Category: Film

Brian De Palma’s Sisters is One Hell of a Fractured Psychological Journey

On By C.H. NewellIn 1973, Bernard Herrmann, Brian De Palma, Charles Durning, Film, Horror, Margot Kidder, Psychological horror, ThrillerLeave a comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvsixXqC-gM Sisters. 1973. Directed by Brian De Palma. Screenplay by De Palma & Louisa Rose. Starring Margot Kidder, Jennifer Salt, Charles Durning, William Finley, Lisle Wilson, Barnard Hughes, Mary Davenport, & Dolph Sweet. Pressman-Williams/American International Pictures. Rated R. 93 minutes. Horror/Thriller ★★★★1/2 Brian De Palma is a quality filmmaker. That quality hasn't been kicking around …

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Bad Day at Black Rock: An Open, American, Hardboiled Wound

On By C.H. NewellIn 1955, Bad Day at Black Rock, Crime, Don McGuire, Drama, Ernest Borgnine, Film, Film Noir, John Sturges, Lee Marvin, Millard Kaufman, Mystery, Robert Ryan, Spencer Tracy, WesternLeave a comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWpvrb6i9bI Bad Day at Black Rock. 1955. Directed by John Sturges. Screenplay by Millard Kaufman; adapted by Don McGuire & based on a story from Howard Breslin. Starring Spencer Tracy, Robert Ryan, Anne Francis, Dean Jagger, Walter Brennan, John Ericson, Ernest Borgnine, Lee Marvin, Russell Collins, & Walter Sande. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Not Rated. 81 minutes. Crime/Drama/Mystery …

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ROVDYR’s Nothing New, Still Visceral

On By C.H. NewellIn 2008, Backwoods Horror, Film, Håvard Andre Byrkjeland, Horror, Slasher Horror, Survival HorrorLeave a comment

Nothing out of the ordinary here. Yet ROVDYR (a.k.a MANHUNT) packs a visceral, brutish punch all the same.

Borat: Exposing the Truth in American Culture

On By C.H. NewellIn Comedy, Film, Ken Davitian, Larry Charles, Luenell, Pamela Anderson, Patton Oswalt, Sacha Baron Cohen, Seth RogenLeave a comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BfeANSBff8 Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan. 2006. Directed by Larry Charles. Screenplay by Sacha Baron Cohen, Anthony Hines, Peter Baynham, & Dan Mazer; uncredited writing by Seth Rogen & Patton Oswalt. Starring Sacha Baron Cohen, Ken Davitian, Luenell, & Pamela Anderson. Four by Two/Everyman Pictures/Dune Entertainment. Rated 14A. …

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Refn’s Bronson is a Surreal Character Study of Lonely Violence

On By C.H. NewellIn 2008, Biography, Brock Norman Brock, Crime, Drama, Film, Matt King, Nicolas Winding Refn, Prison, Prison Film, Tom HardyLeave a comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMJ1c3qxOWc Bronson. 2008. Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn. Screenplay by Brock Norman Brock & Refn. Starring Tom Hardy, Matt King, James Lance, Amanda Burton, Kelly Adams, Juliet Oldfield, Jonathan Phillips, Mark Powley, Hugh Ross, Joe Tucker, Gordon Brown, & Charlie Whyman. Str8jacket Creations/Vertigo Films/Aramid Entertainment Fund. Rated 14A. 92 minutes. Biography/Crime/Drama ★★★★1/2 Time and again …

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Robin Hardy’s The Wicker Man: Fever Dream Memories of Christianity and Paganism

On By C.H. NewellIn Anthony Shaffer, Britt Ekland, Christopher Lee, David Pinner, Diane Cilento, Edward Woodward, Film, Folk Horror, Ingrid Pitt, James Frazer, Mystery, Novel, Paganism, Robin HardyLeave a comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-tDnavDCwI The Wicker Man. 1973. Directed by Robin Hardy. Screenplay by Anthony Shaffer; based on the novel Ritual by David Pinner. Starring Edward Woodward, Christopher Lee, Diane Cilento, Britt Ekland, Ingrid Pitt, Lindsay Kemp, Russell Water, Aubrey Morris, Irene Sunters, Walter Carr, Ian Campbell, & Roy Boyd. British Lion Film Corporation. Rated R. 94 minutes. …

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Apt Pupil is an Atmospheric but Watered Down King Adaptation

On By C.H. NewellIn Brad Renfro, Brandon Boyce, Bryan Singer, Drama, Film, Ian McKellen, Joshua Jackson, Nazis, Novella, Stephen King, Thriller, WWIILeave a comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MouexZken-c Apt Pupil. 1998. Directed by Bryan Singer. Screenplay by Brandon Boyce; based on the novella by Stephen King from the collection Different Seasons. Starring Ian McKellen, Brad Renfro, Joshua Jackson, Mickey Cottrell, Michael Reid MacKay, Ann Dowd, Bruce Davison, James Karen, Marjorie Lovett, David Cooley, Blake Anthony Tibbetts, Heather McComb, Katherine Malone, Grace Sinden, …

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Animal Factory Reveals the Machinery Within the Beast of a Flawed Prison System

On By C.H. NewellIn 2000, Crime, Drama, Edward Bunker, Film, Seymour Cassel, Tom ArnoldLeave a comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qQushdQ0Qc Animal Factory. 2000. Directed by Steve Buscemi. Screenplay by Edward Bunker & John Steppling; based on the novel by Bunker. Starring Edward Furlong, Willem Dafoe, Danny Trejo, Mark Boone Junior, Seymour Cassel, Mickey Rourke, Tom Arnold, John Heard, Chris Bauer, Rockets Redglare, Jake La Botz, Mark Engelhardt, Edward Bunker, Victor Pagan, Ernest Harden Jr., …

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