From The Vault: The Bride (1985)

Directed by Franc Roddam | Written by Lloyd Fonvielle, adapting Mary Shelley's Frankenstein | 118 min | ▲▲▲ | Shout Factory/Scream Factory Blu-Ray, VOD Sometime in the months ahead a picture called The Bride will arrive, another adaptation of Shelley's Frankenstein, or maybe a direct remake of James Whale's classic Bride of Frankenstein. With Maggie Gyllenhaal…Read More

Novocaine review — No pain, big gain

Directed by Dan Berk and Robert Olsen | Written by Lars Jacobson | 110 min | ▲▲▲1/2 San Diego assistant bank manager Nathan Caine (Jack Quaid) lives with an invisible disability — a disorder of his nervous system that means he's unable to feel pain. Since he was a kid he's been adding cushions to…Read More

My Dead Friend Zoe review — Sisters in arms

‌Directed by Kyle Hausmann-Stokes | Written by Hausmann-Stokes, Cherish Chen, and A.J. Bermudez | 98 min | ▲▲▲1/2 Merit (Sonequa Martin-Green) is an American veteran who served in Afghanistan with her pal, Zoe (Natalie Morales). Now back stateside, Merit is skipping her group therapy sessions, and when she does show, Zoe's hanging out, keeping her…Read More