Tag: Myth

[Festival du nouveau cinéma] APPLES / UNDINE

On By C.H. NewellIn Film1 Comment

The Festival du nouveau cinéma gave me a look at two fascinating films by a couple important filmmakers with strong auteur voices.

Dracula – Episode 3: “The Dark Compass”

On By C.H. NewellIn BBC, Claes Bang, Dolly Wells, Horror, Mark Gatiss, Steven Moffat, VampireLeave a comment

Dracula reawakens from the bottom of the ocean in the 21st century

Mermaids and Other Myths: Curtis Harrington’s NIGHT TIDE

On By C.H. NewellIn 1961, Curtis Harrington, Dennis Hopper, Edgar Allan Poe, Film, Horror, Mermaids, ThrillerLeave a comment

Curtis Harrington's NIGHT TIDE is a story of loneliness, psychological damage, and the terror of loving someone from a vastly different world.

Lucy: Half-Assed Besson

On By C.H. NewellIn Action, Film, Luc Besson, Morgan Freeman, Scarlett Johansson, Sci-Fi, ThrillerLeave a comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVt32qoyhi0 Lucy. 2014. Directed & Written by Luc Besson. Starring Scarlett Johansson, Morgan Freeman, Min-sik Choi, Amr Waked, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Pilou Asbaek, Analeigh Tipton, Jan Oliver Schroder, and Nicolas Phongpheth. Ciné+/Canal+/EuropaCorp/TF1 Films Production. Rated 14A. 89 minutes. Action/Sci-Fi/Thriller ★★★ I'm a fan of Luc Besson. His first feature film, La dernier combat, is a tour-de-force in thinking …

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SOAKED IN BLEACH Exposes the Bullshit of Cobain’s “Suicide”

On By C.H. NewellIn Benjamin Statler, Celebrity, Courtney Love, Crime, Crime Documentary, Docudrama, Documentary, Fake Suicide, Heroin, Hole, Kurt and Courtney, Kurt Cobain, Kurt Cobain murder, Kurt Cobain suicide, Montage of Heck, Nick Broomfield, Nirvana, Police Incompetence, Private Investigator, Rock n Roll, Soaked in Bleach, Tom Grant35 Comments

Soaked in Bleach. 2015. Directed by Benjamin Statler. Written by Donnie Eichar, Richard Middleton, and Benjamin Statler. Starring Tyler Bryan as Kurt Cobain, Sarah Scott as Courtney Love; featuring, as themselves, Tom Grant, Brett Ball, Max Wallace, and Norm Stamper. Daredevil Films. Rated PG. 100 minutes. Documentary/Drama/Crime. ★★★★★ Admittedly, even though I've always thought Courtney …

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