Category: Apocalypse

Never Let Go Starring/Produced by: Halle Berry Directed by : Alexander Aja Written by: Kevin Coughlin; Ryan Grassby USA (2024) Overview/Synopsis Going into Never Let Go, I was both excited and nervous. I was thrilled to see a Black leading lady carry a film, but I also wondered how the public would receive her performance.…
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52 FILMS BY WOMEN: #10. The Bad Batch (2017) U.S.A. – Ana Lily Amirpour   I have two views on this film. Feminist Filmmaker’s view *(FF) and a Black Feminist Filmmaker’s view  *(BFF).   Let’s start with an overall take… Here we have the story about a loner in a dystopian world…Mad Max? No Arlen.  …
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#1. The Invitation (2015) USA by Karyn Kusama #52FilmsByWomen REVIEW RETURNING SHORTLY  

Til Death do you part!…no really, part or apart or in bloody pieces!!!!     What a great way to take something beautiful and annoying (Wedding video taping) and turn it into a Terminator meets Dawn of the dead and Exorcist adrenaline ride! REC 3 picks up on the same story line by connecting the…
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Come on? What were you expecting…Denzel doesn’t do Horror. It’s still a good movie though!     THE BOOK OF ELI (2009) USA Written By Gary Whitta Directed By “The Hughes Brothers-Albert Hughes & Allen Hughes Starring Denzel Washington, Mila Kunis & Gary Oldman   The Story… A lonely traveler wonders the aftermath of earth…
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~The Little Movie That Didn’t…stick to one rip-off!!   FULL OF SPOILERS (Read on at your own risk) So what do you get when you start with the original Terminator transition to Feast and end with a limp take on the Prophesy franchise? You get a mosh pit of ideas mixed with (sad to say) a…
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Rabid done right! If you spent the 8-14 bucks seeing Quarantine, sorry.  In case you didn’t know it was actually a remake of the Spanish film REC that was still in theaters in Spain as they tossed out a copy here in the States. (Spoiler Alert!) Simple, simple.   A reporter (low on the totem…
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