Month: April 2016

Immortals a.k.a Greek Mythology on Steak and Eggs

On By C.H. NewellIn Action, Drama, Fantasy, Film, Greek Mythology, Henry Cavill, Luke Evans, Mickey Rourke, Tarsem SinghLeave a comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSmJ5UXtUnk Immortals. 2011. Directed by Tarsem Singh. Screenplay by Charley & Vlas Parlapanides. Starring Henry Cavill, Mickey Rourke, John Hurt, Stephen Dorff, Freida Pinto, Luke Evans, Joseph Morgan, Anne Day-Jones, Greg Bryk, Alan Van Sprang, Peter Stebbings, Daniel Sharman, Isabel Lucas, Kellan Lutz, & Steve Byers. Relativity Media/Virgin Produced/Mark Canton Productions. Rated 18A. 110 minutes. …

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Terry Gilliam’s Brazil is a Dystopian Vision of Not-So-Distant Future

On By C.H. NewellIn Bob Hoskins, Drama, Film, Ian Holm, Jonathan Pryce, Michael Palin, Robert De Niro, Sci-Fi, Terry GilliamLeave a comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKPFC8DA9_8 Brazil. 1985. Directed by Terry Gilliam. Screenplay by Gilliam, Charles McKeown, & Tom Stoppard. Starring Jonathan Pryce, Robert De Niro, Katherine Helmond, Ian Holm, Bob Hoskins, Michael Palin, Ian Richardson, Peter Vaughan, Kim Greist, Jim Broadbent, Barbara Hicks, Charles McKeown, Derrick O'Connor, Kathryn Pogson, Bryan Pringle, & Shella Reid. Embassy International Pictures. Rated R. 132 …

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Carl Th. Dreyer’s Day of Wrath: An Allegory of Power and the Raw Truth of Religious Cruelties

On By C.H. NewellIn 1943, Black-and-white, Carl Theodor Dreyer, Day of Wrath, Drama, Film, Nazis, WitchesLeave a comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_SATxIRMts Day of Wrath. 1943. Directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer. Screenplay by Dreyer, Pol Knudsen, & Mogens Skot-Hansen; based on the play Anne Pedersdotter by Hans Wiers-Jenssen. Starring Thorkild Roose, Lisbeth Movin, Sigrid Neiiendam, Preben Lerdorff Rye, & Albert Hoeberg. Palladium Productions. Not Rated. 97 minutes. Drama ★★★★1/2  History allows us to look back on films …

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Bergman’s HOUR OF THE WOLF is an Intensely Personal Journey into the Shattered Mental Health of Artists

On By C.H. NewellIn Drama, Film, Horror, Liv UllmannLeave a comment

Not considered one of his master works, Bergman's Hour of the Wolf is a shattering rumination on what it is mentally to be and live with an artist.

Frank White, Republican Nightmare: Abel Ferrara’s King of New York

On By C.H. NewellIn Abel Ferrara, Christopher Walken, Crime, David Caruso, Drama, Film, Laurence Fishburne, Wesley SnipesLeave a comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bt94pENFmjc King of New York. 1990. Directed by Abel Ferrara. Screenplay by Nicholas St. John. Starring Christopher Walken, Larry Fishburne, David Caruso, Victor Argo, Wesley Snipes, Janet Julian, Joey Chin, Giancarlo Esposito, & Paul Calderon. Seven Arts/Lions Gate Home Entertainment. Rated R. 106 minutes. Drama/Crime ★★★★★  Abel Ferrara is an all-around exciting, unique filmmaker. He …

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Banshee – Season 4, Episode 5: “A Little Late to Grow a Pair”

On By C.H. NewellIn Antony Starr, Banshee, Cinemax, Eliza Dushku, Hoon Lee, Ivana Milicevic, Matthew Rauch, Season 4, Ulrich Thomsen1 Comment

Oh, the Nazi balance in Banshee is upset, and that means nothing good; for anybody.

Zodiac: The Dark Reality of an Uncaught Killer

On By C.H. NewellIn 2007, Crime, David Fincher, Drama, Film, History, Jake Gyllenhaal, John Carroll Lynch, Robert Downey Jr.Leave a comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSuUJ-Scbeg Zodiac. 2007. Directed by David Fincher. Screenplay by James Vanderbilt, based on the book of the same name by Robert Graysmith. Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, Anthony Edwards, Robert Downey Jr., Brian Cox, John Carroll Lynch, Richmond Arquette, Bob Stephenson, John Lacy, Chloë Sevigny, Ed Setrakian, John Getz, John Terry, Candy Clark, & Elias Koteas. …

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Fear of the Outside World in Tremors

On By C.H. NewellIn 1990, Comedy, Film, Finn Carter, Fred Ward, Horror, Ron Underwood, Sci-FiLeave a comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V65b70nPU7k Tremors. 1990. Directed by Ron Underwood. Screenplay by Brent Maddock & S.S. Wilson. Starring Kevin Bacon, Fred Ward, Finn Carter, Michael Gross, Reba McEntire, Robert Jayne, Charlotte Stewart, Tony Genaro, Ariana Richards, Richard Marcus, Victor Wong, Sunshine Parker, Michael Dan Wagner, Conrad Bachmann, Bibi Besch, John Goodwin, & John Pappas. Universal Pictures/No Frills Film …

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