Category: Directors

Pusher II: With Blood On My Hands – One Criminal & a Baby

On By C.H. NewellIn Action, Blogs, Cinematography, Copenhagen, Crime, Criminals, Directors, Drama, Drugs, DVD, Film, Filmmakers, Filmmaking, Foreign Films, Independent Film, Indie Film, Mads Mikkelsen, Movies, Nicolas Winding Refn, Prison, Pusher, Pusher II: With Blood On My Hands, Reviews, Sequel, ThrillerLeave a comment

Refn's sequel to his 1st PUSHER film is another bleak trip to Copenhagen's underworld.

Pusher: A Gritty Copenhagen Tale of Crime

On By C.H. NewellIn 1996, Blogs, Cinematography, Copenhagen, Crime, Directors, Drugs, DVD, Film, Filmmakers, Filmmaking, Independent Film, Indie Film, Kim Bodnia, Mads Mikkelsen, Movies, Nicolas Winding Refn, Pusher, Reviews, Special Features, Thriller, Trilogy, Zlatko BuricLeave a comment

Refn's debut, PUSHER, is a brutal, bleak piece of cinema.

The Raid 2: Because Somehow It Gets Better

On By C.H. NewellIn 2014, Action, Blogs, Blood, Blu ray, Bluray, Choreography, Cinematography, Crime, Directors, DVD, Effects, Fighting, Film, Filmmaking, Gareth Evans, Gore, Iko Uwais, Movies, Reviews, Sequel, The Raid, The Raid 2, The Raid 2: Berandal, The Raid: Redemption, Thriller, TrilogyLeave a comment

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MuXrN8L9ro The Raid 2: Berandal. 2014. Directed & Written by Gareth Evans. Starring Iko Uwais, Arifin Putra, Yayan Ruhian, Oka Antara, Tio Pakusodewo, Alex Abbad, Julie Estelle, Ryuhei Matsuda, Kenichi Endo, and Kazuki Kitamura. Entertainment One Films Canada. Rated 18A. 150 minutes. Action/Crime/Thriller ★★★★★ (Film) ★★★★★ (Blu ray release) Even the trailer just absolutely melts …

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One Ass Kicker Cop v. A Building Full of Psychotics in The Raid: Redemption

On By C.H. NewellIn 2011, Action, Blogs, Blood, Blu ray, Bluray, Choreography, Cinematography, Crime, Directors, DVD, Fighting, Film, Filmmaking, Gareth Evans, Gore, Iko Uwais, Martial Arts, Mike Shinoda, Movies, Reviews, Sequel, The Raid, The Raid: Redemption, ThrillerLeave a comment

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6f6f_kfp1Z8 The Raid: Redemption. 2011.  Dir. Gareth Evans.  Starring. Iko Uwais, Joe Taslim, Donny Alamsyah, Yayan Ruhian, Pierre Gruno, Tegar Satrya, and Ray Sahetapy. XYZ Films. Rated 18A. 100 minutes. Action/Crime/Thriller ★★★★1/2 (Film) ★★★★★ (Blu ray release) There are not a lot of action films I truly love, in the sense I don't particularly favour …

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The Guest is like a Young Terminator in Post-Blackwater Era

On By C.H. NewellIn 2014, A.J Bowen, Adam Wingard, Blogs, Cinematography, Dan Stevens, Directors, Drama, Film, Filmmaking, Independent Film, Indie Film, Lance Reddick, Maika Monroe, Movies, Mystery, Reviews, Simon Barrett, The Guest, Thriller, VOD, You're NextLeave a comment

The Guest. 2014. Directed by Adam Wingard. Written by Simon Barrett. Starring Dan Stevens, Maika Monroe, Brendan Meyer, Sheila Kelley, Leland Orser, and Lance Reddick. Picturehouse. Rated 14A. 99 minutes. Action/Mystery/Thriller ★★★★★ To begin, I've been a fan of Adam Wingard a long while. I think the first time I actually saw one of his …

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Kevin Smith’s Whacky Creature Feature: Tusk

On By C.H. NewellIn 2014, Backwoods Horror, Black and White, Blogs, Cinematography, Comedy, Directors, Drama, Film, Filmmakers, Gore, Horror, Johnny Depp, Justin Long, Kevin Smith, Michael Parks, Movies, Mystery, Podcast, Reviews, Tusk, WalrusLeave a comment

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCQJnOn0ru0 Tusk. 2014. Directed & Written by Kevin Smith. Starring Michael Parks, Justin Long, Genesis Rodriguez, Haley Joel Osment, and Johnny Depp. Sony Pictures Releasing Canada. Rated 14A. 102 minutes. Comedy/Horror ★★★★ First of all, a lot of people seem to misunderstand Tusk as a film overall. It's meant, above all else, as a comedy and a …

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William Friedkin Gets to the Pulse of Fear with The Exorcist

On By C.H. NewellIn 1973, Blu ray, Bluray, Cinematography, Classic Horror, Dick Smith, Directors, Effects, Ellen Burstyn, Film, Filmmaking, Horror, Linda Blair, Literature, Max Von Sydow, Movies, Novels, Reviews, Special Features, The Exorcist, Warner Brothers, William Friedkin, William Peter BlattyLeave a comment

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u15h02Y0MDY The Exorcist. 1973. Dir. William Friedkin. Written by William Peter Blatty, based on his novel. Starring Ellen Burstyn, Max Von Sydow, Lee J. Cobb, Kitty Winn, Jack MacGowran, Jason Miller, and Linda Blair. Warner Brothers Rated 18A. 132 minutes. Horror ★★★★★ (Movie) ★★★★★ (Blu ray release) By now, everyone has either seen The Exorcist …

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Psycho: Alfred Hitchcock & the Birth of the Slasher

On By C.H. NewellIn 1960, Alfred Hitchcock, Anthony Perkins, Bates Motel, Black and White, Blogs, Blu ray, Bluray, Cinematography, Classic Horror, Directors, Film, Filmmakers, Filmmaking, Horror, Janet Leigh, Literature, Movies, Mystery, Reviews, Robert Bloch, Slasher, Thriller2 Comments

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTJQfFQ40lI Psycho. 1960. Dir.  Alfred Hitchcock. Written by Joseph Stefano; based on the novel by Robert Bloch. Starring Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles, John Gavin, Martin Balsam, and John McIntire. Universal Studios Home Entertainment. Rated PG. 109 minutes. Horror/Mystery/Thriller ★★★★★ (Film) ★★★★★ (Blu ray release) For my review of the sequel, Psycho II, click here. …

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