#20: Frequency (2000) There is something strongly sentimental and deeply disturbing about this cross-time story. Dennis Quaid and Jim Caviezel play a father and son separated by death but brought together through a short-wave radio. Their goal is to stop the death of Quaid’s character in the pas
Introducing, the Top 25 Film Thrills and Chills , a list of unorthodox thrillers or “scary” movies, that should leave you on the edge of your seat. This list is not composed to reflect the all-time scariest movies, rather an eclectic guide through both the more notoriously frightening fare and s
Reign arrives hot on the heels of the success of HBO's Game of Thrones and Starz’s recent broadcast of The White Queen . Both shows have done well for their respective networks, and have garnered quite a passionate fanbase. The White Queen has been at the forefront of a lot of female viewer
Dead Sea Navigators have a definitive voice and their songs are sparked with a fever of melodic foreboding. You can currently listen to 2 songs off of their recent EP Uncharted on Bandcamp. Among the tracks is “Actors”, a wily piano ballad masked in a dark, foreshadowing energy. “Crellin” is an
The Avett Brothers are back with their 8 th studio album, it’s a follow-up that builds from the foundation of their previous album, The Carpenter . This album is more upbeat, a melodic splendor with grander sentiments of joy and more explorations into the trials and tribulations of being a musici
“The Master” is dumbfounding. Paul Thomas Anderson’s almost 2 and half-hour film is a tour de force in the closest avant-garde filmmaking that American cinema has seen in some time, all the while maintaining some semblance of mainstream appeal. Anderson (the director of “Boogie Nights”) has long
A good movie entertains you. A great movie challenges you. A phenomenal movie makes you forget you’re watching one. A movie that accomplishes all of those feats is a must-see. “The Daytrippers” captures the genuine comedy that springs from the antics of a family. The adventure of the film begins
When “Wicker Park” was released, the trailers had hinted it was a taut sexual thriller, in the vein of Adrian Lyne's wheelhouse. Well, this was not that kind of movie and to be fair, it could not compete on that level, given its PG-13 rating. All of the provocative illusions are actually noth
#21: Philomena Steve Coogan stars as a journalist trying to help a woman (Judi Dench) find the son she was forced to give up for adoption many decades ago. Coogan is always a treat as both a comedian (“Alan Partridge”) and a dramatic actor (“The Look of Love”), his charisma is capable of buoyin
