The Rapture
Needing meaning in her empty life, promiscuous Sharon (Mimi Rogers) becomes a born-again Christian. But when an apparent apocalypse nears and God demands Sharon perform an Abraham-like sacrifice, she makes a choice that could change her life forever. What will become of her husband Randy (David Duchovny), her daughter and her devotion ( Read more... )

The Bling Ring

Based on fact, this comic thriller tracks the saga of the Hollywood Hills Burglar Bunch, who used the Web to time their robberies of stars' homes. The teenage band stole millions in cash, jewelry and other items from victims including Paris Hilton.

Marc and Rebecca meet in high school and bond over fashion magazines. He has an ( Read more... )

Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Oh, shoot, I forgot to type up the blurb before I sent the disc back. I remember it was very apologetic about not being the TV show. Understandable -- it's hard to look at the movie, in the shadow of the Buffy series, and then Angel, and Firefly, and Joss Whedon's work in general! I saw it when it came out, and I remember ( Read more... )

ClueDirector Jonathan Lynn's board game-inspired campfest finds six colorful dinner guests gathered at a mansion, where they all become suspects in the death of the house's owner, who had been blackmailing each of them.

There's no reason to not see Clue, just find Clue and watch it, you have probably seen this movie like four times in cumulative ( Read more... )

Antichrist
After their child dies, a therapist (Willem Dafoe) and his wife (Charlotte Gainsbourg) flee to their cabin in the woods, where they hope to mend their emotional wounds. But the grief-stricken couple watches their troubles multiply when very strange things begin to happen. Acclaimed Danish auteur Lars von Trier divides this tale into ( Read more... )

Escape from Tomorrow
On the last day of a family vacation at Disney World, Jim White learns that he’s lost his job. Soon thereafter, he begins to lose his mind, wandering through the artificial phantasmagoria and becoming obsessed with two perky French girls.
So, it's been awhile. I missed talking about movies. I just could not figure out what to ( Read more... )

Mad Cowgirl
Director Gregory Hatanaka's decidedly twisted thriller stars Sarah Lassez as Therese, a health inspector whose progressively delusional psyche leads her on a surreal -- and bloody -- odyssey. To cope with her marital split, Therese takes up with a slimy televangelist (Walter Koenig), indulges her appetites for sex and beef, and obsesses ( Read more... )

The Room
Uninhibited by cinematic convention, this quirky cult favorite about lust and duplicity delivers nonstop laughs from beginning to end as the film's central character (writer-director Tommy Wiseau) discovers that his foxy fiancée, Lisa (Juliette Danielle), is bedding his best friend. Adding to the hilarity are Greg Sestero, who plays the ( Read more... )

Mannequin
A struggling artist who lands a job as a department store window designer falls in love with a beautiful, realistic-looking mannequin who just so happens to be a reincarnated Egyptian princess.
Emmy (Kim Catrall) is from 3000BCE and she wants to see the world and do awesome things. Her mom just wants her to get married. They have a big ( Read more... )

The Expendables 2
In this high-octane thriller, Mr. Church brings the Expendables back together for an easy job -- but things go wrong, and one of the mercenaries is brutally murdered. Now the band of hired guns goes on a mission of revenge in hostile territory.
I haven't seen the first one, so here's my best interpretation of who the Expendables ( Read more... )