Title: The Serpent
Rating: NR
Directed by: Gia Skova
Written by: Gia Skova
Starring: Gia Skova, Travis Aaron Wade, and Alexandra Tebano
Release Date: 6/18/2021
Running Time: 89 minutes
What did you think of this film?
Top special agent Lucinda Kavsky works for a secret part of the CIA. She’s given a special assignment but then set up by her own agency.
Are There Any Extras During The Credits? No
Are There Any Extras After The Credits? No
Title: The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
Rating: R
Directed by: Michael Chaves
Written by: David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick and James Wan
Starring: Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Ruairi O’Connor, Sarah Catherine Hook, and Julian Hilliard
Release Date: 6/4/2021
Running Time: 112 minutes
What did you think of this film?
“The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It” reveals a chilling story of terror, murder and unknown evil that shocked even experienced real-life paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren. One of the most sensational cases from their files, it starts with a fight for the soul of a young boy, then takes them beyond anything they’d ever seen before, to mark the first time in U.S. history that a murder suspect would claim demonic possession as a defense.
Are There Any Extras During The Credits? Yes
Are There Any Extras After The Credits? No
Is this stinger worth waiting around for? 
(-2 rating, 16 votes)
Title: The Dry
Rating: R
Directed by: Robert Connolly
Written by: Harry Cripps, Robert Connolly, and Samantha Strauss
Based on the novel by: Jane Harper
Starring: Eric Bana, Genevieve O’Reilly, Keir O’Donnell, and John Polson
Release Date: 5/21/2021
Running Time: 117 minutes
What did you think of this film?
A federal agent’s homecoming leads to a deeply personal murder investigation that reopens old wounds and threatens to unravel the tight-knit small town.
Are There Any Extras During The Credits? No
Are There Any Extras After The Credits? No
Special thanks to Michael for this submission
Title: Favolacce (aka. Bad Tales)
Rating: NR
Directed by: Damiano D’Innocenzo and Fabio D’Innocenzo
Written by: Damiano D’Innocenzo and Fabio D’Innocenzo
Starring: Elio Germano, Barbara Chichiarelli, Gabriel Montesi, Max Malatesta, Ileana D’Ambra, Lino Musella, and Massimiliano Tortora
Release Date: 5/21/2021
Running Time: 98 minutes
What did you think of this film?
A few families living out on a limb in the suburbs of Rome. Tensions here can explode at any time; ultimately it’s the children who bring about the collapse.
Are There Any Extras During The Credits? No
Are There Any Extras After The Credits? No
Dedication: To Tiziana Soudani, now a bright trail
Title: The Woman in the Window
Rating: R
Directed by: Joe Wright
Written by: Tracy Letts
Based on the novel by: A.J. Finn
Starring: Amy Adams, Gary Oldman, Anthony Mackie, Fred Hechinger, Wyatt Russell, Brian Tyree Henry, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Julianne Moore
Release Date: 5/14/2021
Running Time: 100 minutes
What did you think of this film?
An agoraphobic woman living alone in New York begins spying on her new neighbors, only to witness a disturbing act of violence.
Are There Any Extras During The Credits? No
Are There Any Extras After The Credits? No
Special thanks to Frank and Gabe for this submission
Title: Spiral (aka. Spiral: From the Book of Saw)
Rating: R
Directed by: Darren Lynn Bousman
Written by: Josh Stolberg and Pete Goldfinger
Starring: Chris Rock, Max Minghella, Marisol Nichols, and Samuel L. Jackson
Release Date: 5/21/2021
Running Time: 93 minutes
What did you think of this film?
A criminal mastermind unleashes a twisted form of justice in Spiral, the terrifying new chapter from the book of Saw. Working in the shadow of his father, an esteemed police veteran (Samuel L. Jackson), brash Detective Ezekiel “Zeke” Banks (Chris Rock) and his rookie partner (Max Minghella) take charge of a grisly investigation into murders that are eerily reminiscent of the city’s gruesome past. Unwittingly entrapped in a deepening mystery, Zeke finds himself at the center of the killer’s morbid game.
Are There Any Extras During The Credits? No
Are There Any Extras After The Credits? No
Special thanks to Michael and Tony for this submission
Title: Profile
Rating: R
Directed by: Timur Bekmambetov
Written by: Britt Poulton, Olga Kharina, and Timur Bekmambetov
Based on the novel by: Anna Érelle
Starring: Valene Kane and Shazad Latif
Release Date: 5/14/2021
Running Time: 105 minutes
What did you think of this film?
Follows an undercover British journalist [Valene Kane] in her quest to bait and expose a terrorist recruiter through social media, while trying not to be sucked in by her recruiter and lured into becoming a militant extremist herself.
Are There Any Extras During The Credits? No
Are There Any Extras After The Credits? No
Title: The Water Man
Rating: PG
Directed by: David Oyelowo
Written by: Emma Needell
Starring: David Oyelowo, Rosario Dawson, Lonnie Chavis, Amiah Miller, and Alfred Molina
Release Date: 5/7/2021
Running Time: 92 minutes
What did you think of this film?
Gunner (Lonnie Chavis) and his mother (Rosario Dawson) share a special bond. She supports his daydreaming and artistic pursuits, while his frequently-on-the-road father, Amos (Oyelowo), with whom Gunner shares a strained relationship, has other ideas about where his son’s interests should lie. Gunner and his dad attempt to smooth over their differences for the sake of the family, but when his mom’s sickness worsens, Gunner disappears into stacks of books on both science and the supernatural in search of possible cures. When Gunner and his rebellious friend Jo (Amiah Miller) go missing during their quest into the Water Man’s mysterious forest, Amos must immerse himself in his son’s world to find them and put his family back together.
Are There Any Extras During The Credits? Yes
Are There Any Extras After The Credits? No
Is this stinger worth waiting around for? 
(+2 rating, 2 votes)
Special thanks to Michael for this submission
Title: Dark State
Rating: NR
Directed by: Tracy Lucca
Written by: Tracy Lucca
Starring: Nicholas Baroudi, Melissa Connell, and Antoni Corone
Release Date: 3/19/2021
Running Time: 93 minutes
What did you think of this film?
An investigative reporter must choose between helping expose the truth or accepting that the world is ruled by a global network of ruthless insiders determined to wield power over all of mankind in a coming Dark State.
Are There Any Extras During The Credits? No
Are There Any Extras After The Credits? No
Note: “…We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of.”
– Edward Bernays, Propaganda
“The propagandist’s purpose is to make one set of people forget that certain other sets of people are human.”
– Aldous Huxley
Dedication: This film is dedicated to my father Peter J. Lucca
Special thanks to Frank and Tony for this submission
Title: City of Lies
Rating: R
Directed by: Brad Furman
Written by: Christian Contreras
Based on the book by: Randall Sullivan
Starring: Johnny Depp, Forest Whitaker, and Toby Huss
Release Date: 3/19/2021
Running Time: 112 minutes
What did you think of this film?
Russell Poole and Jack Jackson investigate the murders of rappers Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur.
Are There Any Extras During The Credits? No
Are There Any Extras After The Credits? No
Memoriam: In Memoriam
Lester Mathews
