Opinion as a Movie-freak

Summary
A recent medical school grad who takes a position at a mental institution soon finds himself taken with one of his colleagues -- though he has no initial idea of a recent, horrifying staffing change.

Genre : Thriller
Country : USA
Alternative Title : Eliza Graves

Cast :
Kate Beckinsale : Eliza Graves
Jim Sturgess : Edward Newgate
Michael Caine : Dr. Salt
Ben Kingsley : Silas Lamb

Director : Brad Anderson

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)

vrijdag, november 07, 2014

Summary
A growing nation of genetically evolved apes led by Caesar is threatened by a band of human survivors of the devastating virus unleashed a decade earlier. They reach a fragile peace, but it proves short-lived, as both sides are brought to the brink of a war that will determine who will emerge as Earth's dominant species.

Genre : SF/Action
Country : USA

Cast :
Gary Oldman : Dreyfus
Jason Clarke : Malcolm
Andy Serkis : Caesar

Director : Matt Reeves

6/10 Mystery Thriller

Mindscape (2013)

zaterdag, november 01, 2014

Summary
In the near future or an alternate reality, there are memory detectives, people who have the ability to enter other peoples' electronically aided memories. They often are used to resolve psychological conflicts, and sometimes to exonerate someone from a crime. John was at one time the top in this field but he has been recovering from the death of his wife, and a stroke. To get back into work the head of the small firm he works for offers him what is supposed to be a simple job, getting 16 year old Anna to start eating again. However, the "simple job" turns into his most challenging.

Genre : Thriller/Mystery
Country : USA/Spain/France

Cast :
Mark Strong : John
Taissa Farmiga : Anna
Brian Cox : Sebastian

Director : Jorge Dorado

2/10 Comedy

Moms' night out (2014)

vrijdag, oktober 31, 2014

Summary
All Allyson and her friends want is a peaceful, grown-up evening of dinner and fun - a long-needed moms' night out. But in order to enjoy high heels, adult conversation, and food not served in a bag, they need their husbands to watch the kids for a few hours ... what could go wrong?

Genre : Comedy
Country : USA

Cast :
Sarah Drew : Allyson
Sean Astin : Sean
Patricia Heaton : Sondra

Director : Andrew and Jon Erwin

2/10 Horror

The Borderlands (2013)

donderdag, oktober 30, 2014

Summary
"The Borderlands" follows a team of Vatican investigators sent to the British West Country to investigate reports of paranormal activity at a remote church.

Genre : Horror
Country : UK

Cast :
Gordon Kennedy : Deacon
Robin Hill : Gray
Aidan McArdle : Mark

Director : Elliot Goldner

7/10 Horror Mystery Thriller

Wer (2013)

zaterdag, oktober 11, 2014

Summary
A defense attorney begins to suspect that there might be more to her client, who is charged with the murders of a vacationing family, than meets the eye.

Genre : Horror/Thriller/Mystery
Country : USA

Cast :
A.J. Cook : Kate Moore
Sebastian Roché : Klaus Pistor
Vik Sahay : Eric Sarin
Simon Quarterman : Gavin Flemyng

Director : William Brent Bell

8/10 SF

The Signal (2014)

vrijdag, oktober 10, 2014

Summary
On a road trip, Nic and two friends are drawn to an isolated area by a computer genius. When everything suddenly goes dark, Nic regains consciousness - only to find himself in a waking nightmare.

Genre : SF
Country : USA

Cast :
Laurence Fishburne : Damon
Brenton Thwaites : Nic
Olivia Cooke : Haley
Beau Knapp : Jonah

Director : William Eubank

6/10 SF Thriller

Autómata (2014)

zondag, oktober 05, 2014

Summary
Jacq Vaucan, an insurance agent of ROC robotics corporation, routinely investigates the case of manipulating a robot. What he discovers will have profound consequences for the future of humanity.

Genre : SF/Thriller
Country : Spain/Bulgaria

Cast :
Antonio Banderas : Jacq Vaucan
Birgitte Hjort Sørensen : Rachel Vaucan
Melanie Griffith : Dr. Dupre

Director : Gabe Ibáñez

6/10 Horror Thriller

Honeymoon (2014)

zaterdag, oktober 04, 2014

Summary
Young newlyweds Paul and Bea travel to remote lake country for their honeymoon. Shortly after arriving, Paul finds Bea wandering and disoriented in the middle of the night. As she becomes more distant and her behavior increasingly peculiar, Paul begins to suspect something more sinister than sleepwalking took place in the woods.

