A New & Unique Perspective | Review of ‘Dracula Untold’

By: Cynthia Ayala

In 15th-century Transylvania, Vlad III, prince of Wallachia, is known as a just ruler. With his beloved wife, Miren, Vlad has brokered a prolonged period of peace and ensured that his people are protected, especially from the Ottoman Empire. However, when Sultan Mehmed II demands 1,000 of the country’s boys, including Vlad’s son, for his army, Vlad makes a deal with a monster that will enable him to defeat the Turks — but cost him his humanity.

Dracula Untold is written as a precursor to Bram Stoker’s Dracula that decides to take a deeper look into history and go back to the roots of the Dracula mythos.
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The Nut Job | Movie Review

By:Cynthia A. Directed by: Peter Lepeniotis Screenplay by: Lorne Cameron & Peter Lepeniotis Story by: Peter Lepeniotis Based on Surly Squirrel by Peter Lepeniotis Starring: Will Arnett, Brendan Fraser, Gabriel Iglesias, Liam Neeson, Katherine Heigl, Maya Rudolph, Jeff Dunham, Stephen Lang, Sarah Gadon, Joe Pingue, Annick Obonsawin, Scott Yaphe, Robert Tinkler & Jam  es Rankin Set in the fictional town of Oakton, year 1959, a … Continue reading The Nut Job | Movie Review

Jake Gyllenhaal’s An Enemy Adds Melanie Laurent, Sarah Gadon, & Isabella Rossellini

By: Kristy Puchko Last year Jake Gyllenhaal showed us a more mind-bending side to the thriller genre with Duncan Jones’ time-travel mystery Source Code, and next he’ll tackle a tale of doppelgangers with Denis Villeneuve’s An Enemy. Based on the José Saramago book inspired by the Fyodor Dostoevsky novella The Double, the film will star Gyllenhaal as a history teacher whose life is thrown off … Continue reading Jake Gyllenhaal’s An Enemy Adds Melanie Laurent, Sarah Gadon, & Isabella Rossellini