The God Committee, 2021. Directed by Austin Stark. Starring Julia Stiles, Janeane Garofalo, Kelsey Grammer, Dan Hedaya, Colman Domingo, Caroline Lagerfelt, Elizabeth Masucci and Patricia Mauceri. SYNOPSIS: In the next hour The Lenox Hill committee must decide who deserves a heart transplant. Doctor Valerie Gilroy (Janeane Garofalo), Doctor Jordan Taylor (Julia Stiles) and Doctor Andre […]
Running Scared vs Running Scared
Tom Jolliffe looks back at two films with the same title, Running Scared (1986 and 2006)… 2021 brought with it several significant anniversaries. Interestingly though it brought significant anniversaries to two somewhat underappreciated films that share the same title. First of all we have Running Scared, the Peter Hyams helmed action comedy from 1986. That […]
First trailer for The God Committee starring Kelsey Grammer, Julia Styles and Janeane Garofalo
Vertical Entertainment has released a poster and trailer for the upcoming drama The God Committee. Written and directed by Austin Stark, the film focusses on an organ transport committee as they deal with the consequences of a decision they made seven years ago when they were given one hour to decide which of three patients […]
Commando at 35: Revisiting the Arnold Schwarzenegger Action Classic
Tom Jolliffe revisits the Schwarzenegger classic Commando, which recently turned 35… It pains me to think a seminal film from my childhood has now turned 35. I probably first saw Commando some 30(ish) years ago. That would make me? Urgh, like the old Knight Harrison Ford stumbles on in The Last Crusade probably. Or at […]
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 […]