When the big screen adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber's stage extravaganza Cats was released in 2019, it garnered the wrong kind of attention. It was reviewed as if it was the celluloid equivalent of cholera and easily the worst film of the year (some critics even said it was the worst film of the decade). …
This 1988 Umberto Lenzi film concerns a young girl, Henrietta who is discovered by her father after she has murdered the family cat with a pair of scissors (!) He places her in the basement as a punishment. Whilst she is there with only her clown doll to keep her company, she hears a mysterious …
Growing up, one of my favourite film books was Movies of the Seventies, edited by David Thompson. One film it highlighted was Nicolas Roeg's Walkabout from 1971. The stills from the film looked absolutely stunning, with the plot synopsis fully whetting my appetite. I then read in the excellent and much missed Premiere magazine that …
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Mabel Longhetti is married to Nick and they have three children. Her husband is getting increasingly worried by her seemingly wayward behaviour. This is demonstrated in the film by a couple of incidents. Early on we see her go to a bar and pick up a man after her husband is waylaid at work. The …
Ever wondered which movies I love to watch over the Christmas season? No?! Well, I'm going to tell you anyway! Christmas film fun doesn't have to be boring mainstream fare like It's A Wonderful Life or any of the other 'traditional' family fare. It can also be Yuletide-themed messed up horror movies, hallucinatory Canadian children's …
1983's Silkwood concerns Karen Silkwood, a plucky trade unionist who works at Kerr-McGee nuclear facility making fuel rods for nuclear reactors. Shes concerned by managers falsifying safety reports, cutting corners and retouching photographs of fuel rods to hide shoddy work and starts to campaign for these concerns to be rectified for the people who work …
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I remember back in the day being shown Boat Trip by a housemate who was also gay. He said that it was a hilarious movie with almost every character being homosexual. I watched the film all the way through out of politeness (something that wouldn't happen now) and thought it was the direct opposite of …
I'm astounded at how good Arrow Video's Cruising 4K-UHD release will be. Take a look at these extras! Also, it promises deleted scenes and alternative footage which William Friedkin previously said had been destroyed by Warners so I'm keen to see these.This is the final word on Cruising. Let's hope there are cinema screenings when …
Frank (Robert De Niro) and Molly (Meryl Streep) meet accidentally in a bookstore in New York whilst Christmas shopping. Months pass, and their paths cross again as they both travel into the city from their suburban neighbourhoods on the same train and so they strike up a conversation. They also find that there is a …
Continue reading Meathook Cinema Hall of Fame- Falling In Love (1984)
When the head of a sacred religious statue named Ong-Bak is removed and taken away by thieves, a villager named Ting, an expert in the Muay Thai martial arts, journeys to Bangkok to find and bring it back. Ong-Bak is a terrific film. I love how it feels like a Thai film, but one that …
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