Hitchcock
Hollywood loves stories about Hollywood, so the idea of a film about director Alfred Hitchcock’s experience making Psycho seemed like a sure winner: a...
Category: Reviews
Reviews of films and television formats. Short or long.
Cape Fear
Among die hard cinephiles, J. Lee Thompson’s, Cape Fear, is perhaps one of the greatest and one of the most important thrillers ever made....
THE OMEN
One of the top grossing films of 1976, The Omen is a supernatural thriller that, though sometimes heavy on exposition, scripture and appropriation, remains...
Planes, Trains & Automobiles
Happy Thanksgiving! As someone who grew up and still lives in a non-Christian country, I don’t think I relate that much to the tradition...
A STAR IS BORN
What is there to say about a film whose story is such a winner that it has now been made for the fourth time...
Bette Davis in DEAD RINGER
Dead Ringer: A person or thing that seems exactly like someone or something else. You have to admit that the idea of taking over...
Two Mules for Sister Sara | 50 Furious Westerns
Two Mules for Sister Sara (1969 / Director: Don Siegel) was written by Bud Boetticher with the idea that he’d also be the director of...
PLANET OF THE APES: The Classic Franchise Retrospective
A few days ago a TV station in my country aired the rebooted Planet of The Apes series (one film per day). That led...
The Big Lebowski 20th Anniversary: The Legend of The Dude
Last week in London, the Prince Charles Cinema had a special 20th anniversary screening for The Coen Brothers’ The Big Lebowski. And, no, they didn’t...
Mandy – Cage, Rage and Revenge
On the surface, Mandy seems to pack in everything great horror is made of. It’s got vengeance, it’s got violence, and it’s got a...
