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...
Category: Reviews
Reviews of films and television formats. Short or long.
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...
Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman
The trailer for Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman is deceiving: this is definitely not a black/white buddy comedy. Ripped from the headlines, BlacKkKlansman is instead, a...
The Longest Yard
A few days ago while I was traveling, I was shocked to learn about the death of Burt Reynolds. I consider him one of...
Alfred Hitchcock’s THE BIRDS
Okay, I’ll admit it: The Birds never scared me—not even as a child. Still, on the 55th anniversary of the picture’s release, Alfred Hitchcock’s...
CULT EPICS: COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO CULT CINEMA
Once upon a time, long before HBO, streaming and BluRay there was one of the world’s coolest video stores, the CULT VIDEOTHEEK founded in the...
