Movie Reviews

Dead Again in Tombstone

Director Roel Reiné Starring Danny Trejo, Jake Busey, Elysia Rotaru Rated MA Score 3/6 Guerrero returns from the dead once more to protect a stolen relic from getting into the hands of a gang of soldiers, which will ultimately cause hell upon earth. Westerns are a favourite genre of mine and considering that there are…

Manos: The Hands of Fate

Director Harold P. Warren Starring Tom Neyman, John Reynolds, Diane Mahree, Hal Warren, Jackey Neyman Score 0.5/6 A family gets lost on the road and stumbles upon a hidden, underground, devil-worshiping cult led by the fearsome Master and his servant Torgo. Writer/director/producer/actor Harold P. Warren was an insurance salesman (later a fertilizer salesman) from El…

The Cobbler

Director Tom McCarthy Starring Adam Sandler, Melonie Diaz, Steve Buscemi Rated M Score 1/6 A cobbler, bored of his everyday life, stumbles upon a magical heirloom that allows him to become other people and see the world in a different way. The unfestival director saved something that could be described as being a little cruel…

Circle

Director Aaron Hann & Mario Miscione Starring Allegra Masters, Aimee McKay, Ashley Key Rated M Score 5/6 Held captive and faced with their imminent executions, fifty strangers are forced to choose the one person among them who deserves to live. This is a kind of interesting movie and a rather interesting choice as a movie…

Serena

Director Susanne Bier Starring Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Rhys Ifans Rated MA Score 1.5/6 In Depression-era North Carolina, the future of George Pemberton’s timber empire becomes complicated when he marries Serena. Okay, movie number 3 in the Unfestival. For those of you who are interested Serena was adapted from a 2008 book of the same…

Day of the Dead: Bloodline

Director Hèctor Hernández Vicens Starring Sophie Skelton, Johnathon Schaech, Jeff Gum Rated R Score 0/6 A small group of military personnel and survivalists dwell in an underground bunker as they seek to find a cure in a world overrun by zombies. Day of the Dead: Bloodline is considered to be one of two remakes of…

Howard The Duck

Director Willard Huyck Starring Lea Thompson, Jeffrey Jones, Tim Robbins & Chip Zien as the voice of Howard T Duck Rated PG Score 3/6 A sarcastic humanoid duck is pulled from his homeworld to Earth where he must stop a hellish alien invasion with the help of a nerdy scientist and a cute struggling female…

Legally Blondes

Director Savage Steve Holland Starring Milly Rosso, Becky Rosso, Christopher Cousins Rated PG Score 0.5/6 Moving from England to California, the youngest cousins of Elle Woods must defend themselves when their schools reigning forces turn on the girls and try to frame them for a crime. Legally Blondes is the first of the five movies…

Mom and Dad

Director Brian Taylor Starring Nicolas Cage, Selma Blair, Anne Winters Rated MA Score 4.5/6 A teenage girl and her little brother must survive a wild 24 hours during which a mass hysteria of unknown origins causes parents to turn violently on their own kids. Considering how easy it is for Nicholas Cage to flip the…

Blue World Order

Director Ché Baker & Dallas Bland Starring Billy Zane, Bruce Spence, Jake Ryan Rated M Score 4/6 In a post-apocalyptic world in which civilisation has crumbled. A massive electromagnetic pulse has killed all children on the planet with the exception of Molly, the daughter of Jake Slater. Blue World Order is a kind of significant…