Thursday, March 8, 2012

The Moth Diaries

Poster: IFC Films
Country: Canada / Ireland.
Director: Mary Harron.
Starring: Lily Cole, Sarah Gadon, Sarah Bolger, JudyParfitt and Scott Speedman.
Release date: April 20th, 2012 (USA).
Synopsis: Acclaimed director Mary Harron returns with the chilling story of Rebecca (Sarah Bolger), a young girl who, haunted by her father’s suicide, enrolls in an elite boarding school for girls. Before long, Rebecca’s friendship with the popular Lucy (Sarah Gadon) is shattered by the arrival of a dark and mysterious new student named Ernessa (Lily Cole). Lucy falls under Ernessa’s spell and becomes emotionally and physically consumed by her glamorous new friend. Rebecca, whose overtures of concern are rejected by Lucy, finds herself lost and confused. She begins to develop a crush on her handsome English teacher, Mr. Davies (Scott Speedman) and immerses herself in the Gothic vampire novel Carilla for his class. Rebecca starts to suspect that Ernessa is a vampire, but, despite the suspicious deaths that begin to occur, her fears are treated as simple girlish jealousy. As the bodies of young girls pile up and the line between reality and the supernatural starts to blur, Rebecca decides to take matters into her own hands and get rid of Ernessa. Who can say what is real and what is unreal to the heart consumed by passion and a mind afire with loss? Based on the bestselling novel by Rachel Klein, The Moth Diaries is a harrowing story of the anxieties, lusts and fears of adolescence.

Basada en la exitosa novela de Rachel Klein.


Trailer: IFC Films

The Moth Diaries, anxieties, lusts and fears.

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Red Lights (Luces Rojas)

Poster: Warner Bros. Pictures Spain
Country: Spain / USA.
Director: Rodrigo Cortés.
Starring: Cillian Murphy, Robert De Niro, Sigourney Weaver, Elizabeth Olsen, Toby Jones, Leonardo Sbaraglia and Jan Cornet.
Web: lucesrojas-es.com
Facebook: LucesRojas
Release date: January 20th, 2012 (USA - Sundance Film Festival).
Synopsis: Two investigators of paranormal hoaxes, the veteran Dr. Margaret Matheson and her young assistant, Tom Buckley, study the most varied metaphysical phenomena with the aim of proving their fraudulent origins. Simon Silver, a legendary blind psychic, reappears after an enigmatic absence of 30 years to become the greatest international challenge to both orthodox science and professional sceptics. Tom starts to develop an intense obsession with Silver, whose magnetism becomes stronger with each new manifestation of inexplicable events. As Tom gets closer to Silver, tension mounts, and his worldview is threatened to its core.


Trailer: Warner Bros. Pictures Spain

Red Lights (Luces Rojas), not everything can be explained.

Thursday, March 1, 2012

ATM

Poster: IFC Films
Country: USA.
Director: David Brooks.
Starring: Brian Geraghty, Alice Eve and Josh Peck.
Release date: March 2th, 2012 (USA - VOD), April 6th, 2012 (USA - limited).
Synopsis: After leaving their company Christmas Party together, David Hargrove and Emily Brandt's impromptu first date takes an unexpected turn when their coworker, Corey, asks them to make a late-night stop at an ATM. What should be a routine transaction turns into a desperate struggle for survival when an unknown man appears outside the vestibule. With the wintry temperatures dipping below freezing, and the morning sunrise still hours away, they have no choice but to play the man's deadly game of cat-and-mouse.


Trailer: IFC Films

ATM, no warning. No control. No escape.