Paranoid Power Rules in ANIMAL KINGDOM

Based on a real life family of robbers in Australia, this film dives deep into crime and the paranoia associated with a family where even the bonds of blood can't guarantee safety.

VALHALLA RISING: Revisionist Arthouse Viking History

Refn brings his wild sensibilities to a dark fantasy epic involving the possible course of a Viking trip to North America before anybody other than the Natives set foot on its ground.

The Mind’s Eye is Bloody Old-Fashioned Fun

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oCYWSx-xsc The Mind's Eye. 2016. Directed & Written by Joe Begos. Starring Graham Skipper, Lauren Ashley Carter, John Speredakos, Larry Fessenden, Noah Segan, Matt Mercer, Michael A. LoCicero, Jeremy Gardner, Patrick M. Walsh, Brian Morvant, Josh Ethier, Susan T. Travers, & Chuck Doherty. Channel 83 Films/Site B. Not Rated. 87 minutes. Action/Horror/Sci-Fi ★★★★ Not sure …

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WE OWN THE NIGHT Examines a Family’s Violent Intersection at the Edge of Criminality & Law

This film never gets the credit it deserves. But it's one of the best post-2000 crime-thrillers out there, directed/written by the one and only James Gray.

THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION: Darabont’s King Adaptation is a Slice of Perfection

Still, and always will be, one of the greatest movies ever filmed, from a wonderful, lesser-read story by the master Stephen King.

Ridley Scott’s Alien: Gorgeously Horrific Isolation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQ5lPt9edzQ Alien. 1979. Directed by Ridley Scott. Screenplay by Dan O'Bannon; story by O'Bannon & Ronald Shusett. Starring Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Ian Holm, Yaphet Kotto, Bolaji Badejo, & Helen Horton. Brandywine Productions/Twentieth Century-Fox Productions. Rated R. 117 minutes. Horror/Sci-Fi ★★★★★ I'm not even a huge science fiction …

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TAXI DRIVER Rides Through the Moral Soup of Murder

This Martin Scorsese classic is the barometer for movies dealing with PTSD - not an overt military movie, but one that examines the effects of war and isolation and the lack of help for those who come home.

IN THE DEEP: A Fierce Shark Feature with Ferocious Teeth

Got to say, this is an impressive shark movie with some good performances and a load of tension.