Shout Select continues its run of superb home video releases with a new Collector’s Edition edition of David Lynch’s 1990 dark tale of romance WILD AT HEART on May 22nd. BUY FROM AMAZON Synopsis: Virtuoso filmmaker David Lynch (Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet, The Straight Story) brings his singular vision to […]
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Kris Kristofferson made his acting debut in this film as Cisco Pike, a down on his luck folk musician whose life went off the rails due to drugs. When he wanders back to the doorstep of his old girlfriend Sue (Karen Black) Cisco seems to have plans of working on […]
“I’ve always felt as an outsider. I’ve been rebellious against any iconoclastic thing. It’s true about the industry, but also about society as a whole. I don’t blame anyone, but I think that society is negative in that people are terrified to be free. I was born on the edge […]
FOR MEMORIAL DAY… Brian G. Hutton’s 1970 Men on A Mission/Caper Film is a real gem. The story follows a squad of ragtag WWII soldiers led by Kelly (Clint Eastwood) as they go behind enemy lines to heist a cache of gold being held in a small French town’s bank. […]
Leave it to the fine folks at Criterion to pull yet another hat trick in the new year with what I consider to be the ultimate home video release of Alex Cox’s 1984 cult sci-fi comedy-punk rock masterpiece REPO MAN. Now if you’re a film geek who grew up in […]
Ridley Scott is a great director who has made many amazing films including BLADE RUNNER (1982), GLADIATOR (2000), BLACK HAWK DOWN (2001) and of course Alien which was only his second feature film. The famous tagline for this movie was: “In space no one can hear you scream.” This was […]
There are always movies that go on to become part of our collective pop culture memory because they hit on certain issues happening when they were made. John Milius’ Red Dawn in particular captured a certain moment in time when the United States and Russia were at the height of […]
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS!!! INTRODUCTION Let’s face it, super hero movies are some of the most difficult types to pull off with completely satisfying results. It’s ALWAYS about the good guys vs. the bad guys. What filmmakers must do is find something fresh and interesting within that rigid structure. There […]
When the Literary Master of Horror meets Film’s Master of Horror, it’s a recipe for some truly furious cinema. That’s exactly what the result was with John Carpenter’s 1983 adaptation of Stephen King’s best selling novel Christine, another female titled tale like Carrie that dealt with the supernatural. In this […]
“Sometimes nothin’ is a real cool hand” We’d like to kick off our latest feature on Furious Cinema with the theatrical poster from one of our favorite films: Stuart Rosenberg‘s Cool Hand Luke. Luke Jackson (Paul Newman) is a man who has a hard time conforming to society. After he […]