Foster on Film

Four teenage boys, Caleb, Pogue, Tyler, and Reid (Steven Strait, Taylor Kitsch, Chace Crawford, Toby Hemingway), all students at an elite boarding school, have inherited the magic of their families.  They can do almost anything, but trouble appears in the form of a member of the long missing fifth family.  He wants more power, and

Melancholy teen, Sarah (Robin Tunney) moves to L.A. and becomes the latest outsider at a Catholic school.  Nancy (Fairuza Balk), Bonnie (Neve Campbell), and Rochelle (Rachel True), three outcast and psychologically damaged teens, recognize her as the needed fourth for their “coven.”  With Sarah participating in rituals, their spells work, too well.  Worse, the normal

A group of scientists travel up the Amazon to a lagoon, searching for fossils of a fish-man.  Instead, they find a living creature, whose main interest is the expedition’s female member, Kay.  Romantic and philosophical rivalries tear at the group, increasing the danger as the try to capture the Gill Man, and he attempts to

For the third time, a group of scientists capture a gill man, but burn him in the process.  While treating him, they activate his dormant lungs, and allow his skin and eyes to become more human. The scientists then show the creature what humanity is all about and it’s not all good. Quick Review: So

A five story anthology film, plus a wraparound segment about a father (Tom Atkins) who finds his son’s creepy comics and reacts abusively.  The stories: Father’s Day—A family reunion on Father’s Day looks grim when a long dead relative shows up. Lonesome Death of Jordy Verill—A country bumpkin (Stephen King) finds a meteorite and foolishly

Jesus Gris (Federico Luppi) finds a golden egg hidden in the statue of an archangel in his antique shop. When he winds it up, eight legs emerge and pierce his hand, and a stinger gives him the unwanted gift of immortality. But Jesus is not left alone to deal with his new vampiric nature as he

A year after Eric Draven (Brandon Lee) and his fiancée were murdered, Eric is brought back from the grave to act as an avenging spirit.  However, the city’s crime boss, Top Dollar (Michael Wincott), wants to steal Eric’s power and only police Sergeant Albrecht (Ernie Hudson) can help the ghost. This review is going to

Amy (Ann Carter), the daughter of Oliver and Alice Reed (Kent Smith, Jane Randolph), is a lonely and overly imaginative child.  With no friends, she wishes for one, and Irena, the ghost of Oliver’s first wife, appears.  Amy also meets an old, pleasant, but mentally unstable neighbor (Julia Dean), who is cared for by a

Beautiful escaped mental patient, Patricia Stanley (Carole Gray), is picked up by Martin (George Baker), a descendent of Andre Delambre, who first created the teleporter.  The two fall in love and marry.  But Patricia knows nothing of his accelerated aging, or the experiments he carries out with his father, Henri (Brian Donlevy), and brother, Albert. 

The tomb of Prince Ra is opened by a group of scholarly archeologists, who are treated none too well by the locals for their efforts.  But then the contents of the tomb are treated far worse when their greedy American benefactor (Fred Clark) shows up with plans to exhibit the remains of the prince, side-show

In the aftermath of a car crash, brother and sister Jimmy and Ellie (Jesse Eisenberg and Christina Ricci) are bitten by a werewolf.  When they begin to exhibit increased abilities, they know they must find the creature that bit them. Cursed is half of a good film, cut into pieces, placed out of order, mixed

Lord Hanabasa assures his two children that recent earthquakes are not to be feared as their good god will protect them. The common villagers have a different view, gathering to perform a ceremony to keep an evil spirit locked away in a giant statue. Samanosuke, the traitorous Chamberlain, takes advantage of the confusion to murder