The Counsellor, 1973.Directed by Alberto De Martino. Starring Tomas Milian, Martin Baslam, Dagmar Lassander, Francisco Rabal, and Carlo Tamberlani.SYNOPSIS:When the godson of San Francisco’s crime lord asks permission to leave “the business,” Don Antonio agrees, but reluctantly.After being released from serving two years in prison for bribery, Thomas Accardo (Tomas Milian) returns to his position […]
Blu-ray Review – Blazing Magnum (1976)
Blazing Magnum, 1976.Directed by Alberto De Martino. Starring Stuart Whitman, John Saxon, Martin Landau, Tisa Farrow, Carole Laure, Jean Leclerc, and Tisa Farrow.SYNOPSIS:A cop investigates the murder of his sister, only to discover things aren’t quite as simple as he first thought.When is a poliziotteschi movie not a poliziotteschi movie? When it is also a […]
Blu-ray Review – The Antichrist (1974)
The Antichrist, 1974.Directed by Alberto De Martino. Starring Mel Ferrer, Carla Gravina, George Coulouris, Arthur Kennedy, Alida Valli, Anita Strindberg, and Umberto Orsiniin.SYNOPSIS:A paraplegic woman is hypnotised in an attempt to cure her psychosomatic condition, but the process brings about a demon who possessed one of her ancestors.It is quite fitting that as the 50th […]
