You don’t watch Vampyros Lesbos for the plot, but that doesn’t mean the 1971 erotic horror doesn’t hold some surprises. Shot in Turkey (making great use of interesting locales, set dressing, and lighting), and filmed in German by Spaniard Jesús Franco Manera, the film has a vibe and feel far more memorable than one might expect.
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Writer/director BenDavid Grabinski‘s Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice is a crime comedy with a sci-fi twist. On the night of Sosa’s (Keith David) son Jimmy Boy (Jimmy Tatro) being released from prison, Quick Draw Mike (James Marsden) learns that he’s been set up as the snitch responsible for Jimmy Boy’s prison stint and now is marked for death. The person who framed him is Mike’s longtime partner in crime Nick (Vince Vaughn) whose wife Alice (Eiza González) Mike has been sleeping with. However, there is some good news as someone has arrived to help save Mike. The problem? It’s also Nick.
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The sequel to 2019’s Ready or Not picks up immediately after the first film with Grace MacCaullay (Samara Weaving) rushed to the hospital and forced to answer questions from the suspicious police about just what happened in the Le Domas home before having to go on the run again from more millionaires hunting for her head.
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Valet is an odd film for a romantic comedy. Rather than having two people fall head-over-heels for each other, the 2022 film is about how the time two strangers spend together teaches each of them to stay away from the people that are wrong for them. We start, not surprisingly, with a contrived situation in which, to protect her secret tryst with a married man (Max Greenfield), Olivia (Samara Weaving) convinces a valet named Antonio (Eugenio Derbez) to pretend to be the starlet’s new boyfriend in hopes of putting the paparazzi off the real story.
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Zombie-adjacent, 2017’s Mayhem is a balls-to-the-wall action-horror that offers the opportunity for mass carnage over 86 minutes (while also taking a few pointed jabs at corporate culture). Steven Yeun stars as mid-level exec Derek Cho and Samara Weaving as desperate client Melanie Cross whom he rebuffs. Shortly after that interaction, Derek’s bosses throw him to the wolves to protect their own asses. However, before either can be escorted out of the building, the offices are locked down for a viral outbreak of “Red Eye.”
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