The Shepherd (El Pastor), 2016.Written and directed by Jonathan Cenzual Burley. Starring Miguel Martín, Juan Luis Sara, Alfonso Mendiguchia, Maribel Iglesias, and Carlos San Jorge.SYNOPSIS:A self-sufficient shepherd’s home and way of life is threatened when property developers take an interest in his land. With The Shepherd – or El Pastor in Spanish – Jonathan Cenzual Burley (El […]
Movie Review – Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1973)
Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, 1973.Directed by D.A. Pennebaker Starring David Bowie, Mick Ronson, Mick ‘Woody’ Woodmansey, Trevor Bolder, Angela Bowie, Ringo StarrSYNOPSIS:A documentary and concert film documenting David Bowie and his band, The Spiders From Mars, performing their last live date together at London’s Hammersmith Odeon on July 3, 1973. Directed by […]
Blu-ray Review – Tower of London (1962)
Tower of London, 1962.Directed by Roger Corman. Starring Vincent Price, Michael Pate, Joan Freeman, Robert Brown, Bruce Gordon, Joan Camden, Sandra Knight, Richard Hale. SYNOPSIS:The twisted Richard III is haunted by the ghosts of those he has murdered in his attempt to become the King of England.What’s the best way to liven up a bit […]
Movie Review – Bornless Ones (2016)
Bornless Ones, 2016.Written and Directed by Alexander Babaev. Starring Margaret Judson, David Goodsell, Michael Johnston, Mark Furze, and Bobby T.SYNOPSIS:A young woman and her partner move into a recently bought home in the woods to care for her brother who has cerebral palsy. As they and two friends set about renovating the home, a collection […]
DVD Review – Urban Hymn (2015)
Urban Hymn, 2015.Directed by Michael Caton-Jones. Starring Shirley Henderson, Letitia Wright, Isabella Laughland, Steven Mackintosh, and Ian Hart.SYNOPSIS :Set against a backdrop of the 2011 UK summer riots, a determined social worker encourages a young offender to develop her singing talent.Urban Hymn is a drama certainly singing from a worthy enough song sheet. The film […]
Blu-ray Review – His Girl Friday (1940)
His Girl Friday, 1940.Directed by Howard Hawks. Starring Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Bellamy, John Qualen, Helen Mack, and Alma Kruger.SYNOPSIS:A hard-boiled newspaper editor attempts to rekindle his ex-wife’s – and ex-star reporter’s – love for both himself and the world of newspaper journalism. His Girl Friday marks something of a turning point in the […]
Movie Review – VooDoo (2016)
VooDoo, 2016.Written and Directed by Tom Costabile Starring Samantha Stewart, Ruth Reynolds, Daniel Kozul, Constance Strickland, Dominic MatteucciSYNOPSIS:An innocent Southern girl hoping to evade her complicated personal life travels to Los Angeles to stay with her cousin. She soon begins to learn that escaping her past isn’t as easy as she hoped…At its best, VooDoo […]
DVD Review – Wiener-Dog (2016)
Wiener-Dog, 2016.Directed by Todd Solondz. Starring Greta Gerwig, Julie Delpy, Kieran Culkin, Zosia Mamet, Danny DeVito, Ellen Burstyn, and Tracy Letts.SYNOPSIS :A sprightly dachshund provides the connecting link between four tales of e/ccentricity, disenchantment and dysfunction. A Weiner-dog (or sausage dog in the UK) is another name for a dachshund, and the variously monikered creature is […]
Movie Review – Zero Days (2016)
Zero Days, 2016.Written and Directed by Alex GibneySYNOPSIS:A documentary focused on Stuxnet, a piece of self-replicating computer malware that the U.S. and Israel unleashed to destroy a key part of an Iranian nuclear facility, and which ultimately spread beyond its intended target.In the bewildering world of information technology, data protection and cyber crime there is […]
Blu-ray Review – Punch-Drunk Love (2002)
Punch-Drunk Love, 2002.Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. Starring Adam Sandler, Emily Watson, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Luis Guzmán.SYNOPSIS:A supplier of novelty items with anger management issues edges towards a surprise romance story with a mysterious woman, while also being blackmailed by a phone-sex line managed by a devious mattress salesman. Taking the viewer into an […]
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