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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 >
Creature of Darkness (2010)
Mar 24th
Writer/Director: Mark Stouffer | Rated: R | Review date: 24-March-2010
Mark Stouffer’s Creature of Darkness is a science fiction monster movie much reminiscent of the Predator. It differs in that this time around, we don’t have a group of rag tag commandos, but rather college-aged friends out for a good time in the woods. The story follows Andrew (Devon Sawa) who’s suffered nightmares of a creepy and murderous alien. Andrew’s friend Heather (Fernanda Romero) convinces him to overcome his fears and join a group on an off-road adventure. It’s only a matter of time before Andrew’s nightmares start to resemble reality.
At this point the More >
Hunger (2008)
Mar 20th
Director/writer: Steve McQueen | Rated: n/a (violence) | Review date: 20-Mar-2010
English artist Steve McQueen makes his feature film debut with Hunger, the historical drama focused around Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) prisoners during the 1980s. The prisoners in the Maze prison, where the film takes place, were denied political status and branded simply as criminals. The film is broken down into three acts, but ultimately focuses on one character and his bold acts taken for a greater good. Though the story revolves around political turmoil, it would be a great mistake to avoid this movie for that purpose, as the More >
