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Cult Classics Revisited: THE SQUEEZE (1978)
THE SQUEEZEaka THE RIP-OFF(Italy/West Germany - 1978; US release 1981)Directed by Anthony M. Dawson (Antonio Margheriti). Written by Simon O'Neill (Giovanni Simonelli), Marc Princi, and Paul Costello....
View ArticleOn DVD/Blu-ray: MCCANICK (2014) and SQUATTERS (2014)
MCCANICK(US - 2014)David Morse has long been one of those respected character actors whose presence always gives a boost to whatever he's in, whether he's making good projects better or bad projects...
View ArticleIn Theaters: THE RAILWAY MAN (2014)
THE RAILWAY MAN(Australia/UK - 2013; US release 2014)Directed by Jonathan Teplitzky. Written by Frank Cottrell Boyce and Andy Paterson. Cast: Colin Firth, Nicole Kidman, Hiroyuki Sanada, Stellan...
View ArticleCult Classics Revisited: THE SIEGE OF FIREBASE GLORIA (1989)
THE SIEGE OF FIREBASE GLORIA(Philippines/Australia - 1989)Directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith. Written by William Nagle, Tony Johnston, Brian Trenchard-Smith and R. Lee Ermey. Cast: Wings Hauser, R. Lee...
View ArticleIn Theaters: X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST (2014)
X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST(US/UK - 2014)Directed by Bryan Singer. Written by Simon Kinberg. Cast: Hugh Jackman, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart,...
View ArticleOn DVD/Blu-ray/Netflix Streaming, Special "DIY Indie" Edition: 24 EXPOSURES...
24 EXPOSURES(US - 2014)Indie filmmakers Joe Swanberg, Adam Wingard, Simon Barrett, and Ti West form the core of a relentlessly busy crew of DIY mumblecore filmmakers who took part in the V/H/S...
View ArticleOn DVD/Blu-ray, Special "Terrible, Barely Released Remakes" Edition: GAMBIT...
GAMBIT(US - 2014)Veteran Andrew Bergman producer Mike Lobell (THE FRESHMAN, HONEYMOON IN VEGAS) began attempting to assemble a remake of the 1966 Shirley MacLaine/Michael Caine caper comedy GAMBIT as...
View ArticleIn Theaters: A MILLION WAYS TO DIE IN THE WEST (2014)
A MILLION WAYS TO DIE IN THE WEST(US - 2014)Directed by Seth MacFarlane. Written by Seth MacFarlane, Alec Sulkin, and Wellesley Wild. Cast: Seth MacFarlane, Charlize Theron, Liam Neeson, Amanda...
View ArticleIn Theaters/On VOD: FILTH (2014)
FILTH(Germany/US/UK/Sweden/Belgium - 2013; US release 2014)Written and directed by Jon S. Baird. Cast: James McAvoy, Jamie Bell, Eddie Marsan, Imogen Poots, Jim Broadbent, Joanne Froggatt, Shauna...
View ArticleOn DVD/Blu-ray: DEVIL'S KNOT (2014); IN THE BLOOD (2014); and SMALL TIME (2014)
DEVIL'S KNOT(US - 2014)The story of the West Memphis Three, accused of the ritualistic murder of three little boys in West Memphis, AR, has been told in many ways since the horrific events of the...
View ArticleIn Theaters: EDGE OF TOMORROW (2014)
EDGE OF TOMORROW(US - 2014)Directed by Doug Liman. Written by Christopher McQuarrie, Jez Butterworth and John-Henry Butterworth. Cast: Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt, Bill Paxton, Brendan Gleeson, Noah...
View ArticleOn DVD/Blu-ray: ALAN PARTRIDGE (2014); CAPITAL (2013); and HAUNT (2014)
ALAN PARTRIDGE(France/UK - 2013; US release 2014)British actor/writer/comedian Steve Coogan's (PHILOMENA) best known character is clueless and insufferably self-aggrandizing radio and TV personality...
View ArticleCult Classics Revisited: MACHINE GUN MCCAIN (1970)
MACHINE GUN MCCAIN(Italy - 1969; US release 1970)Directed by Giuliano Montaldo. Written by Mino Roli and Israel Horovitz. Cast: John Cassavetes, Britt Ekland, Peter Falk, Gabriele Ferzetti, Gena...
View ArticleOn DVD/Blu-ray: THE MACHINE (2014) and ALMOST HUMAN (2014)
THE MACHINE(UK - 2014)An ambitious film that works wonders with a small budget, THE MACHINE, written and directed by Caradog James, successfully manages to balance the precarious divide between...
View ArticleIn Theaters: JERSEY BOYS (2014)
JERSEY BOYS(US - 2014)Directed by Clint Eastwood. Written by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice. Cast: John Lloyd Young, Erich Bergen, Michael Lomenda, Vincent Piazza, Christopher Walken, Mike Doyle,...
View ArticleOn DVD/Blu-ray, Special "James Caan Co-Starring With Lumbering Lummoxes"...
A FIGHTING MAN(Canada - 2014)Even a broken clock is right twice a day, and once in a while, a combination of forces that, under any normal circumstances, would portend certain doom actually turns out...
View ArticleIn Theaters: THE ROVER (2014)
THE ROVER(Australia/US - 2014)Written and directed by David Michod. Cast: Guy Pearce, Robert Pattinson, Scoot McNairy, David Field, Tawanda Manyimo, Gillian Jones, Susan Prior, Anthony Hayes, Gerald...
View ArticleOn DVD/Blu-ray: ENEMY (2014); ROB THE MOB (2014); and WOLF CREEK 2 (2014)
ENEMY(Canada/Spain - 2014)Loosely based on Jose Saramago's novel The Double, but not to be confused with the recent Jesse Eisenberg film THE DOUBLE, Denis Villeneuve's ENEMY is one of those frustrating...
View ArticleCult Classics Revisited: SCREAMERS (1981)
SCREAMERSaka SOMETHING WAITS IN THE DARK(Italy/US - 1981)Directed by Sergio Martino and Miller Drake. Written by Sergio Donati, Cesare Frugoni, Sergio Martino, Miller Drake. Cast: Barbara Bach,...
View ArticleCult Classics Revisited: THE MISSOURI BREAKS (1976)
THE MISSOURI BREAKS(US - 1976)Directed by Arthur Penn. Written by Thomas McGuane. Cast: Marlon Brando, Jack Nicholson, Randy Quaid, Kathleen Lloyd, Frederic Forrest, Harry Dean Stanton, John McLiam,...
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