"Horns" is A Sharp and Highly Original Love Story

This vastly one of a kind movie strikes the senses with curiosity, intrigue and displays how love is as old as time itself.

First spawned to the public at Toronto's 2013 International Film Festival, and then to the U.S. on Halloween, then yesterday on DVD. Screen writer Keith Bunin brilliantly transformed Joe Hill's book into a bizarrely fantastic romantically dark modern day Romeo and Juliet mysterious love fest.

Daniel Radcliffe, aka, Harry Potter displays his acting prowess in this four star flick. Ig Perrish (Radcliffe) hooks up with his childhood crush, Merrin Williams, marvelously portrayed by Juno Temple. Williams and Perrish's naked bodies collided in ecstasy. Their cerebral thoughts and words weaved wonderfully into their physical attraction toward each just as well.



The story wastes absolutely no time in racing to conflict. Williams (Temple) is found raped and brutally murdered in the woods. Perrish (Radcliffe) is the prime suspect and his best friend Lee Tourneau characterized by Max Minghella whose a lawyer has managed to keep Perrish out of jail. Evidence left at the scene of the crime points to Perrish. He immediately becomes the small towns out cast and the media will not leave him alone.

"Horns" gets a bit goofy when Perrish grows horns and everyone in his presence has to display their dark side, no matter how twisted or perverted it might be. While the media and the law are trying to get Perrish to admit to Willaims murder, he continues to announce his innocence and find the actual killer.

Though Williams is dead at the beginning of the story, the flash-backs of her and Perrish transforming from adolescence to adulthood is displayed with aplomb. As the conclusion of "Horns" begins to form, the question still remains. Perrish, a heavy drinker wonders if he might have indeed killed Williams in a black-out stupor.

Before the viewer knows for sure who killed Williams, three main suspects including Perrish are among those who indeed stole Williams life. Besides finding out for sure who the killer was, the story unravels even more secrets and has a very enriching conclusion.

"Left Behind" Based on Christian Faith is a Story That Fails in Every Aspect Imaginable.

Littered with flaws from start to finish, this movie was less enjoyable than last years left over fruit cake.

To quote the movie "Get Shorty;" "I've seen better film on teeth." Toward the end of time, according to the Christian book, God will come like a thief in the night and take the truly good people to heaven and the ones left on Earth will suffer His wrath.

Nicolas Cage portrays an airline pilot and bad husband. His wife and mother to his grown daughter is swooped away by God while he and his daughter are left behind and are faced with the dilemma of renouncing Christ or blindly accepting the words of an ancient book. While Cage is flying his jet liner, the beginning of the end of times starts. God takes his chosen people to heaven so they won't have to face the Biblical apocalyptic ending of time as stated in the Bible while the people left behind ponder their fate.

When the lame suspense begins, the commercial plane catches on fire, and Cage must land the plane with no way of slowing it down once he does locate a run way.

"Left Behind" is a suspense movie, but it wasn't suspenseful. Its futile attempt at humor here and there is humorless and the ending is extremely week. One thing I'm glad of, is that I did not pay movie theater prices to see this horrible no star picture. This movie was bad enough to walk out on if your were on an airplane with no parachute.