Archive for December 2009

 
 

Moonlight

This is a one off movie I had never heard of and decided to give it a chance. Kinda glad I did. Oh and it’s Christmas, woohoo.

This one kid is smuggling cocaine in his rectum for some drug guys, but something goes awry, I don’t know what, but he doesn’t get it all out and they shoot him and leave him.

In comes our heroine. She finds the kid and tends to his wounds as best as she can. For some reason they run off, I don’t know why. Fear of something, or separated.

 

The kids have a sort of relationship and they explore their new found sexuality. Might be a bit racy for children to watch, but I don’t think any children are reading this blog. Overall, decent movie, little dialogue, but it’s fun to watch if you have the time.


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Movie: Moonlight
Director:
Writer:
Carel Donck (writer)
Genre: Thriller
Plot Outline: Claire lives with her wealthy adopted parents in a luxurious and isolated house in the woods. She discovers… more | add synopsis
Awards:
4 wins&3 nominations
Cast: Hunter Bussemaker, Franck Sasonoff, Andrew Howard, David Bustard, Elvir Sabanovic
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Straw Dogs

Another Sam Peckinpah film on here, and just as good as the first one we reviewed. If you recall the film Bring Me The Head Of Alfredo Garcia, is the other one of his films we reviewed.

I’m still amazed at this movie. Dude is genius. Dustin Hoffman’s performance is stunning.


The basic premise of the story is Dustin Hoffman’s character is married to a girl in England. They take a vacation in what I think is her father’s house. There’s a group of guys that are jealous of his beautiful wife and you can tell early on something is going to happen with that situation. There is a local misfit that gets in some trouble and Hoffman is the only one that defends him, but brings on a lot more trouble than he first realizes.

The film includes some great sexism from what I think it was like back in the day. I laughed.

As the movie goes on it only gets better. A lot of violence and rape. And violence.

Hoffman basically has to defend his house from those crazy English hooligans. Without weapons. He does a great job. This is a great movie. I might even have to add it to our Top 10 List here on wtflicks.


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Movie: Straw Dogs
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Genre: Drama | Thriller
Tagline: The knock at the door meant the birth of one man and the death of seven others!
Plot Outline: A young American and his English wife come to rural England and face increasingly vicious local harassment.
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Susan George, Peter Vaughan, T.P. McKenna, Del Henney
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Demonic Toys

In this movie you’ll be surprised to discover there are some toys which are demonic.   The fun part is finding out exactly why they are demonic.  The movie goes on to show us that on Halloween night 1925 a baby came into the world stillborn.  Little did they know it was a demon baby when for some reason they gave the corpse to some kids trick or treating.  They discovered it was a dead baby and tossed it into a construction site.

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Fast forward like 60-some years later and now a building is sitting on that site, with the corpse still below it.  Some cops get into a altercation with some criminals and they run into the warehouse.  One of the criminals is bleeding because of a gun shot wound and the blood seeps into cracks in the floor.  The blood gives the demon, who we later find out is Satan, the power to animate the toys.  After that it becomes a battle against the toys.  The movie is filled with corny one-liners and random unnecessary nudity.  If you’re a fan of cheesy 80s / early 90s horror movies then definitely check this one out.

Guest review by Adam Struve from http://www.adamstruve.com


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Movie: Demonic Toys
Director:
Writer:
David S. Goyer (writer)
Genre: Fantasy | Horror
Tagline: For 66 years, evil has been watching, waiting, and wanting for someone to play with its toys.
Plot Outline: A policewoman, her quarry and an innocent delivery boy become trapped in a haunted toy warehouse full summary | add synopsis
Cast: Tracy Scoggins, Bentley Mitchum, Daniel Cerny, Michael Russo, Barry Lynch
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Chrysalis

This movie sounded good before I watched it, so there, you’re warned.

It’s about a cop in the future that gets to go hunting for a killer. I wasn’t sure exactly why they were chasing this guy, it’s not clear in the film at all.

PRETTY COOL HUH. a clockwork orange anyone?

It gets all creepy with a machine that can erase your memory. Pretty neat, wish I had one. The movie is a bit slow however. The sci-fi elements were awesome though. Sorry for the short “review”, I’m feeling a bit under the weather and this kinda crappy movie didn’t help. If you’re bored give it a shot, otherwise you can probably skip it.


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Movie: Chrysalis
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Genre: Crime | Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Plot Outline: In the near future Paris, a cop is searching for his wife’s killer. The trail leads him to a high tech medical clinic where everything is not what it seems. | full synopsis
Cast: Albert Dupontel, Marie Guillard, Marthe Keller, Mélanie Thierry, Claude Perron
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