The Sisters Chase
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A gripping novel about two sisters who are left homeless by their mother’s death and the lengths...
Psycho III (1986)
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Former mental patient Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins) is once again operating his infamous motel....
Tim McGuire (301 KP) rated Sweet Virginia (2017) in Movies
Jan 21, 2020
Cockroaches (Harry Hole #2)
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HARRY IS ON A SPECIAL MISSION Detective Harry Hole arrives in a steaming hot Bangkok. The...
A Walk In The Woods: The World's Funniest Travel Writer Takes a Hike
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In the company of his friend Stephen Katz (last seen in the bestselling Neither Here nor There),...
Gareth von Kallenbach (980 KP) rated The Neon Demon (2016) in Movies
Aug 6, 2019
Completely unique, the psychological thriller goes to dark places – necrophilia, cannibalism, and the solitary confines of the human mind.
The film stars Elle Fanning as Jesse, a sixteen year old girl from a small town who decided to go to LA to become a model. Without any parents, Jesse is completely on her own in a seedy wonderland.
She stays by herself in a dingy motel. Keanu Reeves plays the grubby motel manager, Hank. His role in the film is more of a supportive one, but he still plays a major part in the overall story and feel of the film.
Of course, Jesse meets all kinds of odd people as she dives into a world that is so shallow it could break her. Makeup artist Ruby (Jena Malone), and supermodels Gigi (Bella Heathcote) and Sarah (Abbey Lee) are characters the audience will love to hate. Malone, Heathcote, and Lee have done a great job becoming their characters. They incite visceral disdain, perhaps laced with admiration.
There may be a few moments where it feels like the plot is going nowhere fast, but I highly recommend resisting the urge to lose hope. The whole is greater than the sum of its parts in this case.
It’s not a stretch to say that Director Nicolas Winding Refn has created a piece of cinematic art.
The combination of finely selected camera technique, psychedelic lighting, and a cerebral soundtrack is like watching a beautiful nightmare.
Best described as “Clockwork Orange” meets “Top Model,”
Matthew Krueger (10051 KP) rated Bug (2006) in Movies
Dec 3, 2019 (Updated Dec 4, 2019)
Both Ashley Judd and Micharl Shannon do a excellent job in this movie.
The Plot: At a rundown desert motel, Agnes (Ashley Judd) begins a tentative relationship with a newcomer named Peter (Michael Shannon). He has a strange charisma, one that offers fearful and unstable Agnes a flicker of hope. When Peter reveals that the military deliberately infected him with a bug and that he has tiny insects crawling under his skin, paranoia begins to envelop the desperate pair.
Paranoia, suspense, creepy, terrorfying and overall a underratee horror jem.
You Send Me: The Life and Times of Sam Cooke
Daniel Wolff, S.R. Crain, Cliff White and G. David Tenenbaum
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When Sam Cooke was shot dead in a cheap motel in Hollywood, he was one of America's most successful...
The Challenge (The Pack #2)
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Jess Carter wasn't looking for a place to belong when she arrived in Banks, Idaho. It was supposed...