MoVTie Critic

Life can be a funny thing. Some look at it from a philosophic point of view whereas others treat it like a wild ride with many ups and downs. Yet when faced with your own mortality, you're perspective can dramatically change, for better or worse. Richard (Johnny Depp) has done what most people do, go to college, get married, have a family and work hard at his job as a college professor. Yet when he's thrown a curveball in the form of terminal cancer with only months to live, he starts to go through various stages of grief with a "I don't give a damn" attitude. Drinking heavily, buying pot off one of his students, and accepting his marriage has lost its luster with his wife Veronica (Rosemarie DeWitt) and how she's having an affair with his colleague Henry (Ron Livingston) and trying to be loving and supportive of his daughter Olivia (Odessa Young) and her recent announcement of her sexual preference to women. Keeping his illness to himself with the exc...

 This post will be a little bit different than my usual post since this is not an official review. However in the spirit of sharing up and coming artist and their cinematic work I've taken a request to share this short film featured at this year's Out Of The Can International Film Festival where director, producer and writer Michael Wong shared a clip of his film that took runner-up for Best in Horror and winner of Best Stunt Person, "The Tattooist". The film tells the story of a tattoo artist that is known for his unique and exceptional work, but what no one knows is how those who receive prized artistic works are marked for his real passion, or rather obsession. They become his pawns in a game where the prize is the victim's escape to freedom. Drugged and imprisoned, they are forced to endure torturous methods and be terrorized by their darkest fears where they must survive or suffer the eternal consequence. While I can't say for sure how amazing thi...

In probably one of the most anticipated horror sequels, I am happy to be doing a piece on it being fortunate enough to see it opening weekend as a late birthday treat (September 3rd) which is partly the reason for the lack of post recently among other commitments. One of Stephen King's most memorable novels for its cast of characters, its disturbing and sometimes controversial scenes that leave you shocked and a scary as hell clown that is not finished with a little town in Maine yet. Since the summer of '89, the Losers Club has grown up and left behind the small town of Derry, Maine with the exception of Mike Hanlon (Isaiah Mustafa (adult) Chosen Jacobs (kid)). Never forgetting the events of that summer and the promise they all made, when Mike hears of an incident at the bridge just outside of the ongoing fair and sees a frightening message left in blood he knows after twenty-seven years IT (Pennywise the Dancing Clown that it likes to take the form as) (Bill Skarsgard) ...