Genre : Horror/Thriller
Country : USA

Cast :
Rose Leslie : Bea
Harry Treadaway : Paul
Ben Huber : Will
Hanna Brown : Annie

Director : Leigh Janiak

3/10 Action Crime

In the blood (2014)

zondag, september 28, 2014

Summary
When her husband goes missing during their Caribbean vacation, a woman sets off on her own to take down the men she thinks are responsible.

Genre : Action/Crime
Country : UK/Puerto Rico

Cast :
Gina Carano : Ava
Luis Guzmán : Chief Ramón Garza
Danny Trejo : Big Biz

Director : John Stockwell

7/10 Horror

At the Devil's door (2014)

zaterdag, september 27, 2014

Summary
When ambitious young real estate agent Leigh is asked to sell a house with a checkered past, she crosses paths with a disturbed girl whom she learns is the runaway daughter of the couple selling the property. When Leigh tries to intervene and help her, she becomes entangled with a supernatural force that soon pulls Leigh's artist sister Vera into its web - and has sinister plans for both of them.

Genre : Horror
Country : USA

Cast :
Ashley Rickards : Hannah
Naya Rivera : Vera
Catalina Sandino Moreno : Leigh

Director : Nicholas McCarthy

Alternative title : Home

5/10 Action Crime Drama

Bad Country (2014)

vrijdag, september 26, 2014

Summary
When Baton Rouge police detective Bud Carter busts contract killer Jesse Weiland, he convinces Jesse to become an informant and rat out the South's most powerful crime ring. So when the syndicate orders Carter's death and Weiland's ID'd as a snitch, the two team up to take down the mob and the crime boss who ordered the hit.

Genre : Crime/Action/Drama
Country : USA

Cast :
Matt Dillon : Jesse Weiland
Willem Dafoe : Bud Carter
Neal McDonough : Kiersey
Tom Berenger : Lutin

Director : Chris Brinker

0/10 Horror

The Addicted (2013)

vrijdag, september 26, 2014

Summary
Four friends spend a night in an abandoned drug rehab clinic hoping to film some paranormal experiences. They soon end up fighting for their lives as a 25 year old legacy comes to haunt them... One of them is more involved than they would ever have thought...

Genre : Horror
Country : UK

Cast :
Jenny Gayner : Nicole Hunter
Sean J. Vincent : Adam
Thea Knight : Liz
Dan Peters : Mike

Director : Sean J. Vincent

5.5/10 Crime Drama Thriller

The Calling / The Two Faces of January (2014)

zondag, september 21, 2014

A twin review.

The Calling

Genre : Thriller
Country : USA

Cast :

Susan Sarandon : Hazel Micallef
Gil Bellows : Ray Green
Ellen Burstyn : Emily Micallef

Director : Jason Stone

Summary
Detective Hazel Micallef hasn't had much to worry about in the sleepy town of Fort Dundas until a string of gruesome murders in the surrounding countryside brings her face to face with a serial killer driven by a higher calling.

9/10 Drama Music Romance

The legend of 1900 (1998)

zaterdag, september 20, 2014

Summary
Shortly after the Second World War, Max visits an English pawn shop to sell his trumpet. The shopkeeper recognizes the tune Max plays as one on a wax master of an unreleased recording, discovered and restored from shards found in a piano salvaged from a cruise ship turned hospital ship, now slated for demolition. This chance discovery prompts a story from Max, which he relates both to the shopkeeper and later to the official responsible for the doomed vessel, for Max is a born storyteller. He was befriended by another young man, the pianist in the same band, whose long unlikely name was Danny Boodman T.D. Lemons 1900, though everyone just called him 1900, the year of his birth.

Genre : Drama/Music/Romance
Country : Italy

Cast :
Tim Roth : 1900
Pruitt Taylor Vince : Max Tooney
Bill Nunn : Danny Boodmann

Director : Giuseppe Tornatore

Alternative title : La leggenda del pianista sull'oceano