Paul Verhoeven (Starship Troopers) is back and up to his old tricks in his first Dutch production after quite a long hiatus. In ELLE, he one-ups the rape revenge genre with a twist of black comedy. Early reviews are very positive (e.g. The Guardian, The Playlist). The closing film at […]
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“You got low self-esteem baby, you’re a fantastic fuck.” The excessive nature of Martin Scorsese’s latest effort The Wolf of Wall Street got me thinking about another movie I love with a massive amount of T&A and crazy behavior. I’m talking about Paul Verhoeven’s SHOWGIRLS (1995). The screenplay was written […]
Welcome to Furious Cinema’s movie commentary with Sebastian and Peter – your resident CineGuerillas. This will be an ongoing series of conversations we have about movies we love. They will have a funny title and include a favorite quote from a movie at the end that you can guess in the […]
FILM REVIEW I just want to start off by saying I haven’t seen the recent remake from Director Len Wiseman so this won’t be a comparison type deal. My main impetus for this review comes from the fact a new Blu Ray edition of the original, directed by one of […]
“Get yo azz to Mars” – After the success of Robocop, furious filmmaker Paul Verhoeven made another sci-fi themed movie, this time based on a short story by Philip K. Dick and starring the Austrian born superstar Arnold Schwarzenegger. The year is 2084, Douglas Quaid (Schwarzenegger) is a man who’s […]
Throughout the 1970s and 80s, The Z Channel was a dream come true for lovers of cinema. On Z, you could see every kind of film, from European Arthouse cinema to Hollywood blockbusters. Z was essentially the first pay cable channel to run movies 24 hours a day, well before […]
Few directors would fit the concept of our website better than Paul Verhoeven. The dutch filmmaker known for his controversial motion pictures has a knack for no-nonsense storytelling and daring subject matters. Violence, Sex, Science Fiction, militarism, Nazis, killer robots, strippers – his filmography is full of movies that dare […]