Imagine an alternate dimension where people behave erratically, are quick to turn on each other, always seem to be off by themselves for some reason, and ignore each other even when they’re in the same room. This is the dimension that The Children resides in. We begin with a group of families going to a [...]

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A group of medical students go into the snowy Norwegian mountains for Easter break looking for some rest and relaxation. When they find a box full of Nazi-era gold and trinkets they find themselves under attack. I could elaborate, but the synopsis isn’t terribly interesting and that’s not why anyone will want to see the [...]

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There’s a lot of “hype” surrounding Martyrs. It’s been called the horror movie of 2008, a masterpiece of shock cinema. It’s also been called pretentious crap. One thing critics seem to agree on, it’s that Martyrs is a polarizing film, one that ostensibly forces viewers to draw a line in the sand. Apparently, I’m an [...]

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Nobel Son is a film tailor made for Comedy Central at 4 pm on a Saturday. It’s a film whose intricacies can only be appreciated by perpetual shut-ins and those looking for something to distract them from their pulsating hangover headaches. Randall Miller’s attempt at a Guy Ritchie film favors MTV editing and a bombastic score, [...]

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First things first: In a Glass Cage is about an ex-Nazi doctor turned pedophile who is terrorized by a child he molested in his past. If the description bothers you, you should probably stop reading here. For the rest of you, the film begins with an aging Doctor Klaus confined to an iron lung, a [...]

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The 1980s brought a sort of a renaissance in film-making. Virtually anyone could grab a camcorder and make a movie, and studios were eager to finance low-budget films and discover the “next big thing” with little economic risk. Sole Survivor is both a product and a victim of these times. With a budget of 350,000, [...]

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