Body Double, 1984. Directed by Brian De Palma. Starring Craig Wasson, Gregg Henry, and Melanie Griffith. SYNOPSIS: Brian De Palma’s thriller Body Double is 40 years old, and Sony is celebrating the milestone with a new SteelBook of the film that contains 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray Discs, along with a code for a digital […]
Blu-ray Review – Fear City (1984)
Fear City, 1984. Directed by Abel Ferrara. Starring Tom Berenger, Billy Dee Williams, Jack Scalia, Melanie Griffith, Michael V. Gazzo, Rae Dawn Chong, and Maria Conchita Alonso. SYNOPSIS: A killer stalks exotic dancers in New York, so two agents go vigilante to try and catch the psychopath. When you think of gritty, sleazy 1980s New […]
Movie Review – The Pirates of Somalia (2017)
The Pirates of Somalia, 2017. Written and Directed by Bryan Buckley. Starring Evan Peters, Barkhad Abdi, Melanie Griffith, Russell Posner, Mohamed Mohamud Hossein, Mohamed Abdikadir, Mohamed Abdi Mohamed, Abdi Sidow Farah, Mohamed Osmail Ibrahim, Sabrina Hassan, Mohamed Barre, and Al Pacino SYNOPSIS: In 2008, rookie journalist Jay Bahadur forms a half-baked plan to embed himself among […]
Second Opinion – The Disaster Artist (2017)
The Disaster Artist, 2017. Directed by James Franco. Starring Dave Franco, James Franco, Seth Rogen, Alison Brie, Zac Efron, Zoey Deutch, Josh Hutcherson, Sharon Stone, Ari Graynor, Dylan Minnette, Jacki Weaver, Megan Mullally, Eliza Coupe, Jason Mantzoukas, Hannibal Buress, Jason Mitchell, Kristen Bell, Bryan Cranston, Jerrod Carmichael, Sugar Lyn Beard, J.J. Abrams, John Early, Lizzy […]
Movie Review – The Disaster Artist (2017)
The Disaster Artist, 2017. Directed by James Franco. Starring Dave Franco, James Franco, Seth Rogen, Alison Brie, Zac Efron, Zoey Deutch, Josh Hutcherson, Sharon Stone, Ari Graynor, Dylan Minnette, Jacki Weaver, Megan Mullally, Eliza Coupe, Jason Mantzoukas, Hannibal Buress, Jason Mitchell, Kristen Bell, Bryan Cranston, Jerrod Carmichael, Sugar Lyn Beard, J.J. Abrams, John Early, Lizzy […]
Trailer for The Pirates of Somalia starring Evan Peters, Al Pacino, Barkhad Abdi and Melanie Griffith
Ahead of its release next month, a poster and trailer have arrived online for director Bryan Buckley’s upcoming drama The Pirates of Somalia. The film is based on the memoirs of Jay Bahadur (played by Evan Peters), and tells the story of the journalists experiences living amongst pirates in Somalia and also stars Al Pacino, […]
Blu-ray Review – Body Double (1984)
Body Double, 1984. Directed by Brian De Palma. Starring Craig Wasson, Melanie Griffith, Barbara Crampton, Gregg Henry, Dennis Franz, Deborah Shelton, Guy Boyd. SYNOPSIS: An out-of-work actor becomes obsessed with a beautiful woman after spying on her through a telescope, leading to a series of nasty events. After beginning the 1980s with the triple-whammy of […]
BFI Review – Cecil B. Demented (2000)
Cecil B. Demented, 2000. Directed by John Waters. Starring Melanie Griffith, Stephen Dorff, Alicia Witt, Adrian Grenier, Mink Stole, Ricki Lake, Lawrence Gilliard Jr., Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jack Noseworthy and Michael Shannon. SYNOPSIS: A crazed cult kidnap an A-list film star, determined to make a new shocking, underground film… Fed up of the relentless onslaught of Hollywood junk? Watch Cecil B. Demented. Are you sick […]