Category: Movies

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.

ILSA: SHE WOLF OF THE SS – Nazi Sexploitation

On By C.H. NewellIn 1975, B-Movie, Blogs, Blood, Breasts, Dyanne Thorne, Effects, Exploitation, Film, Filmmaking, Gore, Grindhouse, Historical Film, Horror, Ilsa: She Wolf of the SS, Movies, Nazis, Nudity, Prisoners of war, Reviews, Sequel, SS, Torture Porn, WarLeave a comment

If you need dumb, sexified trash, I guess this one is good enough to throw on and make fun of for a while.

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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13 Sins: Economy & Morality

On By C.H. NewellIn 13 Beloved, 13 Sins, 2014, A Necessary Death, Blogs, Blood, Crime, Daniel Stamm, Film, Filmmaking, Horror, Intruders, Movies, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Remake, Reviews, Ron Perlman, The Last Exorcism, ThrillerLeave a comment

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTNtyJIKTXk 13 Sins. 2014. Dir. Daniel Stamm. Screenplay by David Birke & Stamm; based on the original source material 13: Game of Death by Chookiat Sakveerakul & Eakasit Thairatana. Starring Mark Webber, Devon Graye, Tom Bower, Rutina Wesley, Ron Perlman, and Pruitt Taylor Vince. Entertainment One. Rated R. 93 minutes. Horror/Thriller ★★★★ The beginning of …

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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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Mr. Babadook & the Horror of Single Parenthood

On By C.H. NewellIn 2014, Blogs, Cinematography, Drama, Essie Davis, Female Filmmakers, Film, Filmmaking, Horror, Independent Film, Indie Film, Jed Kurzel, Jennifer Kent, Movies, Reviews, The Babadook, The Exorcist, Thriller, VOD, William FriedkinLeave a comment

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5WQZzDRVtw The Babadook. 2014. Directed & Written by Jennifer Kent. Starring Essie Davis, Noah Wiseman, Daniel Henshall, and Tim Purcell. Entertainment One. 93 minutes. Drama/Horror/Thriller ★★★★★ This movie certainly has been hyped up a lot as of late. Several critics who've written about it all seemed to enjoy it a great deal. Most recently, William Friedkin …

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