Sprague Grayden

THE BIG YEAR [1/31] (2011) * * * (B) Directed by David Frankel Starring Owen Wilson, Jack Black, Steve Martin, Jim Parsons, Rashida Jones, Anjelica Huston, Dianne Wiest, JoBeth Williams, Brian Dennehy, Rosamund Pike, Tim Blake Nelson Fox//Rated PG//...

Reaffirming -- much to its credit -- that the suspense franchise was more than just a one-trick pony, this third round delves even farther into the past than the preceding prequel, with the younger incarnations of the sisters (played as adults by...

Much more a prequel than a sequel to the word-of-mouth-driven blockbuster about the use of video equipment in monitoring a supposedly haunted house, this edition uses much the same premise as a woman ( Sprague Grayden, "Jericho") and her family -...

MY SOUL TO TAKE (2010) *1/2 (C-) Directed by Wes Craven Starring Max Thieriot, Emily Meade, John Magaro, Zena Grey, Nick Lashaway, Denzel Whitaker, Paulina Olszynski, Jeremy Chu, Raul Esparza, Shareeka Epps Universal//Rated R//Horror//108 minutes...

The bottom line on any horror picture is clear cut and simple. How many times does it raise the hair on the back of your neck? How often do you jump? And how much fretting do you do about where you kept that night light you put away years ago? “...

You only get to take the movie world utterly by surprise once. But you can, if you're going back to that “Paranormal Activity” well one more time, produce a more polished, more “studio” looking film the second time around —...

Clint Eastwood continues his successful run of directing first-rate movies that keep breaking new ground. "Hereafter" is a meditation on the profound changes that alter anyone's life when the sudden death of someone close to us occurs. The story follows...