I love it when I know nothing about a film but then discover it on Netflix. Thats what happened here and I wasn’t disappointed. A deaf mute writer lives in her isolated home on the edge of a forest. And then a psycho nutjob comes her way. Its suddenly a case of do or die with …
A documentary about Danny Fields, the record industry A&R man/artist liaison/cultural barometer who was the friend of so many great bands and artists and more importantly, had a hand in making sure they could get record deals and record their music so that their genius could be shared with the world. This documentary gets it …
It's amazing what you find when you go trawling through the microfiche archives for your local newspaper. When browsing through the back issues of The Yorkshire Evening Post for 1979, I noticed that The Warriors, Walter Hill's gritty, comic book-style New York action flick, was actually shown at a 'members-only' cinema called The Tatler here …
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WARNING- The ending of this film is so sugar coated that you will become diabetic. This film is basically saying ‘Life sucks whether you have a facial deformity or not’. Julia Roberts is great (as per). Owen Wilson is in a film that isn’t an utter embarrassment for once (way to go). But the film feels …
I had the honour and privilege to be able to see Predator (1987) in 4K and on the big screen the other day. It felt like visiting an old friend. Predator belongs in Arnie's Imperial Phase, which, for my money, runs from the Conan films up until Red Heat. At this time, he was making …
I woke up to the news a couple of days ago that Charles Manson had died. My gut feeling was one of loss. Yes thats not the acceptable thing to say when a serial killer dies. And not just any serial killer but the capo of serial killers. A serial killer so conniving that he …
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As its International Men's Day I thought I'd review a documentary that I saw a few days ago. How did I learn of The Red Pill? Thats a journey in itself...Someone tried to bully me in my place of work for being openly gay (note the word 'tried'. I fought back and have never seen …
There was a long standing tradition for Turkish remakes of huge Hollywood blockbusters. These remakes have miniscule budgets and are made quickly so that they can be released soon after the original. The Exorcist was remade in Turkey for a tiny proportion of the original’s budget. This means that we get hilarious special effects, truly …
Continue reading Day 31- 31 Days of Halloween- Seytan (aka Turkish Exorcist)- 1974
A children's game goes horribly wrong and a child falls backwards from the first floor window of an abandoned building and dies. The remaining kids vow to never tell anyone about what happened. It's now 7 years on and the children in the gang are preparing for their prom night. They one by one start …
Continue reading Day 29- 31 Days of Halloween- Prom Night (1980)
I remember this film being on the shelves of all of the local video stores I used to pore over the contents of in the 80s. Amazing cover artwork and a great premise (lifts have always freaked me out) and yet I never got round to renting this movie. Years later I watched it whilst …
Continue reading Day 28- 31 Days of Halloween- The Lift (1983)
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