A groom gets possessed during his wedding day in Demon. Peter (Itay Tiran) is preparing to marry his fiance Zaneta (Agnieszka Zulewska) at her family’s country home in Poland. The night before the wedding, Peter finds skeletal remains on the property, after which he begins acting strangely during the wedding reception. It quickly becomes apparent that…
An undercover cop and Thai prison guard fight to bring down a crime syndicate in SPL 2: A Time for Consequences. Kit (Wu Jing) is an undercover cop, who was assigned by his supervisor and uncle Wah (Simon Yam) to take down a crime syndicate run by Mr Hung (Louis Koo). Kit’s cover is blown and he is…
A housewife suffers from a self-destructive bout of depression in I Smile Back. Laney Brooks (Sarah Silverman) is a woman who lives with her husband Bruce (Josh Charles) and two young children. Despite appearing to be happy in public, Laney is suffering from a serious bout of depression, which is compounded by her doing cocaine in the…
The thoughts and inspirations behind Arcade Fire‘s latest album is explored in The Reflektor Tapes. A mix and concert footage, behind-the-scenes footage, and voice-over interviews, the members of Arcade Fire, including the husband-wife leading duo of Win Butler and Régine Chassagne, relate what the band was going for in the development of their latest album “Reflektor.”…
From Hong Kong filmmaker Johnnie To (Drug War, Mad Detective) comes the workplace musical Office. In the midst of a global financial crisis, CEO Miss Chang (Sylvia Chang) prepares the IPO for her billion dollar company, with Chairman Ho Chung-ping (Chow Yun-fat) promising a wealth of shares. Meanwhile, young upstart Lee Xiang (Wang Ziyi) tries to make a name for…
Warning: The content described in this review is only suitable for people 18 years or older. Reader discretion is advised.Controversial filmmaker Gaspar Noé (Enter the Void) mixes romantic drama with explicit sex in Love. Murphy (Karl Glusman) is an American film student, who begins an extremely passionate relationship with Parisian artist Electra (Aomi Muyock). Featuring a…
Takashi Miike gets foolish in the action-comedy Yakuza Apocalypse. When vampire Yakuza boss Kamiura (Lily Franky) is taken out by an unusual syndicate, his young protegé Kagayama (Hayato Ichihara) inherits his boss’ vampire powers. Creating a gang of vampire Yakuza out of the local citizens, Kagayama prepares to battle the evil syndicate, which includes a…
A young boy slowly realizes the true intentions of his guardians in Evolution. Nicolas (Max Brebant) is a ten year old boy living with his mother (Julie-Marie Parmentier) and other boys and women in an isolated seaside community. Nicolas is told that he is sick and requires daily medication and treatment at the nearby clinic. However, Nicolas…
A schlubby comic book store owner tries to investigate what happened to his young female employee in The Missing Girl. Mort (Robert Longstreet) is the somewhat disillusioned owner of a comic book store, who builds up a friendship (and crush) with aspiring graphic novelist Ellen (Alexia Rasmussen), who happens to remind Mort of a girl who went…
Bruce McDonald makes his return to the horror genre with the twisted Halloween fantasy Hellions. One Halloween, in the small town of Waterford, Dora Vogel (Chloe Rose) finds out that she is pregnant. Unsure how to respond to this news, Dora stays home as her mother and young brother goes trick-or-treating. However, Dora soon finds herself tormented…
