Prophecy, 1979. Directed by John Frankenheimer. Starring Talia Shire, Robert Foxworth, Armand Assante, Richard Dysart, Victoria Racimo, Kevin Peter Hall, Tom McLoughlin and George Clutesi. SYNOPSIS: A scientist and his wife investigate why the inhabitants of a Native American reservation and the surrounding wildlife are affected by genetic mutations. Ah, 1979! The year that cinema […]
Blu-ray Review – Ronin (1998)
Ronin, 1998. Directed by John Frankenheimer. Starring Robert De Niro, Jean Reno, Natascha McElhone, Sean Bean, Michael Lonsdale, Jonathan Pryce, Stellan Skarsgård, and Skipp Sudduth. SYNOPSIS: A group of mercenaries are hired by Irish terrorists to retrieve a case to stop it falling into Russian hands. In case you didn’t know, ronin are Samurai warriors whose […]
Blu-ray Review – 52 Pick-Up (1986)
52 Pick-Up, 1986. Directed by John Frankenheimer. Starring Roy Scheider, Ann-Margret, Vanity, Kelly Preston, John Glover, Robert Trebor, Clarence Williams III, Kelly Preston. SYNOPSIS: A cheating husband is blackmailed by a gang who threaten to publicly reveal his affair, thwarting his politically ambitious wife’s plans and forcing him to take matters into his own hands. […]
Blu-ray Review – The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
The Manchurian Candidate, 1962. Directed by John Frankenheimer. Starring Laurence Harvey, Frank Sinatra, Janet Leigh, Angela Lansbury, Henry Silver and James Gregory. SYNOPSIS: A former Korean War POW is brainwashed by Communists into becoming a political assassin. But another former prisoner may know how to save him. Exploring the extremes of cold war paranoia in a […]