Posts Tagged ‘Jamie Lee Curtis’

Short Take: Underwritten and poorly acted. What has happened to John Singleton?

Director: John Singleton

Screenwriter: Shawn Christensen

Cast: Taylor Lautner, Lily Collins, Alfred Molina, Maria Bello, Jason Isaacs, Sigourney Weaver

Length: 1h 46m

Synopsis: Nathan (Lautner) is a teenage boy who after finding his photo on a missing persons website has begun to suspect that his parents Kevin (Isaacs) and Mara (Bello) aren’t who they claim to be. The night they come clean is when strange men break into their house and try to kidnap Nathan, however he and his friend Karen (Collins), who just happened to be visiting, are able to escape. The strange men work for a Russian mercenary group and believe Nathan holds something of value to them. Because of their involvement Nathan and Karen are also being chased by the CIA, who claim to want to help. Not knowing who to trust the teenaged duo decide to do what they can to stay alive on their own and discover the truth for themselves. Unfortunately, they aren’t bound to like what they find.

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On Halloween everyone's entitled to one good scare

Happy All Hallows Eve everyone. In celebration of this most frightening of holidays, we here at Movie-Thoughts invite you to take a look at our essay on a film that was inspired by this night of the year – John Carpenter’s Halloween.

They say the more you know your fears the less powerful they become. Our essay, “Halloween: Destroying Normality One Home and Family at a Time,” will help you kick the frights that scare you while watching Halloween by allowing you to know better what exactly it is that makes you so scared of it. So save yourself, and don’t be afraid.