Dead Snow 

Seven medical students arrive at a cabin in the snowy Norwegian mountains only to learn that the area is tormented by Nazi soldiers who turned into zombies sixty years ago.…

In the Line of Fire: Fighting Kennedy’s Ghost

Clint Eastwood. Photo: Columbia The original trailer for this film was an exercise in poor taste and preview audiences reacted harshly against it. It had the date "November 22, 1963"…

The Graduate: Still As Seductive

Anne Bancroft and Dustin Hoffman. Photo: Embassy Pictures Reading Roger Ebert's two reviews of The Graduate, written thirty years apart, is a little strange. In my view he gets almost…

Madea’s Family Reunion

As two of Madea's (Tyler Perry) nieces find themselves at crucial junctures in their lives, perhaps the aggressive but good-hearted matriarch's advice comes in handy? Perry had a surprise hit…

Psycho III

A nun (Diana Scarwid) leaves her convent in despair and ends up at Bates Motel where the owner (Anthony Perkins) is still under the spell of his “mother”. Perkins’s directing…

Psycho II

Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins) has finally been released from the asylum and returns to his motel and mansion, but the memories and new guests put him to the test. When…

Twister 

When Bill Harding and his girlfriend (Bill Paxton, Jami Gertz) go to see his soon-to-be ex-wife (Helen Hunt) to get the divorce papers signed, they get caught up chasing tornadoes…

I’m Not There: A Multitude of Voices

Cate Blanchett. Photo: The Weinstein Company Todd Haynes knows how to suck up to Bob Dylan. When contacting the legendary artist's manager to obtain permission to use Dylan's music in…

Beetlejuice 

The recently deceased Maitlands (Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis) find it difficult to scare off an unpleasant family that's moved into their house; maybe a ghost that exorcises people is the…

The Girl

When two aid workers (Shanti Roney, Annika Hallin) leave for a journey to Africa, they entrust their 11-year old daughter (Blanca Engström) in the care of an unreliable aunt… which…