Reviewed by Melissa Garza “Danielle, you’re going to get what you deserve.” – Charlie (Phil Herman) “Into the Woods” opens with the lead character Danielle (Nancy Feliciano) watching a horror film about an obsessive relationship gone bad. A crazy boyfriend chops at his girlfriend with a knife yelling and laughing […]
Suspense/Thriller
Who Can Kill A Child? (1976)
Reviewed by Melissa Antoinette Garza “There is something wrong with this island.” Evelyn (Prunella Ransome) Tom (Lewis Fiander) and his very pregnant wife Evelyn (Prunella Ransome) are beginning their trip in Spain. They enjoy the small shops and lavish parades in the streets. All is lovely, and Evelyn remarks on how […]
The Stuff (1985)- Horror Film Review
Reviewed by Melissa Antoinette Garza “Are you eating it or is it eating you?” – Mo (Michael Moriarty) A new product is on the market. It’s called, The Stuff, and it’s a frozen treat that lies somewhere in between yogurt and ice cream. The Stuff came from the ground, and […]
The Stepfather (2009) – Happy Father’s Day
Reviewed by Melissa Garza Michael (Penn Badgley) returns home from military school to find his newly divorced mother Susan (Sela Ward) engaged to David (Dylan Walsh) a man he has never met and his mother had only met a short time ago. Michael immediately suspects something is off with his soon-to-be […]
The Sentinel (1977) – Horror Movie Review
By Melissa Antoinette Garza “Blind….but then what does he look at?” THE SENTINEL (1977) is one of the most frightening and fulfilling films of all time. It is on my list of favorites and on my list of movies I won’t watch alone. The characters play the parts so naturally […]
We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)
Reviewed by Melissa Garza I have been waiting quite some time to see We Need to Talk About Kevin. The movie jumps back and forth showing Eva (Tilda Swinton) raising her very disturbed son Kevin (Ezra Miller – teenage years). Kevin (Rock Duer – toddler years) displays signs very early […]
Red Kingdom Rising (2012) – Movie Review
By Melissa Garza The film opens as our lead, Mary Ann (Emily Stride) haunted by nightmares, returns to the home she lived in as a child. Her father has died and though her troubled youth is long gone, it still lives clearly in her mind. Repressed memories begin to surface. […]
The Game (1997) – Movie Review
By Melissa Antoinette Garza I had seen this movie once before but remembered very little about it. The first time I saw it, it was with my brother Geno. I believe it was when it first came to video…or DVD. Were DVDS popular in 1998? Anyways, I remember really liking […]
Cell Count (2012) – Movie Review
Reviewed by Melissa Garza “Don’t bite the hand that heals you,” Dr. Brandt (Christopher Toyne) The movie opens as Russell (Robert McKeehan) sits in the hospital watching his wife Sadie (Haley Talbot) die of an incurable disease. Out of options, he takes Dr. Victor Brandt’s (Christopher Toyne) advice and allows […]
Notes on a Scandal – Teacher Sleeps With 15 year old Student
Reviewed by Melissa Garza I bought this film with a few others on sale at Blockbuster. This is another film I went into blindly. Other than what I read on the cover, I had no inkling what the movie was about. The film starts with Sheba (Cate Blanchett) starting a […]
The Brute (1977) – Movie Review
Reviewed by Melissa Garza I’ve always been captivated by movies that display domestic violence. Whether it be The Burning Bed, What’s Love Got to Do with It, Enough, or even Sleeping with the Enemy; I’m drawn to the screen. I think it’s the perseverance and strength of the women that […]
The Woman in Black (2012) – Daniel Radcliffe
Reviewed by Melissa Garza I’m one of the few who has not seen any of the Harry Potter films. I’ve caught glimpses before work when they’ve been on TV but for whatever reason I’ve never seen them. Still, I’m familiar with Daniel Radcliffe’s work on Broadway where he was brilliant […]