“A Quiet Place” has managed to balloon in to its own respectable horror/scifi series but through it all has remained an apocalyptic tale about people. Just when you thought you’d seen all apocalyptic scenarios, Krasinski and co have explored a reality where Earth is destroyed by super powerful monsters known as “Death Angels.” They hunt by sound and are merciless when pursuing victims. In spite of running the risk of tiring this premise, “Day One” finds a way to explore a new angle of this alien invasion. Here, director Michael Sarnoski likens the invasion of the “Death Angels” as a horrible catastrophe where in survival relies on isolation and alienation and not unity.
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Listen Carefully (2024)
A bank manager and new father with a dark secret sees his baby daughter kidnapped when a mystery man calls him to get him to jump through hoops to get his child back safely.
Five Great Motorcycle Movies
This week Jeff Nichols releases his highly anticipated motorcycle thriller “The Bikeriders” starring a who’s who of prominent character actors including Tom Hardy, Austin Butler, Norman Reedus, and Michael Shannon, respectively. With any luck we end up with a great film; in honor of Nichols’ latest being centered on the motorcycle community, I thought it’d be fun to list five great Motorcycle movies to get you in the mood for the up and coming release in theaters. Lets us know your personal favorites in the comments.
Blue Velvet (1986): The Criterion Collection [4K UHD/Blu-Ray]
Now Available from Criterion Collection.
My first experience with David Lynch was with “Mulholland Dr.,” a film that is far and away breath taking but also difficult to decode. After trying to find an explanation for it someone told me that it was only one of his easiest to access. But I like to think that it’s “Blue Velvet.” Lynch’s 1986 Neo Noir is a nightmarish fever dream in to the American dream. Lynch paints a portrait of two mirror worlds, one with the perfect Norman Rockwellian picket fences and women with babies on their shoulders. The other America is a bleak and violent Wonderland where deviants and criminals lurk in every corner waiting to prey on the weak.
Arena Wars (2024)
Available on VOD June 25th from Gravitas Ventures.
While Edgar Wright and Glen Powell are currently in the process of crafting their remake of “Running Man,” Brandon Slagle jumps to the front of the line to get his hits in first. “Arena Wars” looks great and has a classic idea from the Stephen King novel. In fact, it’s pretty much just a small budget remake of the classic film with convicts, and a game show and psychos, etc. The problem with “Arena Wars” is that is it pretty much a ton of filler with only some semblance of narrative in sparse moments. If “Arena Wars” were a bag of chips it’d only have a small hand full of chips and a ton of smelly air puffing it up.
The A-Frame (2024)
While working on testing his new device that connects our world to possibly another dimension, a quantum physicist discovers a potential medical breakthrough that could save lives. As he needs to keep this a secret and test on humans, he enlists a young woman who trusted him to bring him more test subjects.
Latency (2024)
In theaters June 14, 2024
A gamer and technology company employee receives a new device that better connects her to her computer. Through the training of this device and its use in a gaming competition, she soon discovers that this may be a dangerous device.