Pasha's Film Reviews Etc.

* * * * * The deadly virus killed most of the earth's population while apes live peacefully in the forest outside the city. When humans try to reach an electricity generator, hidden deep in the forest, their trip lies through the territory controlled by apes. When two intelligent species meet they face mistrust and danger. Is it the beggining of the new bloody war? Intrigues, betrayal and bloodshed Shakespearean style insures. Some movies go beyond expectations. The premise of the earth populated by talking, horse riding, machine gun shooting apes may not be one's cup of tea, but a piece of cinema that can hold you in its grip for two hours, breathless and thrilled, can not be ignored. This is an Avatar with apes, but instead of wild paradise being invaded, it gives us the story of the beginning of time and the first sin. The film carefully points at the importance of tolerance towards what you do not understand. THE DAWN is an art house film with multimillion budge...

* * A woman at the zoo is throwing her baby into the lions den. An abusive husband attacks police officers when they try to enter the house. A strange noise that is coming from the basement terrifies a suburban family.  New York Police officer Ralph Sarchie (Eric Bana) believes that all these events are connected. But when a local priest Mendoza (Edgar Ramirez) enters the scene Sarchie is not ready to accept the devilish nature of the happenings. Until the facts become too hard to ignore. Director Scott Derrickson helmed some of my favourite horror films Exorcism of Emily Rose and Sinister, but while Deliver Us From Evil is a very scary ride, it does not bring anything new to the genre. There's a grizzly atmosphere of a city in constant rain, there are lots of jump scares and some heavy gore, but where is it all going? The third act is so cliche that you are not just feeling that you have seen it somewhere before, but have seen exactly this same movie scene. It is un...