Robert W Monk reviews Six Gothic Tales, a Blu-ray collection of the Roger Corman directed and produced adaptations of the Edgar Allen Poe stories The Fall of the House of Usher, The Pit and the Pendulum, Tales of Terror, The Raven, The Haunted Palace, The Tomb of Ligeia, starring Vincent Price, Barbara Steele, Peter Lorre, […]
Blu-ray Review – The Killers (1946)
The Killers, 1946.Directed by Robert Siodmak. Starring Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, Edmund O’Brien, Albert Dekker, Sam Levene and Jack Lamberto SYNOPSIS:A pair of hit-men carry out the murder of an unresisting victim. A partnership of insurance investigator and police detective try to establish the facts surrounding the crime.Taking a classic Ernest Hemingway short story and […]
Movie Review – The Grandmaster (2013)
The Grandmaster, 2013.Directed by Wong Kar Wai. Tony Leung, Ziyi Zhang, Chang Chen, Quinxiang Wang, Hye-Kyo Song, Shun Lao, Hoi Pang-Lo, Xiaofei Zhou and Benshan Zhao. SYNOPSIS:The poetically charged biographical story of Ip-Man, the martial arts expert and teacher , who went on to train Bruce Lee…Wong Kar Wai is a film-maker gifted with a […]
Blu-ray Review – The Girl Who Knew Too Much (1963)
The Girl Who Knew Too Much, 1963.Directed by Mario Bava. Starring Letícia Román, John Saxon, Gianni De Benedetto, Valentina Cortese, Titti Tomaino, Luigi Bonos and Robert Buchanan. SYNOPSIS: A young American witnesses a murder while visiting Rome and inadvertently stumbles upon a serial killer nicknamed the ABC murderer – and her name begins with a D! Part […]
Blu-ray Review – Rabid Dogs (1974)
Rabid Dogs (aka Cani arrabbiati), 1974.Directed by Mario Bava. Starring Ricardo Cucciolla, Lea Leander, Maurice Poli, George Eastman, Don Backy, Maria Fabbri and Erika Dario.SYNOPSIS:A ruthless Roman gang conducts a violent kidnapping and car-jacking after a botched robbery leaves death and destruction in their wake… Rabid Dogs, or Cani Arrabbiati in the original Italian, is a […]
Blu-ray Review – Stalingrad (1993)
Stalingrad, 1993Directed by Joseph Vilsmaier. Starring homas Kretschmann, Jochen Nickel, Dominique Horwitz, Sebastian Rudolph, Dana Vávrová, Martin Benrath and Sylvester Groth.SYNOPSIS:A depiction of WWII’s Battle of Stalingrad, seen through the eyes of the German soldiers ordered by the Nazi hierarchy to combat the Soviet Army.The key moral concerns and central aspects of Stalingrad can be […]
DVD Review – Grand Central (2013)
Grand Central, 2013.Directed by Rebecca Zlotowski. Starring Tahar Rahim, Léa Seydoux, Olivier Gourmet, Denis Ménochet, Johan Libéreau, Nozha Khoadra, Nahuel Pérez-Biscayart and Camille Lellouche.SYNOPSIS : A young unemployed man finds work at a nuclear power plant and begins an illicit affair with the fiancée of one of his senior workmates.There is a simple enough metaphor running […]
Movie Review – Say When (2014)
Say When (a.k.a. Laggies), 2014Directed by Lynn Shelton Starring Keira Knightley, Chloë Grace Moretz, Sam Rockwell, Mark Webber, Jeff Garlin, Gretchen Mol, Ellie Kemper, Eric Riedmann SYNOPSIS:A woman in her late twenties experiences a quarter-age crisis, setting her off on a path to rediscover her youth and enthusiasm for life…When do you know that you’re […]
DVD Review – The Code: The Complete Series
The CodeStarring Lucy Lawless, Dan Spielman, Ashley Zukerman and Adam Garcia.SYNOPSIS:Six-part Australian political and psychological drama focusing on an online journalist and his internet hacker brother as they try to piece together a national and global conspiracy.The vast expanse of the Australian outback certainly looks like a beautiful and mystical place. From the spiritual majesty […]
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