Month: July 2005

Stealth film synopsis

Director Rob Cohen (The Fast and the Furious) directs this action thriller following a futuristic jet guided by a computer brain. Josh Lucas, Jessica Biel and Jamie Foxx are the human leads, but Mr. Cohen’s nifty flying sequences are the real stars here. Stealth even sneaks in some thoughts on fighting wars without the human ….

Yes film synopsis

Some kind of polemical erotic fable from the British filmmaker Sally Potter, moved to contrive a variation on “Hiroshima, mon amour” in the aftermath of September 11. She casts Joan Allen as an adulterous wife who leaves husband Sam Neill in Paris to pursue a Middle-Eastern lover to Beirut. The affair is ornamented by dialogue ….

Shadow of a Doubt

One of Hitchcock’s earlier films released in 1943 starring Joseph Cotten and Teresa Wright. This movie is very suspenseful and shows why the well loved director is the father of the suspense thriller. Cotten plays Charlie, a lonely drifter decides to visit his older sister and her family in Santa Rosa California. Young Charlie, played ….

Case #7: Rob Zombie: Filmmaker or Film …Screw Up…Guy (Part 1)

This Weeks Case: Rob Zombie: Filmmaker or Film …Screw Up…Guy  Part 1: House of 1000 Corpses Released: 2003 Written and Directed by: Rob Zombie Starring: Sid Haig, Bill Moseley, Karen Black, and Sheri Moon Zombie Synopsis: In House of 1000 Corpses, four road-tripping twenty-somethings seeking information about a local serial killer named Dr. Satan, find themselves kidnapped and tortured ….

Case #7: Rob Zombie: Filmmaker or Film …Screw Up…Guy (Part 2)

This Weeks Case: Rob Zombie: Filmmaker or Film …Screw Up…Guy  Part 2: The Devil’s Rejects Released: 2005 Written and Directed by: Rob Zombie Starring: Sid Haig, Bill Moseley, Karen Black, and Sherri Moon Zombie Synopsis: In The Devil’s Rejects, police raid the house of the family Firefly only to be met with brutal resistance from members of the ….

Q: Where is This Week’s Column?

A: It’s on its way. I’m in the process of transferring all of my earthly belongings from one stink-cloister to another (slightly more expensive) stink-cloister. However! Check here late Sunday night for a thrilling double column featuring Rob Zombie’s first feature film, House of 1000 Corpses, and its sequel (which, for the record, has already become an ….

Case #6: From Hell

This Week’s Case: From Hell Released: 2001 Director(s): Albert Hughes and Allen Hughes Starring: Johnny Depp, Heather Graham, Ian Holm, Robbie Coltrane Synopsis: Based on the comic by Allen Moore, From Hell is the story of an eccentric police inspector with psychic tendencies (Depp) who is placed in charge of capturing Jack the Ripper during the notorious murderer’s historic ….

Lila Says film review

Director Ziad Doueiri’s Lila Says is a portrait of how sexual and racial tension, coupled with young passion and innocent curiosity can create a very volatile mix. Lila starts out as the title character has just moved into a predominantly Arab neighborhood in France. She encounters 19 year old Chimo as he is hanging out ….

Case #5: High Tension, War of the Worlds, Push Off, I’m On Vacation

This Week’s Case(s): High Tension/War of the Worlds/Push Off, I’m On Vacation That’s right. I’m at the Aqua Teen famed South Jersey Shore. Rather than getting all uppity at A.O. Scott for shit-canning some mildly obscure sequel to a big budget softcore vampire noir, I’d rather just briefly tell you why recent releases High Tension ….