NewsHorror
Dig Two Graves (2017) (a film review by Mark R. Leeper).
Teenager Jake is wracked with guilt about her part in the accidental death of her brother Sean. She believes she would do just…
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March 2017
NewsScifi
Atomica (2017) (a film review by Mark R. Leeper).
‘Atomica’ is a Science Fiction mystery set in the near future and involving the last nuclear power plant and two men who operate…
NewsFilms
Tickling Giants (2017) (a film review by Mark R. Leeper).
CAPSULE: Dr. Bassem Youssef was a heart surgeon in Cairo who was fascinated by ‘The Daily Show’ and its host Jon Stewart. He…
NewsFantasy
Kong: Skull Island (2017) (a film review by Mark R. Leeper).
‘Kong: Skull Island’ has its share of excitement and effective acting, but the film does not fit with any other ‘Kong’ film ever…
NewsHorror
Brimstone (2017) (a film review by Mark R. Leeper).
Told in four chapters, this is the grim and painful story of a woman dominated by men on the American frontier. The story…
NewsHorror
Lavender (2017) (a film review by Mark R. Leeper).
Warning: Spoiler at the end of this review An amnesiac has a spectacular car accident that shakes loose some hidden memories of her…
February 2017
NewsFilms
Road To The Well (2016) (a film review by Mark R. Leeper).
CAPSULE: Two friends, recently reunited after years apart, take a road trip to bury a dead woman, currently in the trunk of their…
January 2017
NewsFilms
Star Wars: Rogue One (2016) (a film review by Mark R. Leeper).
‘Star Wars: Rogue One’ is the story of the early days of the Rebel Alliance that first appeared in the original 1977 ‘Star…
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The Stolen Lyric Movie (2016) (a film review by Mark R. Leeper).
CAPSULE: To all appearances, this is not so much a film as it is a stunt to set a legal precedent. An entire…
December 2016
NewsScifi
Counter Clockwise (2016) a film review by Mark R. Leeper.
This is a very low budget dark comedy and Science Fiction film with some good writing and a keen sense of irony. It…
November 2016
NewsScifi
Arrival (2016) (a film review by Mark R. Leeper).
Twelve alien craft land at apparently random locations on the Earth’s surface. This creates a dangerous situation that could lead to a third…
October 2016
NewsFantasy
Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children (2016) (a film review by Mark R. Leeper).
Jake’s grandfather, thought to be suffering from dementia, tells the most fantastic stories of his fighting of monsters during WWII from an island…