New Release Reviews - Hyde Park on Hudson / Verity's Summer / Robot & Frank

Hyde Park on Hudson
Directed by: Roger Michell
Starring: Bill Murray, Laura Linney, Olivia Williams, Samuel West, Olivia Colman

President Franklin D. Roosevelt (Murray) welcomes King George (West) and Queen Elizabeth (Colman) of Britain to the title retreat in the summer of 1939. The plan is to use the occasion to garner public support among Americans for Britain, a nation which finds itself on the brink of war with Nazi Germany.

The 5 Best Movies of January 2013

The five new releases most enjoyed by the Waffler this January.

New Release Review - Hello I Must Be Going

Directed by: Todd Louiso

Starring: Melanie Lynskey, Christopher Abbott, Blythe Danner, John Rubinstein

A thirty-something divorcee embarks on a relationship with a disillusioned nineteen-year-old.

New Release Review - Wrong

Directed by: Quentin Dupieux

Starring: Jack Plotnick, Eric Judor, Alexis Dziena, William Fichtner, Steve Little

Absurdist tale of a man's search for his missing dog.

New Release Review - The Last Stand

Directed by: Jee-woon Kim

Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Forest Whitaker, Johnny Knoxville, Peter Stormare, Eduardo Noriega, Luiz Guzman, Jaimie Alexander, Sonny Landham, Harry Dean Stanton

A small-town sheriff and his deputies must stop an escaped drug-lord from crossing the Mexican border.

New Release Review - American Mary

Directed by: Jen Soska, Sylvia Soska

Starring: Katharine Isabelle, Antonio Cupo, Tristan Risk, John Emmet Tracy 

A surgery student is drawn into the underground world of extreme body modification.

New Release Review - Movie 43

Directed by: Elizabeth Banks, Steven Brill, Steve Carr, Rusty Cundieff, James Duffy, Griffin Dunne, Peter Farrelly, Patrik Forsberg, James Gunn, Bob Odenkirk, Brett Ratner, Jonathan van Tulleken

Starring: Elizabeth Banks, Kristen Bell, Halle Berry, Leslie Bibb, Kate Bosworth, Gerard Butler, Bobby Cannavale, Kieran Culkin, Josh Duhamel, Anna Faris, Richard Gere, John Hodgman, Terrence Howard, Hugh Jackman, Johnny Knoxville, Justin Long, Stephen Merchant, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Chloë Grace Moretz, Chris Pratt, Liev Schreiber, Seann William Scott, Emma Stone, Jason Sudeikis, Uma Thurman, Naomi Watts, Kate Winslet

Star-studded comedy anthology.

New Release Reviews - Bullhead / The Playroom / The Liability

Bullhead

Directed by: Michaël R. Roskam
Starring: Matthias Schoenaerts, Jeroen Perceval, Jeanne Dandoy

As a child, cattle farmer's son Jacky (Schoenarts) suffers an attack which renders his testicles irreparably damaged, leading him as an adult to develop an addiction to illegal growth hormones and testorone supplements. The perpetrator of the attack was never punished as the father of Jacky's best friend Diederik (Perceval) refused to allow his son give evidence against the son of a local gangster. As adults, Diederik and Jacky have separately become involved in the illegal hormone trade and are reunited, bringing back uncomfortable memories and setting Jacky off on a path of vengeance.

New Release Review - Flight

Directed by: Robert Zemeckis

Starring: Denzel Washington, Nadine Velasquez, Kelly Reilly, Bruce Greenwood, John Goodman, Don Cheadle, James Badge Dale, Melissa Leo

A pilot who prevents his passenger plane from crashing is revealed to have been under the influence of drugs and alcohol.

Hitchcock in Reverse - Topaz (1969)

Cold War spy thriller set in the build-up to the Cuban missile crisis.

New Release Review - The Sessions

Directed by: Ben Lewin

Starring: John Hawkes, Helen Hunt, William H. Macy, Moon Bloodgood, Adam Arkin, Rhea Perlman

To lose his virginity, a polio victim hires a sex surrogate.

Great Movie Posters - The Dollars Trilogy

New Release Review - Hitchcock

Directed by: Sacha Gervasi

Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren, Scarlett Johansson, Jessica Biel, Danny Huston, Toni Collette, James D'Arcy, Michael Stuhlbarg, Kurtwood Smith, Ralph Macchio

Dramatization of events surrounding the making of Hitchcock's 'Psycho'.

New Release Reviews - Hors Satan / About Cherry / Everyday

Hors Satan

Directed by: Bruno Dumont

Starring: David Dewaele, Alexandra Lemâtre, Christophe Bon

An enigmatic young man (Dewaele), living in the marshes on the outskirts of a small town, appears to have healing powers. He is befriended by a young goth (Lematre), whose abusive father he shoots dead. As the film progresses, some fall victim to his murderous rampage while others are healed of their ills.

Waffling with... Pat Healy (Part 2)

Part two of our interview with one of American indie cinema's greatest stars. Click here for Part1.

Waffling with... Pat Healy (Part 1)

With outstanding performances this year in "The Innkeepers" and "Compliance", Pat Healy has established himself as one of America's most interesting actors. He spoke to us from Los Angeles about his career as both a writer and an actor and where he thinks modern cinema is headed.

Hitchcock in Reverse - Frenzy (1972)

An innocent man is hunted by Scotland Yard for a series of neck-tie murders of women in London.

New Release Review - The Comedy

Directed by: Rick Alverson

Starring: Tim Heidecker, Eric Wareheim, James Murphy

Waiting for his father to die so he can receive his fortune, a privileged Brooklyn man drifts through life, getting his kicks from playing immature pranks on strangers.

Documentary Review - The Invisible War

Directed by: Kirby Dick

Investigation into sexual abuse in the U.S military.

New Release Reviews - In Their Skin / Hollow / Bad Kids Go to Hell

In Their Skin

Directed by: Jeremy Power Regimbal

Starring: Selma Blair, Joshua Close, James D'Arcy, Rachel Miner

Struggling to cope with the death of their young daughter, Blair and Close head off to a remote home in the Pacific Northwest, attempting to save their marriage. There they meet neighbors D'Arcy and Miner who they invite to dinner. Unable to deal with their guests odd behavior, Blair and Close kick them out, only for them to return with guns and invade the couple's home.