Summer in February
“There will some day,” Gilbert Evans
Just a sample of the excruciating dialogue, which also include exclamations like, “I’m not your gypsy!” If it weren’t for the three brief moments of gratuitous female nudity, SUMMER IN FEBRUARY would not be out of place as weekday afternoon schedule-filler on the goggle box. Reminds me of Julian Fellowes’ hackneyed and disappointing directorial debut, SEPARATE LIES. Both share dated concerns and overblown melodrama, delivered by thesps who have proven themselves in other projects. [To read more, click here]
V/H/S/2
Horror anthology V/H/S was far more successful than its rival THE ABCS OF DEATH thanks to having greater time to flesh out the dread. The former now has a sequel. The segments rely on the same flimsy but efficient idea of burglars coming across a stash of video cassettes in a creepy house. ‘Tape 49’ has a private investigator and his partner searching for a missing college student. Breaking into his home, there’s the odd chilling moment in between each segment. [To read more, click here]