The Road (2012)

Starring: TJ Trinadad
Director: Yam Laranas


Premise:
Three teens are murdered on an abandoned road in a style similar to a murder case decades earlier which leave the police investigate both crimes.

My Take:
An interesting tale which has different timelines edited together to show the current murder investigation, the former murders, and the reason which started it all. A solid cast helps the cause. Nothing groundbreaking but the Pinoy take on the subject makes it worth watching.

Rating: In the middle





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Mountain Monsters, Season 1 (2013)

Premise:
A group of West Virginian search for cyptids in the Appalachian Mountains.

My Take:
The format is like all shows of this nature: Investigate, try to trap the creature, and fail. However this cast does it in style. It's a likeable group of characters with the own mountain way of doing things  by building crazy traps and being very loud. All I can say is that its better than many of these types of programs.

Rating: In the middle

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A Little Bit Zombie (2013)

Starring: Kristen Hager, Stephen McHattie, Crystal Lowe,
Director: Casey Walker

Premise:
A group of friends spend the weekend at a cabin in the woods. One of them is bit by a mosquito carrying a zombie virus, which causes him to slowly turn. And zombie hunters are hot on their trail.

My Take:
The movie definitely plays up the comedy with a splash of gore. The comedy over the top and meant to be. The cast works as does the slight twist on a familiar story. There are far worse movies in this sub-genre.

Rating: In the middle





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The Stone Tape (1972)

Starring: Jane Asher, James Como,
Director: Peter Sasdy


Premise:
A group of scientists are brought together in an old castle to invent a new recording medium to replace tape. They find a ghost haunting a room and come up with a theory that the haunting is merely a recording in the castle walls due to the violent event and each human mind interprets it differently. Then they set out to prove the theory.

My Take:
I was a little disappointed in this cult classic. The acting is over the top (and at times bad) and the majority of the effects are nothing more than colored lighting and camera tricks. Now, for a forty year old movie it is quite ahead of its time as these scientist use science techniques to explain the disturbance. It's too bad the didn't explore that aspect more. Still, it's worth watching due to it's innovative story even if the technology being used is forty years old.

Rating: In the middle






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Penumbra (2012)

Starring: Cristina Brondo
Director: Adrián García Bogliano, Ramiro García Bogliano


Premise:
A woman is showing an apartment to a possible tenant. As she waits with the buyer's agents things soon start to seem amiss and a solor eclipse is nearing.

My Take:
The first half of the movies plays out as dark comedy with a lawyer having a bad day while trying to sell an apartment. She's getting in a fight with a bum, loses her keys, missing an important business meeting, and other little things keep piling up. A number of associates of the buyer start showing up, each one more strange than the next, and she starts to suspect something is amiss. And it is, turns out these people are part of a smal cult who believe the solar esclipse will give life beyong their life. For me, the movie works very well even if the explanation behind the cults motives are a bit odd and unexplained. However the tension is excellently built, the comedy is subtle, and the acting is great.

Rating: So Good






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Dark Skies (2013)

Starring: Keri Russel, Josh Hamilton, J.K. Simmons
Director: Scott Stewart


Premise:
After strange occurrences begin happening to family members, the mother begins to suspect aliens have targeted them.

My Take:
The movie does a great job at building up suspense and creating turmoil with in the family as the try to sort out what is happening to them. Sure, it goes down familiar territory and the ending isn't a big shocker, but it's done well with solid direction and acting.

Rating: So Good






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True Blood, Season 6 (2013)

Starring: Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, Sam Trammell, Ryan Kwanten, Alexander Skarsgård, Carrie Preston, Nelsan Ellis, Todd Lowe, Deborah Ann Woll, Kristin Bauer van Straten, Rutina Wesley, Chris Bauer, Joe Manganiello


Premise:
The round up of season six goes something like this: Bill goes super vamp after drinking the blood of Lilith, the first vampire. The Governor of Lousiana starts an all a war against vampires by siezing property, having a curfew, and tainting the True Blood drink with a deadly virus. Sookie, Jason, and their fairy grand-father tries to fight off Warlow, a vampire-fairy hybrid who is to claim Sookie for his bride. Andy deals with raising his four fairy daughters. Terry falls off the deep end once again and deal with the guilt of killing his army buddy. Alcide has the responsibility of being the new werewolf packmaster. And Sam is on the run with his new friend.

My Take:
Truth be none, I think the series has basically ran its course. It's always been a show to through too much at the viewer and not really give satisfying conclusions. This season is no exception and it grows tiresome.

Favorite Episode: none

Rating: In the middle (barely)

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The Exorcist Chronicles (2007)

Starring: Richard Cross
Director: Will Raee


Premise:
A doctor is hired by the Catholic Church to perform exorcisms.After several strange cases, he breaks down and disappears. Years later a documentary team attempts to locate him and ask him about the exorcisms.

My Take:
This movie is a (fake) documentary with in a (fake) documentary as film makers try to find out what happened to a dcotor who performed exorcisms and filmed the process to prove possesions are real. Most of the movie consists of several cases the doctor goes on during the early 80's but occasionally cuts back to the modern era where the film makers finally make their discovery. It's poorly acted and predictably due to back script.

Rating: Warning (Severe)







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