Manglehorn, 2014. Directed by David Gordon Green. Starring Al Pacino, Holly Hunter, Chris Messina, Harmony Korine and Natalie Wilemon. SYNOPSIS: Left heartbroken by the woman he loved and lost many years ago, Manglehorn, an eccentric small-town locksmith, tries to start his life over again with the help of a new friend. With a story bristling […]
Blu-ray Review – The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension, 1984. Directed by W.D. Richter. Starring Peter Weller, John Lithgow, Ellen Barkin, Jeff Goldblum, Christopher Lloyd, Lewis Smith, Rosalind Cash, Clancy Brown, Vincent Schiavelli, Carl Lumbly and Dan Hedaya. SYNOPSIS: Adventurer/surgeon/rock musician Buckaroo Banzai and his band of men, the Hong Kong Cavaliers, take on evil […]
Blu-ray Review- Cemetery Without Crosses (1969)
Cemetery Without Crosses (Une corde, une Colt), 1969. Directed by Robert Hossein. Starring Robert Hossein, Michèle Mercier, Guido Lollobrigida, Daniele Vargas, Serge Marquand, Pierre Hatet, Phillipe Baronnet, Pierre Collet, Michele Lemoine and Anne-Marie Balin. SYNOPSIS: After her husband is lynched by bandits, a grieving widow seeks revenge and turns to an old friend for help. He is initially […]
Blu-ray Review – 3 Women (1977)
3 Women, 1977. Directed by Robert Altman Starring: Shelley Duvall, Sissy Spacek, Janice Rule, Robert Fortier, Ruth Nelson, John Cromwell and Craig Richard Nelson. SYNOPSIS: An awkward adolescent begins work at a spa in the Californian desert. The shy and reserved young woman becomes overly attached to her more confident co-worker and eventual room-mate. 3 […]
DVD Review – 30 Degrees in February Season One
30 Degrees in February (30 grader i februari), 2012 Based on stories by Anders Weidemann. Starring Maria Lundquist, Hanna Ardehn, Kjell Bergqvist, Thomas Chaanhing, Rebecca Hemse and Torkel Petersson. SYNOPSIS: A disparate group of Swedes move to Thailand in search of a new life. Problems swept under the carpet have a tendency of biting back. When […]
Movie Review – The First Film (2015)
The First Film, 2015. Written, directed and presented by David Nicholas Wilkinson. Featuring Tom Courtenay, Michael Harvey, Mark Rance, Stephen Herbert, Daniel Martin, Tony Earnshaw, Adrian Wootton, Tony North, Jacques Pfend and Joe Eszterhas. SYNOPSIS : Leeds born filmmaker David Nicholas Wilkinson’s thirty-three year quest to prove that the world’s film industry started in Leeds, Yorkshire, England in 1888. Where was the first film made? […]
Movie Review – 7 Minutes (2014)
7 Minutes, 2014. Written and Directed by Jay Martin. Starring Jason Ritter, Luke Mitchell, Zane Holtz, Levin Rambin, Kevin Gage, Joel Murray, Brandon Hardesty and Kris Kristofferson. SYNOPSIS: Three high school friends are forced to commit a brazen robbery which quickly goes horribly wrong. Ok, get in the bank, take the money and be out […]
Brand New-U nightmarish sci-fi romance world premiere today at EIFF
The stark and uncompromising sci-fi/thriller/romance Brand New-U receives its international film premiere at the Edinburgh International Film Festival today. Taking in a wide variety of influences and themes, the Simon Pummell (Bodysong, Shock Head Soul) directed and written piece explores the sense of self and identity in an atmospheric, art-house inflected narrative. The unconventional film […]
Movie Review – Accidental Love (2015)
Accidental Love, 2015. Directed by David O. Russell (as Stephen Greene). Starring Jessica Biel, Jake Gyllenhaal, James Marsden, Catherine Keener, Tracy Morgan and James Brolin. SYNOPSIS: A clueless politician falls in love with a small-town waitress whose erratic behaviour is caused by a nail stuck in her head. Originally titled Nailed and shot way back […]
DVD Review – The Spider (2000)
The Spider (Edderkoppen), 2000. Directed by Ole Christian Madsen. Starring Jakob Cedergren, Stina Stengade, Lars Mikkelsen, Bjarne Henriksen, Trine Dyrholm and Nikolaj Lie Kaas. SYNOPSIS: Copenhagen 1949. A young and idealistic journalist attempts to uncover the source of a shadowy black market operation working its way around the city. The Spider (Edderkoppen) is another noir influenced […]
