TRUE STORY: Franco & Hill Play it Straight

Jonah Hill and James Franco are the selling point of TRUE STORY, all the way.

I-LIVED is Modern Horror Junk

I-Lived. 2015. Directed and Written by Franck Khalfoun. Starring Jeremiah Watkins, Jan Broberg, Shannon Collis, Josh Cowdery, Nic D'Avirro, Luis Fernandez-Gil, and Sarah Power. Bleiberg Entertainment. Unrated. 97 minutes. Mystery/Thriller. ★1/2 I was, and still am of course, a huge fan of Franck Khalfoun's remake for Maniac, and I thought it was one of the best …

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BOUND TO VENGEANCE Subverts Typical Rape-Revenge Constructs

Bound to Vengeance. 2015. Directed by Jose Manuel Cravioto. Written by Keith Kjornes and Rock Shaink Jr. Starring Tina Ivlev and Richard Tyson. Dark Factory Entertainment. Unrated. 80 minutes. Horror/Thriller ★★★★ For the so-called "meninists" out there (which is a stupid term to begin with because feminist is derived from feminine, the male term being …

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The Legacy of Spielberg & His Big Bad JAWS

An enduring piece of cinematic terror: Steven Spielberg's JAWS.

DADDY’S LITTLE GIRL: Father as Nasty Vigilante

A man tracks down the one who brutally hurt his daughter.

JOHN WICK: Dog’s Best Friend

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AUmvWm5ZDQ John Wick. 2014.  Directed by Chad Stahelski & David Leitch.  Starring Keanu Reeves, Michael Nyqvist, Alfie Allen, Willem Dafoe, and Ian McShane.  Thunder Road Pictures.  Rated 14A.  101 minutes.  Action/Thriller ★★ I, for one, have been a Keanu Reeves fan for a long while now.  When he played Bill for the second time I …

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Dangerous Forbidden Love: The Promiscuous Men of STRANGER BY THE LAKE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgcEGKn7waI L'inconnu du lac (English title: Stranger by the Lake). 2014. Directed & Written by Alain Guiraudie. Starring Pierre Deladonchamps, Christophe Paou, and Patrick d'Assumçao. Les films du losange. Unrated. 97 minutes. Drama/Thriller ★★★★1/2 I know a lot men personally who would be uncomfortable watching a movie like Stranger by the Lake.  As a straight man myself, …

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PRESERVATION is All About Female Survival

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2x8eDLFwuY Preservation. 2015. Directed & Written by Christopher Denham. Starring Wrenn Schmidt, Aaron Staton, and Pablo Schreiber. The Orchard. Not Rated. 90 minutes. Horror/Thriller ★★★ I'm a fan of the survival thriller sub-genre, whether it's something strictly thriller based, or a film that's a little more horror oriented. I've enjoyed films like Southern Comfort, the classic Deliverance, …

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