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Man Bites Dog is a film that I had been trying to find for a while. A DVD eluded my grasp but I was pleasantly surprised to find the film available on YouTube. You can watch it there if a DVD is not available. I really like the title, “Man Bites Dog”. It’s obscure and peaks the interest of any potential viewers, and it has great relevance to the film, [read...] 
The first film I ever saw by David Cronenberg was his reimagining of the sci fi film The Fly. I knew after that visceral experience he was an incredibly daring filmmaker with a dark, thought provoking style all his own. 10 years later he made CRASH (1996), based on the novel by J.G. Ballard which took ideas he had previously explored to a new psycho-sexual level. James Spader plays James [read...] 
Rumor has it that Side Effects, the slinky, sexy new psychological thriller from busybody director Steven Soderbergh (Contagion, Haywire, Magic Mike) will be his final motion picture. If this is true, Side Effects is certainly a high note to bow out on. An edge-of-your-seat exercise that would please Alfred Hitchcock, Side Effects threatens to take aim at prescription drugs and the long lists of side effects that may come with [read...] 
FILM REVIEW Based on a 1961 book written by Kenneth Cook, Wake In Fright tells the story of John Grant (Gary Bond) a bonded British school teacher who has been stuck working in the desolate Outback town of Tiboonda. Grant hates his job and has made plans to visit his girlfriend who lives in the big city of Sydney on Christmas break. After his last class is finished, he grabs [read...] 
Arthur Hamilton (John Randolph) is a middle aged banker who has become dissatisfied and lost his way in life. One day he is contacted by an old friend Charlie Evans (Murray Hamilton) he had believed to be dead. Charlie explains that he knows just how he feels and that he can assist him with his problem. The message directs him to “The Company” an organization that helps people restart their [read...] 
Regarded as one of Australian Cinema’s most famous cult films next to Mad Max (1979) Director Ted Kotcheff’s 1971 psychological thriller Wake In Fright debuted at the Cannes Film Festival where it was nominated for the Palme D’Or and was lauded by a then unknown filmmaker named Martin Scorsese who was in attendance. Since then it has developed a controversial reputation. Many Aussies despise the film for its negative portrayal [read...] 
When I first saw Isle of The Dead (1945) it was following Turner Classic Movies’ premiere of Martin Scorsese’s documentary Val Lewton: The Man in The Shadows (2007). That really gave me an informative, thoughtful introduction to the often overlooked Lewton and the types of films he produced which were, in large part, gothic horror-thrillers. Up to that time the only Lewton production I had seen was CAT PEOPLE (1942) [read...] 
One Hour Photo is a 2002 psychological thriller starring Robin Williams and directed by Mark Romanek. You may think this is really weird because generally Robin is mostly known for his comedy roles. A good number of those are also geared towards little kids but this film was a departure for him and actually really good. The basic plot is that Robin Williams’ character Seymour “Sy” Parrish works at a [read...] 
Following his role in J. Lee Thompson’s 1962 psychological thriller Cape Fear actor Gregory Peck was in Robert Mulligan’s classic drama TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (1963, USA). In that film, Peck played a small town southern lawyer who represents a black man in a controversial court case. He was brilliant as the gentle loving father and upstanding public servant who evoked American historical figures like Abraham Lincoln and it was [read...] 
We’ve all seen movies that feature deranged monsters, ghastly ghouls and inhuman freaks but there are other kinds of fiendish characters that may be the most frightening of all. The reason is because they’re around us everywhere in society, screaming and complaining, breaking things in your house, having accidents in their pants, and drooling in their food. No I’m not talking about your grandparents, these are the kids who kill! [read...] |
    
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