Edgar Allan Poe was a rather colorful character, from all that I have read, but I suspect the Baltimore writer of lurid and macabre tales bears few similarities to John Cusack in The Raven, a new thriller that focuses on Poe. Cusack portrays the author. When a serial killer begins committing crimes inspired by Poe’s stories, Poe joins forces with [...]

UPDATED: Our tickets are all gone. Amanda Seyfried stars in Gone, a new suspense thriller, as a woman who – a year after she escaped from a serial killer – comes home one night to discover that her sister has been abducted. Convinced that the same kidnapper has come back, and fearful that her sister will be dead by sundown, [...]

I got the River Oaks Theatre’s new schedule of weekend midnight movies yesterday and, along with the Rocky Horror Picture Show and other usual suspects, is a new premiere – The Divide. It’s a violent, post-apocalyptic thriller, which makes it suitable midnight movie fare in my book, but there’s more. One lucky audience member on opening night (Jan. 20) will [...]