Movies
Now on Home Video: Comedy ‘Dirty Grandpa,’ Horror Film ‘The Witch’
Dirty Grandpa (2016)
Stars: Robert De Niro, Zac Efron, Zoey Deutch and Aubrey Plaza
Director: Dan Mazer
Genre: Comedy
Motion Picture Rating: R
Synopsis from Lionsgate: Right before his wedding, an uptight guy (Zac Efron) is tricked into driving his foul-mouthed grandfather (Robert DeNiro), a former Army general, to Florida for spring break.
Available on Amazon and iTunes
The Witch (2016)
Stars: Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson, Kate Dickie, Harvey Scrimshaw, Ellie Grainger, and Lucas Dawson
Director: Robert Eggers
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Motion Picture Rating: R
Synopsis from A24 Films: In this exquisitely made and terrifying new horror film, the age-old concepts of witchcraft, black magic and possession are innovatively brought together to tell the intimate and riveting story of one family’s frightful unraveling in the New England wilderness circa 1630.
New England, 1630. Upon threat of banishment by the church, an English farmer leaves his colonial plantation, relocating his wife and five children to a remote plot of land on the edge of an ominous forest — within which lurks an unknown evil. Strange and unsettling things begin to happen almost immediately — animals turn malevolent, crops fail, and one child disappears as another becomes seemingly possessed by an evil spirit. With suspicion and paranoia mounting, family members accuse teenage daughter Thomasin of witchcraft, charges she adamantly denies. As circumstances grow more treacherous, each family member’s faith, loyalty and love become tested in shocking and unforgettable ways.
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Southbound (2015)
Stars: Chad Villella, Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, and Kristina Pesic
Director: Radio Silence, Roxanne Benjamin, David Bruckner, and Patrick Horvath
Genre: Thriller, Horror, Fantasy
Motion Picture Rating: R
Synopsis from Sony Pictures: On a desolate stretch of desert highway, weary travelers – two men on the run from their past, a band on their way to the next gig, a man struggling to get home, a brother in search of his long-lost sister and a family on vacation – are forced to confront their worst fears and darkest secrets in a series of interwoven tales of terror and remorse on the open road.
Available on Amazon and iTunes
Kindergarten Cop 2 (2016)
Stars: Dolph Lundgren, Sarah Strange, Bill Bellamy, Aleks Paunovic, and Andre Tricoteux
Director: Don Michael Paul
Genre: Comedy
Motion Picture Rating: PG-13
Synopsis from Universal: Dolph Lundgren and Bill Bellamy star in the hilarious next chapter of the Arnold Schwarzenegger classic, Kindergarten Cop. To recover stolen data in a progressive school, the FBI’s toughest agent (Lundgren) must go undercover on his most difficult assignment yet: teaching a class full of liberal kindergarteners.
Available on Amazon