certainly an enjoyable picture which takes full advantage
Road Wars Road Wars was released to DVD a mere 10 days after Fury Road, which would provide the competition. A lonely man encounters a new community in a post-apocalyptic frenzy and gets into pedal to the metal and shouts over wasteland lunatics’ modified cars. Not only does this film’s version of Max Cole Parker
Double Duty Lesseos has spent the last two decades serving in the Marines and when she steps out of uniform, her name is now MJ. Adapting to civilian life, however, is a different issue altogether. Old college classmate Sophie Duerden invites her to dinner and introduces her to designer Craig Sizemore, who is “a little
Poseidon Rex At this stage, we are all familiar with the expectations for these films characterized by low budgets and monster creatures. We look forward to the terrible CGI grand designs, a plethora of trite phrases in the scripts, bad acting, and total illogical scenarios. It is all part of their very popularity; the ‘it’s
