Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist 

After Exorcist: The Beginning (2004) became a disappointment, Paul Schrader decided to release his originally rejected version of the same story, one that features the same sets and Stellan Skarsgård…

Death on the Nile 

While traveling on the Nile on board the riverboat Karnak, Hercule Poirot (Peter Ustinov) passes time solving the murder of a young, female passenger. Meticulously staged in terms of costumes…

Fright Night 

When one of his childhood friends disappears, teenager Charley Brewster (Anton Yelchin) finds footage proving that his new next-door neighbor (Colin Farrell) in all likelihood is a vampire. A surprisingly…

Fright Night Part 2

Charley Brewster (William Ragsdale) has managed to stop believing in the supernatural, but then the sister of the vampire he and Peter Vincent (Roddy McDowall) killed three years ago arrives…

Dogtooth: The Ultimate Brainwash

Photo: Feelgood Entertainment In January 2011, Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou announced to his cabinet that Dogtooth had just been nominated for a Best Foreign Language Film Oscar, going on…

Mama 

Five years after a distraught man kidnaps his two young children and disappears, the girls are found abandoned in an old cabin… but they were never quite alone… In his…

Midnight Express: Trapped in Turkey

Brad Davis. Photo: Columbia When Barack Obama became president, Republicans accused him of embarking on an apology tour. Well, here's an example of a cultural event that did lead to…

Hitchcock 

Alfred Hitchcock (Anthony Hopkins) is on top of his game, but when he decides to turn a real-life story about a deranged murderer who shared a bed with his dead…

Driving Miss Daisy: The Burden of an Oscar

Morgan Freeman and Jessica Tandy. Photo: Warner When people list the movies they feel did not deserve to win a Best Picture Oscar, this one often comes up. I agree.…

A Good Day to Die Hard 

When John McClane (Bruce Willis) learns that his son Jack (Jai Courtney) is facing prison in Russia, he goes to Moscow where he instantly lands smack in the middle of…