Category: Film

Ridley Scott’s Alien: Gorgeously Horrific Isolation

On By C.H. NewellIn 1979, Film, Horror, John Hurt, Outer Space, Science Fiction, Sigourney Weaver, Survival Horror, Tom SkerrittLeave a comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQ5lPt9edzQ Alien. 1979. Directed by Ridley Scott. Screenplay by Dan O'Bannon; story by O'Bannon & Ronald Shusett. Starring Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Ian Holm, Yaphet Kotto, Bolaji Badejo, & Helen Horton. Brandywine Productions/Twentieth Century-Fox Productions. Rated R. 117 minutes. Horror/Sci-Fi ★★★★★ I'm not even a huge science fiction …

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TAXI DRIVER Rides Through the Moral Soup of Murder

On By C.H. NewellIn Albert Brooks, Crime, Cybill Shepherd, Drama, Film, Martin Scorsese, Peter Boyle, Rated R, Robert De NiroLeave a comment

This Martin Scorsese classic is the barometer for movies dealing with PTSD - not an overt military movie, but one that examines the effects of war and isolation and the lack of help for those who come home.

IN THE DEEP: A Fierce Shark Feature with Ferocious Teeth

On By C.H. NewellIn Claire Holt, Ernest Riera, Film, Great White Shark, Johannes Roberts, Mandy Moore, Matthew Modine, Survival Thriller, ThrillerLeave a comment

Got to say, this is an impressive shark movie with some good performances and a load of tension.

The Perfect Husband is Scary and Scary Isn’t Always Good

On By C.H. NewellIn Artsploitation Films, Bret Roberts, Carl Wharton, DEA Film, Drama, Film, Gabriella Wright, Horror, Lucas Pavetto, The Perfect Husband, ThrillerLeave a comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlU1P1F7Nrg The Perfect Husband. 2014 (released 2016 in Canada & America). Directed by Lucas Pavetto. Screenplay by Pavetto & Massimo Vavassoria. Starring Gabriella Wright, Bret Roberts, Carl Wharton, Tania Bambaci, Daniel Vivan, & Philippe Reinhardt. Artsploitation Films/DEA Film/Cobra Film/Nedioga Film. Not Rated. 85 minutes. Drama/Horror/Thriller ★★ So first of all, I want to thank the …

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The Childhood of a Leader is One Darkly Vivid View of the Birth of Dictatorship at the Family Level

On By C.H. NewellIn Bérénice Bejo, Drama, Film, Horror, Jean-Paul Sartre, Liam Cunningham, Lol Crawley, Mona Fastvold, Mystery, Robert Pattinson, Scott Walker, Stacy Martin, Tom Sweet, World War I1 Comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEa9vg_OrSA The Childhood of a Leader. 2016. Directed by Brady Corbet. Screenplay by Corbet & Mona Fastvold. Starring Tom Sweet, Robert Pattinson, Liam Cunningham, Stacy Martin, Bérénice Bejo, Caroline Boulton, Sophie Lane Curtis, Rebecca Dayan, Luca Bercovici, Yolande Moreau, Scott Alexander Young, Michael Epp, Jeremy Wheeler, & Roderick Hill. FilmTeam/Bow and Arrow Entertainment/Bron Capital Partners. Not …

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Maryland: A Post-Modern Analysis of PTSD

On By C.H. NewellIn Alice Winocour, Diane Kruger, Drama, Film, Georges Lechaptois, Jean-Stéphane Bron, Matthias Schoenaerts, ThrillerLeave a comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2g7oFxlBeg4 Maryland (also billed as Disorder). 2016. Directed by Alice Winocour. Screenplay by Winocour & Jean-Stéphane Bron. Starring Matthias Schoenaerts, Diane Kruger, Paul Hamy, Zaïd Errougui-Demonsant, Percy Kemp, Victor Pontecorvo, Franck Torrecillas, Chems Eddine, Philippe Haddad, Jean-Louis Coulloc'h, Rachid Hafassa, David Colombo, & Rabia Elatache. Dharamsala/Darius Films/Mars Films. Rated PG. 98 minutes. Drama/Thriller ★★★★1/2 There have been plenty …

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NO ESCAPE is an Adrenaline Soaked Ride Inside a Bloody Revolution

On By C.H. NewellIn Action, Drew Dowdle, Film, John Erick Dowdle, Lake Bell, Owen Wilso, Owen Wilson, Pierce Brosnan, Rated R, Survival Thriller, ThrillerLeave a comment

Using a fake country as the setting for a brutal revolution, director & writer John Erick Dowdle's NO ESCAPE is pure action-thriller to the core.

The Hospital: A Dark Bureaucratic Comedy

On By C.H. NewellIn 1971, Arthur Hiller, Comedy, Dark Comedy, Diana Rigg, Drama, Film, Frances Sternhagen, George C. Scott, Mystery, Nancy Marchand, Paddy Chayefsky, Roberts BlossomLeave a comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HftRP0NAJYg The Hospital. 1971. Directed by Arthur Hiller. Screenplay by Paddy Chayefsky. Starring George C. Scott, Diana Rigg, Barnard Hughes, Richard Dysart, Stephen Elliott, Donald Harron, Andrew Duncan, Nancy Marchand, Jordan Charney, Roberts Blossom, Frances Sternhagen, & Katherine Helmond. Simcha Productions. Rated PG. 103 minutes. Comedy/Drama/Mystery ★★★★1/2 Arthur Hiller is probably most well known to …

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