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 […]
Blu-ray Review – Six Gothic Tales
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, […]
Movie Review – Sanctuary (2016)
Sanctuary, 2016. Directed by Len Collin. Starring Kieran Coppinger, Charlene Kelly, Robert Doherty, and Amy-Joyce Hastings. SYNOPSIS: Two people engage in a romantic tryst, despite the watchful and disapproving eyes of society and the legal system. Sophie (Charlene Kelly) and Larry (Kieran Coppinger) are two people in love in this funny and moving Irish comedy drama. Based […]
Movie Review – The Third Murder (2017)
The Third Murder, 2017. Written and directed by Hirokazu Koreeda. Starring Masaharu Fukuyama, Kôji Yakusho, Suzu Hirose, Shinnosuke Mitsushima, Mikako Ichikawa, and Izumi Matsuoka. SYNOPSIS: A leading attorney takes on the defense of a murder-robbery suspect who was convicted for another murder 30 years ago. The chances of winning the case seem low – the client freely admits his guilt, despite […]
Movie Review – The Energy Within (2017)
The Energy Within, 2017. Directed by Samuel de Ceccatty. Starring Stefanie Reid, Daniel Adegboyega, Marie-Helene Boyd, Aasiya Shah, and Suzy Bastone. SYNOPSIS: After recently recovering from an accident that cost her leg, a professional athlete aims to get her life and running career back on track. Based on her own real-life experiences, The Energy Within stars Paralympian Stefanie Reid in […]
Movie Review – The Divine Order (2017)
The Divine Order, 2017. Written and Directed by Petra Volpe. Starring Marie Leuenberger, Maximilian Simonischek, Rachel Braunschweig, Sibylle Brunner, Marta Zoffoli, Bettina Stucky, Ella Rumpf, Sofia Helm, and Nicholas Ofczarek. SYNOPSIS: In 1971, a young Swiss mother and wife helps to raise awareness of the burgeoning local women’s suffrage movement. An informative and entertaining drama, […]
Movie Review – November (2017)
November, 2017 Directed by Rainer Sarnet Starring Rea Lest, Jörgen Liik, Katariina Unt, Arvo Kukumägi, Dieter Laser, Taavi Eelmaa SYNOPSIS: In 19th Century Estonia, peasant girl Liina longs for village boy Hans, who is in turn infatuated with a visiting German baroness. The two attempt to win their heart’s desire amidst a backdrop of spirits, werewolves, plagues, and the devil […]
DVD Review – Brakes (2016)
Brakes, 2016 Directed by Mercedes Grower Starring Julia Davis, Noel Fielding, Julian Barratt, Kerry Fox, Steve Oram, Paul McGann, Kate Hardie SYNOPSIS: A two-part semi-improvised film examining couples as they break-up and meet in and around London. Relationship break-ups can be messy. And so too can film-making, particularly if an improvisational freedom is allowed too […]
DVD Review – A Caribbean Dream (2017)
A Caribbean Dream, 2017. Directed by Shakirah Bourne. Starring Adrian Green, Susannah Harker, Sam Gillett, Jherad Alleyne, Marina Bye, Patrick Michael Foster, and Aden Gillett. SYNOPSIS: A reworking of the Shakespeare fairy tale “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, set in a modern day Barbados. A Caribbean Dream offers a fresh approach to telling the Shakespeare comedic fairy tale A Midsummer Night’s Dream. […]
Movie Review – Desolation (2017)
Desolation, 2017. Directed by David Moscow. Starring Dominik García-Lorido, Raymond J. Barry, and Brock Kelly. SYNOPSIS: A young woman is plunged into confusion after meeting and agreeing to stay with a Hollywood actor in his Los Angeles apartment. Offering up a disturbing look at the Hollywood industry and the trappings of fame, this psychological thriller […]
