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Angel Time by Anne Rice – Book Review
Apr 28th
Angel Time is writer Anne Rice’s first installment of her latest Songs of the Seraphim series. The story is told by Toby, aka Lucky the Fox, a contract killer with seemingly nothing to lose. He receives his orders from a man only known as The Right Man. On the surface, Toby would seem as a typical assassin, heartlessly taking out his marks with ease and collecting his paycheck. However, on Toby’s latest hit things take a different turn and more is revealed about Toby.
When Toby meets Malchiah, he’s in a state of shock. The mysterious Malchiah knows everything there is to More >
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo movie US DVD release date is here!
Apr 22nd
Niels Arden Oplev’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, the film adaptation of Stieg Larsson’s novel, is set for a July 6, 2010 release date! This dark Swedish crime drama has critics buzzing and is quickly becoming a success on its limited release here in the US. Pre-orders for the DVD and Blu-ray are available below. If you’ve missed the film in your town, or if it never came, you owe it to yourself to check this one out. With an American remake in the works, you’ll want to check this one out before any Hollywood thoughts jump into your More >
Fraternity Massacre at Hell Island (2010)
Apr 17th
Director/Writer: Mark Jones Rated: n/a (contains violence and nudity) Cast: Tyler Farrell, Sarah Ewell, Anthony Flessas, and Corie Ventura
In 1984 a crazy gypsy puts a curse on a group of performers. Forward to present day, a group of pledges to Zeta Alpha Rho show up for Hell Night, their initiation. Hell Night, which takes place on an island, is well known to the college to cause all sorts of shenanigans and is frowned upon. From the very start, we seen hints that madness will ensue on this year’s Hell Night.
A crazy roommate, an obsessive girlfriend, and a schizophrenic dean of students are all More >
The Ghost Writer (2010)
Apr 14th
Director: Roman Polanski Writer: Robert Harris Rated: PG-13 Cast: Ewan McGregor, Kim Cattrall, Pierce Brosnan, and Olivia Williams
Roman Polanski returns to the big screen at full force and shows us just how a mystery film is made with The Ghost Writer. Robert Harris adapted and co-wrote the screenplay with Polanski for this sleek thriller based on his own book, The Ghost. The story follows a professional ghost writer, played by Ewan McGregor, hired to complete the autobiography of former British prime minister Adam Lang (Pierce Brosnan). Turns out, the previous ghost’s work was brought to an abrupt after his body More >
Survival of the Dead (2010)
Mar 28th
Writer/director: George A. Romero | Rated: R | Review date: 24-March-2010
For the sixth installment of George Romero’s Dead series, Survival of the Dead moves to an island inhabited primarily by two rival clans: the O’Flynns and the Muldoons. The O’Flynns, lead by patriarch Patrick O’Flynn (Kenneth Welsh), protect the island from the undead by exterminating all the infected. On the other side we have Seamus Muldoon (Richard Fitzpatrick) and his family of religiously charged individuals bent on keeping their loved ones around, in hopes that they can adapt and co-exist once again. When the two groups clash, O’Flynn is expelled from the More >
