When Darkness Falls

Three stories are told concurrently: Nina (Bahar Pars) tries to escape the cultural stranglehold that her family’s patriarch has on her; successful journalist Carina (Lia Boysen) tries to cover up…

Girl with Hyacinths: Secrets and Lies

Eva Henning and Anders Ek. Photo: Terrafilm In this time and age, it’s pretty much impossible to write a review of Hasse Ekman’s most accomplished film without talking about the…

Saw II 

Serial killer Jigsaw (Tobin Bell) locks a group of people up in a room; they all have something in common, something that may see them turn on each other. It…

4: Rise of the Silver Surfer 

As Reed and Susan (Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba) prepare to get married, Earth is visited by a human-like creature with a silver demeanor; wherever he goes, destruction is near. A…

Alien vs. Predator

An expedition heads to Antarctica hoping to find ancient ruins underneath the ice; the mission is successful, but they also run into two species of monsters. The man who gave…

The Exorcism of Emily Rose 

Erin Bruner (Laura Linney), an attorney, is assigned a case where a Catholic priest (Tom Wilkinson) faces negligent homicide charges after a failed exorcism. This reality-based story tries to merge…

The Exorcist: Touched by a Demon

Linda Blair. Photo: Warner Today it may be hard to understand the impact The Exorcist had on people upon its release in 1973. The film followed in the footsteps of…

Nosferatu the Vampyre 

Jonathan Harker (Bruno Ganz) goes to Transylvania to negotiate a house deal with the mysterious Count Dracula (Klaus Kinski); the anemic gentleman wishes to buy a house close to Harker…

The Dark Knight: Say It With a Smile

Heath Ledger. Photo: Warner "Why so serioussss?", hisses the Joker as he flashes his retarded grin. This is after committing several murders, throwing Gotham City into disarray and before trying…