Live Evil
Year: 2009
Director: Jay Woelfel
Studio: MT Entertainment
Stars: Tim Thomerson, Mark Hengst, Osa Wallander
MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Running Time: 96 Mins
Official Website: http://www.liveevilthemovie.com/




“Live Evil” is a film that I’ve been kind of looking forward for two reasons. First, I saw the trailer to this film and thought it looks like some b-movie fun and it had Tim Thomerson of Trancers fame playing a badass. Going into this my thinking was, it has to be one of those mindless film that I would enjoy. Right?

The film is about a cowboy priest with a samurai sword, who is on a quest for revenge against a vampire clique. The clique also has some problems, as they a caught up in a underground civil war as groups of vampires are fighting over blood, as there’s a shortage in the blood supply due to most of the blood being contaminated with drugs, cigarettes and anything that changes the blood. Soon everything leads to a bloody climax, in which no one might walk out of. The film also features cameos from Ken Foree (Dawn of the Dead, Rob Zombie’s Halloween) Tiffany Shepis (the upcoming “Night of the Demons” remake, Nympha) and Ellisa Dowling.

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Starring: Thora Birch, Keith Carradine, Brendan Sexton III
Directed By: Eric Mandelbaum
Written By: Michael Graff, Michael Caughill
Grade: C

Winter of Frozen Dreams is an independent thriller based on the dramatized novel of the same name. In the 1970s, Barbara Hoffman was charged with 1st degree murder. Her trial was the first murder trial to be televised nationally. Winter of Frozen Dreams is more of a character study then a suspenseful film. The characters are somewhat interesting, but most of them, even Hoffman, weren’t gone in to nearly enough to create an intriguing draw or questioning of the true character and capacity for selfishness and caring, love and murder, and intelligence and conniving that it is suggested that Hoffman must have possessed.

Barbara Hoffman (Birch) left college where she was studying biochemistry and became a prostitute, opting for easy money over the career she was headed for. She gained her elderly boyfriend’s property and entire life savings before they were even married. When he turns up dead, she is the top suspect. His body was frozen over and found inside of her bathroom. She calls her current quiet and slightly socially awkward boyfriend, Jerry (Sexton III), in a panic. She claims her pimp killed this man for whatever reason and put him in her bathroom to show the other girls a lesson about not taking a stand against him; to keep them in their place. Jerry believes her, but also thinks that they should call the police. Barbara insists that they can’t do that as it will look like she had something to do with this. She insists that if they just get rid of the body than this will go away and it will show her pimp that he can’t mess with girls like her.

Before long, the body is found and Jerry is taken in for questioning. He tells them what happened, convinced that he is really protecting Barbara from being further suspected as he is sure that she is innocent. Agents begin following him around, for his protection as they fear that Jerry will be her next target. Things get rocky between Jerry and Barbara and she becomes more uneasy that these agents are constantly following them. Barbara realizes that Jerry could be what puts her away, but without him the police would only have circumstantial evidence. Questions are posed of whether or not his good intentions will ruin Barbara’s life, if she truly is guilty or just a pimp’s victim, and what she is capable of doing to look out for herself.

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Starring: Amy Smart, Tom Malloy, Billy Zane, Nicola Royston, Caroline Rhea
Directed By: Robert Iscove
Written By: Tom Malloy
Grade: C+

Love N' Dancing follows the norms and formula of most other dance films. Up until the end, the film seems fairly natural and is paced well enough to keep the audiences attention. It is predictable and there aren’t any surprises, but it is still enjoyable enough to watch. It’s a familiar and comfortable film, but you suspect as much going in to it.

Jake Mitchell (Malloy) is the #1 World West Coast Swing Dance champion. He attained the title with his partner, the beautiful and talented Corinne Kennedy (Royston), and without his sense of hearing. Jake went deaf a number of years ago and has learned to read people’s lips, letting him have normal conversations. Most people don’t even realize that he is deaf until he lets them know. More importantly Jake has learned a completely alternative technique to dancing, without needing to hear the music at all. Jake turns off his hearing aid and simply feels the vibrations of the music, translating what he’s feeling in to his dancing. Now Jake is in his 30s and thinking it might be time for him to take a break from the competitive dance world. He’s a dance teacher now as well as a motivation speaker. He comes to an elementary school, speaking to the students about not letting any type of disability hold them back and displaying some of his championship winning dance moves. The kids go crazy and Jake attracts the attention of Jessica Donovan (Amy Smart), one of the school teachers who is amazed by what he did.

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