★★ It’s no mean feat to earn an 18 certificate in 2025. Sadism and hard sex will usually do it but audiences today are far too well immunised for drugs and swearing to cut the
February 8, 2013Horror/ThrillerNot RatedUnited StatesDirector: David Guy Levy “Life is a matter of choices, and every choice you make makes you.” – John C. Maxwell Iris (Brittany Snow) is forced to drop out of school
Tom Quinn and Neon have accomplished something that even Miramax couldn’t in its prime of the late ‘80s and early ‘90s, when they were snapping up Palme d’Or winners like “Pelle the Conqueror,” “Farewell My
★★★ Somewhere between ‘poisoned apple’ and ‘fairest of them all’ lies a more nuanced assessment of Marc Webb’s Snow White than that widely available online. The film may not quite achieve irrefutable greatness but there’s
Februrary 14, 2020Horror/ThrillerPG-13United StatesDirector: Jeff WadlowRecommended by: Kimber Spores There’s a place called Fantasy Island where anything and everything is possible. Five lucky guests get to have everything they desire. It sounds like a dream
Jafar Panahi’s “It Was Just an Accident,” a Death and the Maiden–like drama about a group of Iranians confronting a man whom they suspect was their torturer in prison, won the Palme d’Or on Saturday night at
★★★ The furry blue foot remains very much within the box for Dean Fleischer Camp’s Lilo & Stitch, a live action replication of the Disney animated classic. 2002’s OG Hawaiian rollercoaster ride proved something of
September 21, 2018Horror/ThrillerTV-MAUnited StatesDirector: Gareth Evans “Beware of false prophets which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly, they are ravening wolves.” – Matthew 7:15 KJV It’s 1905 and the wayward son of the
Few movies at Cannes this year have been as aggressively confrontational as Nadav Lapid’s “Yes,” showing in the parallel festival Directors’ Fortnight. “Nothing in this film was reasonable,” Lapid said, introducing it on Thursday. “Nothing
Full disclosure before we get into this; I bought a ticket for Final Destinations: Bloodlines and went into the wrong theater. That is not a joke. I was very confused why Final Destination had such