Posts Tagged ‘revenge’

House of Flying Daggers

No one uses color like Chinese director Zhang Yimou–movies like Raise the Red Lantern or Hero, though different in tone and subject matter, are drenched in rich, luscious shades of red, blue, yellow,

Wanted

Fox (Angelina Jolie) is a mysterious action chick who snatches wimpy Wesley from a life of boring bean-counting and plops him down in the middle of a secret society of assassins who can bend time and space in their mission to keep the world in balance. Awesome special FX, and Angie is hot as ever.

S.

Graphically violent movie filled with “lesbian aggression” cliches. After a lifetime of abuse from all sides, S. is already on the edge mentally when she kills her philandering boyfriend and his new lover. Now on the run, S. tries to make things right in her inner world by killing everyone who crosses her. Trouble is, [...]

Stained Glass Windows

Goth girl Cherry needs a change from being everyone’s punching bag, so she takes up martial arts and plots her revenge. But in doing so, she begins to come into her own power, and discovers what is real for her in life.

A gothic outsider fights to gain her own footing in life after being bullied [...]

Gasoline

Stella and Lenni like their laid-back life in their one-horse village. But then Lenni’s bigger-than-life and twice as disapproving mother blows into town and promptly gets herself accidentally killed. Stella and Lenni stuff the body in the trunk, grab the loot and take it on the lam in this fast and furious action adventure.

Pocahauntus

C’mon now, you gotta love the title. And that brand of cornball humor runs strong in this campy horror movie, a modern slice of cheesy fun that will have you laughing throughout. Buddy Night Movie!

Sugar Cookies

When Camilla’s girlfriend turns up dead, she vows revenge on those responsible. A dark, Warhol-esque 1973 erotic thriller, “Sugar Cookies” delves into the decadent world of the ‘beautiful people’ who use and abuse others.

The Children’s Hour

This Lillian Helman classic deserved its Oscar nominations. Karen (Audrey Hepburn) and Martha (Shirley MacLaine) are the headmistresses at a snooty girls’ school. When a spoiled little brat gets rightfully disciplined, she tells a malicious lie that devastates both teacher’s lives and embroils the town in scurrilous gossip.
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SALT: A Fatal Attraction

Randal is a nasty philanderer. His wife Phoebe starts fooling around with Randal’s sister, West. Together, Phoebe and West hatch a fiendishly clever plot to murder Randal in this dark, sexy, tense thriller.