Dolemite, 1975. Directed by D’Urville Martin. Starring Rudy Ray Moore, D’Urville Martin, Jerry Jones, Lady Reed and Hy Pyke. SYNOPSIS: After being released from prison for a crime he didn’t commit, pimp Dolemite sets out to find and kill the man who set him up, the villainous Willie Green. As some of you might have […]
Movie Review – Blackenstein (1973)
Blackenstein, 1973. Directed by William A. Levey. Starring John Hart, Ivory Stone, Andrea King, Roosevelt Jackson, and Joe Du Sue. SYNOPSIS: After being wounded in Vietnam, Eddie is given a second chance at life by a DNA scientist who manages to reconstruct the wounded soldiers lost limbs. However, the results soon turn monstrous when a […]
Movie Review – Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song (1971)
Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song, 1971. Directed by Melvin Van Peebles. Starring Melvin Van Peebles, Hubert Scales, Simon Chuckster, and John Dullugan. SYNOPSIS: After saving a young Black Panther member from a beating by a pair of white police officers, a black man named Sweetback goes on the run hoping to find freedom in Mexico. With […]
Movie Review – German Angst (2018)
German Angst, 2018. Directed by Jorg Buttgereit, Michal Kosakowski, and Andreas Marschall. Starring Lola Gave, Axel Holst, Andreas Pape, Mathan Harris, Melton Welsh, and Anikka Strauss. SYNOPSIS: Three of German horrors most shocking directors come together to present a trio of horror tales dealing with love, sex and death in the darkest corners of Berlin. […]
Movie Review – A Taste of Phobia (2018)
A Taste of Phobia, 2017. Directed by Domiziano Cristopharo, Jason Impey, Sunny King, Sam Mason Bell, Tony Newton, Lauand Omar, Rob Ulitski, Sophia Cacciola, Michael J. Epstein, Dustin Ferguson, Alessandro Giordani, Chris Milewski, Alessandro Redaelli, Alessandro Redaelli, and Lorenzo Zanoni. Starring Roberta Gemma, Edwin Garcia, Michael J. Epstein, Mark Thompson-Ashworth, Karen Lynn, and Lianne O’Shea. […]
Oscars: What Should Have Won – The Insider Over American Beauty for Best Picture of 1999
Graeme Robertson on why The Insider should have won over American Beauty at the Academy Awards… The line up for the Oscars celebrating the best of 1999 could arguably be seen as something of a slow year in terms of cinematic brilliance, at least in my opinion. While none of the films nominated is particularly […]
Oscars: What Should Have Won – L.A. Confidential Over Titanic for Best Picture of 1997
Graeme Robertson on why L.A. Confidential should have won over Titanic at the Academy Awards… The Oscars celebrating the best of 1997 was a ceremony dominated by one film, James Cameron’s romantic disaster epic Titanic – a film that devoured the box office and won itself an absurd 11 Oscars including Best Picture, a feat previously […]
Movie Review – Like Me (2017)
Like Me, 2017. Directed by Robert Mockler. Starring Addison Timlin, Ian Nelson, Larry Fessenden, Jeremy Gardener, and Nicolette Pierini. SYNOPSIS: A loner embarks upon a crime spree that she broadcasts on social media for the world to watch. Ah, social media, that great big boogeyman who we long to escape but constantly find ourselves running […]
Oscars: What Should Have Won – The Big Chill over Terms of Endearment for Best Picture of 1983
Graeme Robertson on why The Big Chill should have won over Terms of Endearment at the Academy Awards… The Oscars celebrating the best of 1983 is something of a strange case. Looking at the line-up of the Best Picture nominees I was struck by the way in which all of the nominees, bar one, where […]
Oscars: What Should Have Won – Judgment at Nuremberg over West Side Story for Best Picture of 1961
Graeme Robertson on why Judgement at Nuremberg should have won over West Side Story at the Academy Awards… It’s Oscar season again, so it’s time to take a look at Oscar ceremonies of the past and spotlight the films that I feel should have won the coveted Best Picture trophy over those that ultimately did. […]