Safe House

Chip Kaufmann’s Pick: Tales from the Crypt / Vault of Horror (1973) Actually it’s a Blu-Ray pick as the DVD of this double feature contains the TV print of Vault of Horror which is sloppily (and I do mean sloppily) censored. For those of you without Blu-Ray players, the DVDContinue Reading

Child 44 **** Short Take: Based on the first book in Tom Rob Smith’s trilogy, Child 44 tells the story of a disillusioned MGB agent in Stalinist Russia who stumbles onto the path of a serial child killer. REEL TAKE: At press time Child 44 is still in theatres inContinue Reading

Bullhead ****1/2 Short Take: The disturbing but absorbing story of a cattle farmer, his ties to the Belgian ‘Hormone Mafia’ and his dark past. Reel Take: Nominated for an Oscar this year for Best Foreign Film, Bullheadis the disturbingly dark and absorbing story of two men tied by a childhoodContinue Reading