Young Tinja (Siiri Solalinna) finds a wounded bird in the forest and after giving it a brutal mercy killing with a rock discovers a single egg in its nest. Taking it home she keeps it warm and nurtures it until a grotesque creature emerges that she develops a special bond with. Hatching is a creature … Continue reading Hatching (Pahanhautoja)
Alithea Binnie (Tilda Swinton) is a narratologist on a business trip to Istanbul when she discovers an ornate bottle that contains a Djinn (Idris Elba) who offers her three wishes for his freedom. Of course being someone who studies the structure and function of narrative she is well aware of stories involving wishes being cautionary … Continue reading Three Thousand Years Of Longing
Nate Samuels (Idris Elba) takes his two daughters to South Africa following their mother’s death in order to visit the village she grew up in. Their “uncle” Martin (Sharlto Copley) is a game warden and takes them out on a private safari where they find themselves hunted by a crazed lion whose pride was killed … Continue reading Beast (2022)
Detective John ‘Scottie’ Ferguson (James Stewart) is forced to retire from the San Francisco police department when the ill timed discovery that he has a crippling fear of heights results in the death of a fellow officer. At a loose end he begrudgingly takes on a private investigation case from Gavin Elster (Tom Helmore) to … Continue reading Vertigo (1958)
In prohibition America Bugsy Malone (Scott Baio) finds himself in the middle of a gang war between Fat Sam (John Cassisi) and Dandy Dan (Martin Lev). The twist of course being that this gangster musical’s entire cast is made up of children and the guns fire cream pies and not bullets. Now forty-six years old … Continue reading Bugsy Malone (1976)
One week shy of the anniversary of a tragic accident best friends Becky (Grace Caroline Currey) and Hunter (Virginia Gardner) decide to climb a 2,000 foot tall radio tower that is due for demolition. When they get trapped at the top they face a desperate struggle to summon help. Fall is unashamedly a b-movie that … Continue reading Fall (2022)
Leena (Isabelle Fuhrman) is the most dangerous patient at an Estonian asylum and when she manages to engineer a brilliant escape she passes herself off as a missing American child to find her way into a new home. Orphan: First Kill is the prequel to the 2009 horror film Orphan and from this point on … Continue reading Orphan: First Kill
When linguist Professor Henry Higgins (Rex Harrison) happens upon flower girl Eliza Doolittle (Audrey Hepburn) in Covent Garden he makes a bet with his new house guest Colonel Pickering (Wilfrid Hyde-White) that he could pass her off as a duchess within six months. Seeing an opportunity to improve herself and perhaps one day own her … Continue reading My Fair Lady (1964)
Evie (Nathalie Emmanuel) is a struggling artist in New York City doing catering jobs to make ends meet. When her best friend swipes a goodie bag from their latest job Evie finds a DNA heritage test and can not resist given that she has recently been orphaned. The results lead her to a long lost … Continue reading The Invitation (2022)
After the 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centre and Pentagon the U.S. Government appointed mediator Ken Feinberg (Michael Keaton) to run the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund. The goal he was given was to achieve an 80% sign up to the fund where victims families agreed to the settlement figure waiving any further … Continue reading Worth (2020)
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