Directed by: Joe Chappelle
Starring: Donald Pleasence, Paul Rudd, Marianne Hagan, Mitch Ryan, Kim Darby, George P Wilbur
Michael Myers returns to Haddonfield to kill the new-born son of his niece.
Waffleween - Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995)
Michael Myers returns to Haddonfield to kill the new-born son of his niece.
Waffleween - Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989)
Directed by: Dominique Othenin-Girard
Starring: Donald Pleasence, Danielle Harris, Ellie Cornell, Beau Starr, Don Shanks
A year after he was thought to have been killed in a mine-shaft explosion, Michael Myers awakes from a coma and returns to Haddonfield.
Waffleween - Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988)
Directed by: Dwight H Little
Starring: Donald Pleasence, Danielle Harris, Ellie Cornell, George P Wilbur, Beau Starr, Kathleen Kinmont, Sasha Jenson
Ten years after committing the original massacre, Michael Myers returns to Haddonfield in search of his niece, Harris.
Waffleween - Halloween 3: Season of the Witch (1982)
Directed by: Tommy Lee Wallace
Starring: Tom Atkins, Dan O'Herlihy, Stacey Nelkin, Nancy Kyes, Michael Currie
Evil mastermind O'Herlihy plans to use Halloween masks as a way of sacrificing children to the ancient Gods.
Waffleween - Halloween 2 (1981)
Directed by:: Rick Rosenthal
Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Pleasence, Dick Warlock, Charles Cyphers, Lance Guest, Leo Rossi, Pamela Susan Shoop, Hunter Von Leer, Ana Alicia, Nancy Stephens
Immediately following the events of the first movie, Curtis has been taken to Haddonfield hospital but Michael Myers is still on the loose.
Retro Review - Maverick (1994)
Starring: Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, James Garner, Alfred Molina, James Coburn
During the 1990's, film-makers loved to take classic TV shows and try to make them into full-length movies. The results were real hit and miss, so when "Maverick" came out in 1994, one didn't know whether the film would prove to be comic genius or whether James Garner would disown it.
New Release Review - Liberal Arts
Directed by: Josh Radnor
Starring: Josh Radnor, Elizabeth Olsen, Zac Efron, Richard Jenkins, Alison Janney, Kate Burton
Thirty-something Radnor returns to his old college to honor retiring professor Jenkins. Once there he succumbs to nostalgia and embarks on a relationship with student Olsen.
New Release Review - Sinister
Directed by: Scott Derrickson
Starring: Ethan Hawke, Juliet Rylance, James Ransone, Fred Dalton Thompson, Vincent D'Onofrio
Unbeknownst to his long suffering family, true crime writer Hawke has moved them into a house whose previous residents were brutally murdered.
New Release Review - Stolen
Directed by: Simon West
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Josh Lucas, Danny Huston, Sami Gayle, Malin Akerman, Mark Valley, MC Gainey
Following his release from an eight year prison term, former bank robber Cage is blackmailed by an old member of his crew (Lucas) who is holding his daughter captive in the trunk of his taxi.
Waffleween - Halloween (1978)
Directed by: John Carpenter
Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Pleasance, Nick Castle, Tony Moran, PJ Soles, Nancy Loomis, Charles Cyphers
Fifteen years after brutally murdering his sister, Michael Myers escapes his sanitarium and returns to his home town of Haddonfield.
New Release Review - Frankenweenie
Directed by: Tim Burton
Starring: Winona Ryder, Catherine O'Hara, Martin Short, Martin Landau, Christopher Lee, Charlie Tahan
New Release Review - Taken 2
Directed by: Olivier Megaton
Starring: Liam Neeson, Famke Janssen, Maggie Grace, Rade Serbedzija
While vacationing in Istanbul, Neeson and family are stalked by the Albanian mob who kidnapped his daughter in the first movie.
Waffleween - Tony Moran Interview
Tony Moran was the face of Michael Myers in John Carpenter's "Halloween". We caught up with him for a chat about those days and what he's been up to since.
New Release Review - The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Directed by: Stephen Chbosky
Starring: Logan Lerman, Emma Watson,Ezra Miller, Nina Dobrev, Dylan McDermott, Joan Cusack, Kate Walsh, Paul Rudd, Mae Whitman
Following a breakdown brought on by his friend's suicide, freshman Logan enters High School, making friends with seniors Watson and Miller.
New Release Review - Skyfall
Directed by: Sam Mendes
Starring: Daniel Craig, Javier Bardem, Judi Dench, Ralph Fiennes, Helen McCrory, Bérénice Marlohe, Ben Whishaw, Naomie Harris, Albert Finney
Daniel Craig returns as James Bond in the series' 23rd installment.
New Release Review - Looper
Directed by: Rian Johnson
Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, Emily Blunt, Paul Dano, Piper Perabo, Jeff Daniels, Noah Segan, Garrett Dillahunt
In 2044, Gordon-Levitt is a "looper", a hitman who disposes of victims sent back in time from thirty years in the future. His latest target however is his future self.
First Time Watches - September 2012
Elmer Gantry (1960)
Burt Lancaster is thrilling as a travelling salesman who hooks up with an evangelist troupe, initially with the intention of seducing young preacher Jean Simmons.
New Release Review - Savages
Directed by: Oliver Stone
Starring: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Taylor Kitsch, Blake Lively, John Travolta, Salma Hayek, Benicio Del Toro
When Lively is kidnapped by Hayek's Mexican drug cartel, it's up to her two lovers, Taylor-Johnson and Kitsch, to get her back.
Hooray for Wakaliwood!
Isaac Nabwana is a true maverick, producing, directing and editing action movies from his home in the slums of Wakaliga, Uganda. American film-maker Alan Ssali Hofmanis was inspired to make him the subject of his new documentary "Wakaliwood". The Movie Waffler caught up with Hofmanis to hear his fantastic story.