The Walking Dead – Season 2, Episode 9: “Triggerfinger”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCZeyne1FOE AMC's The Walking Dead Season 2, Episode 9: "Triggerfinger" Directed by Bill Gierhart Written by David Leslie Johnson * For a review of the previous episode, "Nebraska" - click here * For a review of the next episode, "18 Miles Out" - click here The brief opening of this episode sees Lori (Sarah Wayne …

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Southbound is a Darker Twilight Zone for 2016

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skNeUjtjD6Y Southbound. 2015. Directors: Roxanne Benjamin, David Bruckner, Patrick Horvath & Radio Silence. Screenplay by Roxanne Benjamin, Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, David Bruckner, Susan Burke, Dallas Richard Hallam & Patrick Horvath. Starring Chad Villella, Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Kristina Pesic, Fabianne Therese, Nathalie Love, Hannah Marks, Dana Gould, Anessa Ramsey, Susan Burke, Davey Johnson, Mather Zickel, Karla Droege, Zoe …

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Hangman is Mediocre But Twisted Enough

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Jb9sMjp4gU Hangman. 2015. Directed by Adam Mason. Screenplay by Simon Boyes & Adam Mason. Starring Jeremy Sisto, Kate Ashfield, Ryan Simpkins, Ty Simpkins, Eric Michael Cole, Amy Smart, Ross Partridge, Ethan Harris-Riggs, Vincent Ventresca, Bruno Alexander, Erika Burke Rossa, and Jamie Lee. Produced by Hiding in the Attic. Not Rated. 85 minutes. Thriller ★★★1/2 Adam …

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We Need to Talk About Kevin: Examining the Myth of Motherhood

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mmf42pkfgZw We Need to Talk About Kevin. 2011. Directed by Lynne Ramsay. Screenplay by Rory Stewart Kinnear & Lynne Ramsay; based on the novel of the same name by Lion Shriver. Starring Tilda Swinton, Ezra Miller, John C. Reilly, Jasper Newell, Ashley Gerasimovich, Siobhan Fallon Hogan, Alex Manette, James Chen and Lauren Fox. BBC Films/UK …

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Indie Horror House Arrest Makes for a Dark Summer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbduETT_LnM Dark Summer. 2015. Directed by Paul Solet. Screenplay by Mike Le. Starring Keir Gilchrist, Stella Maeve, Maestro Harrell, Grace Phipps, Dinora Walcott, and Peter Stormare. Campfire/ContentFilm International/Preferred Film & TV. Not Rated. 81 minutes. Horror/Thriller ★★★1/2 After the excellent little 2009 film Grace, I imagined director Paul Solet might go on to do other exciting …

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The Walking Dead – Season 2, Episode 8: “Nebraska”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxVgihOTKzE AMC's The Walking Dead Season 2, Episode 8: "Nebraska" Directed by Clark Johnson Written by Evan T. Reilly * For a review of the previous episode, "Pretty Much Dead Already" - click here * For a review of the next episode, "Triggerfinger" - click here The shocking finale of "Pretty Much Dead Already" continues. …

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The Walking Dead – Season 2, Episode 7: “Pretty Much Dead Already”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dlw4y89jFQ AMC's The Walking Dead Season 2, Episode 7: "Pretty Much Dead Already" Directed by Michelle MacLaren Written by Scott M. Gimple * For a review of the previous episode, "Secrets" - click here * For a review of the next episode, "Nebraska" - click here Beginning at the farm, the seventh episode of The Walking …

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The Walking Dead – Season 2, Episode 6: “Secrets”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoFPNeNaSQg AMC's The Walking Dead Season 2, Episode 6: "Secrets" Directed by David Boyd Written by Angela Kang * For a review of the previous episode, "Chupacabra" - click here * For a review of the next episode, "Pretty Much Dead Already" - click here At the start of "Secrets", we watch Lori (Sarah Wayne …

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