6 Fright Flicks Coming 2012

December 30th, 2011 Manikandan

Everyone loves a good fright, and 2012 will bring plenty of opportunity. If you miss these films when they run in the theater, Directv will surely have them available shortly after their runs.

  1. First up on the list is a story sure to chill your spine, rampant with exorcism and demons, in the horror thrill ride, The Devil Inside. Set in Italy, a woman seeks to discover the truth of what happened during her own mother’s exorcism. It hits theaters in January. Be sure to bring holy water.
  2. One month later, The Innkeepers will arrive, promising more than just your average haunted hotel plot. Set in New England, two lone employees of The Yankee Pedlar Inn set off to find proof of haunting during the final days of business at the inn. Strange events happen, and a heck of a good time ensues for the audience. Ready to book a room?
  3. March brings a new twist to an old tale, Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters. Fifteen years after their terrifying encounter at the gingerbread house, they have grown up and become hunters of the object of their fear. Their dark adventure is a twisted journey that shouldn’t be missed. Still love fairy tales?
  4. May finds a once popular daytime drama revamped for the big screen. Dark Shadows will bring to life the ghoulish world of Barnabas Collins, the vampire patriarch of this creepy family. Enjoy the amped up version of this story as witches, monsters, werewolves, ghosts, and zombies come along on this spooktacular ride. A guilty pleasure for soap fans.
  5. Summer is always full of blockbusters, and one looking particularly interesting is Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. Ever think there was more to the Civil War than meets the eye? This movie shows you that you might just be right. Care to battle the undead, anyone?
  6. A parapsychology experiment goes horribly wrong for a couple in next fall’s The Apparition. Feeding on torture and fear, their only hope is an expert in the supernatural. But is it too late?2012 is set to be a year full of fright, shock, and a grisly good time for all!

Bonnie and Clyde – Movie Review (1967)

August 1st, 2011 Manikandan

Directed by :  Arthur Penn
Written by :    David Newman, Robert Benton
Starring :         Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Gene Hackman and Michael J. Pollard

Commonly thought of as the birth of the New Hollywood, Bonnie and Clyde paved the way for movies for the next two glorious and innovative decades of cinema. Conceived by its writers as an attempt to retake and remake American themed cinema from their French New Wave heroes even going so far as to offer directorial duties to Truffaut and Godard. Despite great difficulty in getting the film made, once Beatty signed on as both star and producer it was locked into the Hollywood system. Crucially Beatty brought script doctor supreme Robert Towne (Chinatown, Shampoo) and director Penn (Night Moves, Missouri Breaks) on board also. Read more »

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 – Movie Review (2011)

July 26th, 2011 Manikandan

Directed by :  David Yates
Written by :    Steve Kloves, J.K. Rowling (novel)
Starring :    Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint

The final instalment in the Harry Potter films (8) is the second part of the final book (7) and is a worthy and fitting finish to the record breaking franchise; phenomenon would be more precise. If HPatDH1 suffered from some ponderous scene setting and the emptiness of incompleteness, then HPatDH2 reaps all the benefits of not having to bother with exposition and therefore is a super-charged ride all the way to its thunderous payoff and rightful conclusion. Read more »

Hall of Fame Movie Stars – Tom Hanks

July 23rd, 2011 Manikandan

Best and Worst movies of Tom Hanks

For an actor who begun his career with a ‘Big’ ‘Splash’ and is today not only one of the most bankable stars in the world but one of the most critically acclaimed it is hard to imagine that Hanks had begun to lose his way in the mid to late Eighties. By the time of the disastrous non-comedy that was Bonfire of the Vanities perhaps Hanks was grasping at straws and over-reached as badly here as did it’s director Brian De Palma. Thankfully he came back on track with his memorable comic cameo in A League of Their Own, his easy charm and comic timing in Sleepless in Seattle followed by his most serious and against type role to date as the dying lawyer in Philadelphia. The rest as they say is history. Read more »

12 Angry Men – Movie Review (1957)

July 21st, 2011 Manikandan

Directed by :   Sidney Lumet
Written by :    Reginald Rose
Starring :         Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb and Martin Balsam

For a director who cut his teeth on television it is no surprise that Lumet chose this movie, adapted from a teleplay, as his debut. The writer Rose was also a seasoned television writer and the film, almost entirely set in one room, has the feel of television drama or a theatrical piece. The liberal intent of the director (and producer/star Fonda) is as evident here as it would be throughout a prolific and consistently brilliant career. Also notable as an actor’s director and keen advocate of exhaustive rehearsal, both of which are manifest here. Read more »

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