Movie Review: "Case 39"

Seen on: October 2, 2010

The players: Director: Christian Alvart, Writer: Ray Wright, Cast: Renée Zellweger, Jodelle Ferland, Ian McShane, Bradley Cooper

Facts of interest: It cost $27 million to make.

The plot: The film follows a social worker whose life spins out of control when she takes care of a young girl with a dark secret.

Our thoughts: Christian Alvart’s “Case 39” should never have been opened. Filled with cheap scare tactics, a messy story, boring characters and dry performances all around, this completely unnecessary horror flick isn’t quite worthy of a theatrical release. It doesn’t add anything to the already exhausted genre of horror movies about demon children, and it sure as heck fails to deliver decent suspense.

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Renée Zellweger in 'Case 39' trailer

Someone out there finally decided to release "Case 39," a supernatural thriller directed by Christian Alvart and starring Bradley Cooper, Renée Zellweger and Jodelle Ferland. The film will open Oct. 1, 2010.

Now the trailer for the horror flick is online, and you can check it out after the jump. It looks like yet another standard thriller in which evil spirits don't give the living a break, and that's hardly intriguing.

The quick synopsis goes like this: A social worker (Zellweger) fights to save a girl (Ferland) from her abusive parents, only to discover that the situation is more dangerous than she ever expected. Enjoy!

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Movie Review: “Pandorum”

Seen on: September 27, 2009

The players: Director: Christian Alvart, Writer: Travis Milloy, Cast: Dennis Quaid, Ben Foster, Cam Gigandet, Norman Reedus, Cung Le

Facts of interest: Christian Alvart also directed "Case 39."

The plot: Two members of a spacecraft crew wake up on board and have no clue who they are and what's going on...

Our thoughts: Walk into “Pandorum” with low expectations, and you may be pleasantly surprised. No, Christian Alvart’s sci-fi horror flick is by no means a masterpiece, but it boasts a series of atmospheric scenes and scary moments I found quite enjoyable to watch. In other words, “Pandorum” is not a complete disaster.

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So-so motion poster for 'Pandorum' hits

In case you've missed it, motion posters are the new cool thing to promote films online. They're essentially flash vidoes or other similar files that feature a moving poster. While we've seen a couple of great ones of this kind recently, I've also come across some rather lame ones.

Take the new motion poster for "Pandorum." It's cool they put the effort into making one, but to be honest, this one's getting pretty annoying after, say, three seconds. You can check it out for yourself after the jump, and let me know what you think. I'm not impressed.

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