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Retro Review: MCQ (1974) and BRANNIGAN (1975)
MCQ(US - 1974)Directed by John Sturges. Written by Lawrence Roman. Cast: John Wayne, Eddie Albert, Diana Muldaur, Colleen Dewhurst, Clu Gulager, David Huddleston, Al Lettieri, Jim Watkins (Julian...
View ArticleIn Theaters: THE CONJURING 2 (2016)
THE CONJURING 2(US - 2016)Directed by James Wan. Written by Chad Hayes, Carey W. Hayes, James Wan and David Leslie Johnson. Cast: Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga, Frances O'Connor, Madison Wolfe, Simon...
View ArticleIn Theaters: NOW YOU SEE ME 2 (2016)
NOW YOU SEE ME 2(US/China - 2016)Directed by Jon M. Chu. Written by Ed Solomon. Cast: Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Woody Harrelson, Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, Dave Franco, Daniel Radcliffe, Lizzy...
View ArticleRetro Review: PRETTY MAIDS ALL IN A ROW (1971)
PRETTY MAIDS ALL IN A ROW(US - 1971)Directed by Roger Vadim. Written by Gene Roddenberry. Cast: Rock Hudson, Angie Dickinson, Telly Savalas, John David Carson, Roddy McDowall, Keenan Wynn, James...
View ArticleRetro Review: STREET SMART (1987)
STREET SMART(US - 1987)Directed by Jerry Schatzberg. Written by David Freeman. Cast: Christopher Reeve, Kathy Baker, Mimi Rogers, Morgan Freeman, Jay Patterson, Andre Gregory, Anna Maria Horsford,...
View ArticleOn DVD/Blu-ray: RABID DOGS (2016); GRIDLOCKED (2016); and THE ABANDONED (2016)
RABID DOGS(France/Canada - 2015; US release 2016)Mario Bava's RABID DOGSÂ was shot in the summer of 1974 but went unseen for 23 years after being caught up in a bankruptcy quagmire involving producer...
View ArticleOn DVD/Blu-ray: KNIGHT OF CUPS (2016) and 45 YEARS (2015)
KNIGHT OF CUPS(US - 2016)Terrence Malick makes movies for no one other than Terrence Malick, and by this point, you're either onboard with his improvisational, self-indulgent, stream-of-consciousness...
View ArticleIn Theaters: THE SHALLOWS (2016)
THE SHALLOWS(US - 2016)Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra. Written by Anthony Jaswinski. Cast: Blake Lively, Oscar Jaenada, Brett Cullen, Sedona Legge, Angelo Josue Lozano Corzo, Jose Manuel Trujillo...
View ArticleRetro Review: NIGHTFALL (1988)
NIGHTFALL(US - 1988)Written and directed by Paul Mayersberg. Cast: David Birney, Sarah Douglas, Alexis Kanner, Andra Millian, Starr Andreeff, Charles Hayward, Jonathan Emerson, Susie Lindeman, Russell...
View ArticleIn Theaters: THE NEON DEMON (2016)
THE NEON DEMON(France/US/Denmark - 2016)Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn. Written by Nicolas Winding Refn, Mary Laws and Polly Stenham. Cast: Elle Fanning, Karl Glusman, Jena Malone, Keanu Reeves,...
View ArticleIn Theaters/On VOD: MARAUDERS (2016)
MARAUDERS(US/UK - 2016)Directed by Steven C. Miller. Written by Michael Cody and Chris Sivertson. Cast: Christopher Meloni, Bruce Willis, Dave Bautista, Adrian Grenier, Johnathan Schaech, Lydia Hull,...
View ArticleRetro Review: JAWS: THE REVENGE (1987)
JAWS: THE REVENGE(US - 1987)Directed by Joseph Sargent. Written by Michael De Guzman. Cast: Lorraine Gary, Michael Caine, Lance Guest, Mario Van Peebles, Karen Young, Judith Barsi, Lynn Whitfield,...
View ArticleIn Theaters: THE LEGEND OF TARZAN (2016)
THE LEGEND OF TARZAN(US - 2016)Directed by David Yates. Written by Adam Cozad and Craig Brewer. Cast: Alexander Skarsgard, Samuel L. Jackson, Christoph Waltz, Margot Robbie, Djimon Hounsou, Jim...
View ArticleIn Theaters: THE PURGE: ELECTION YEAR (2016)
THE PURGE: ELECTION YEAR(US - 2016)Written and directed by James DeMonaco. Cast: Frank Grillo, Elizabeth Mitchell, Mykelti Williamson, Edwin Hodge, Betty Gabriel, Kyle Secor, Raymond J. Barry, Terry...
View ArticleRetro Review: TARZAN AND THE VALLEY OF GOLD (1966)
TARZAN AND THE VALLEY OF GOLD(US - 1966)Directed by Robert Day. Written by Clair Huffaker. Cast: Mike Henry, David Opatoshu, Manuel Padilla Jr, Nancy Kovack, Don Megowan, Enrique Lucero, Edwardo...
View ArticleIn Theaters/On VOD: CELL (2016)
CELL(US - 2016)Directed by Tod Williams. Written by Stephen King and Adam Alleca. Cast: John Cusack, Samuel L. Jackson, Isabelle Fuhrman, Stacy Keach, Owen Teague, Erin Elizabeth Burns, Clark Sarullo,...
View ArticleOn DVD/Blu-ray: CODE OF HONOR (2016); TERM LIFE (2016); and BY THE SEA (2015)
CODE OF HONOR(US - 2016)Released on VOD and, somehow, in a few theaters this past May, CODE OF HONOR was the second of three Steven Seagal vehicles to drop in a ten-day period, coming three days after...
View ArticleIn Theaters: THE INFILTRATOR (2016)
THE INFILTRATOR(US/UK - 2016)Directed by Brad Furman. Written by Ellen Brown Furman. Cast: Bryan Cranston, Diane Kruger, John Leguizamo, Benjamin Bratt, Amy Ryan, Yul Vazquez, Juliet Aubrey, Joseph...
View ArticleOn DVD/Blu-ray; EVERYBODY WANTS SOME!! (2016); ROAD GAMES (2016); and THE...
EVERYBODY WANTS SOME!!(US - 2016)Richard Linklater's "spiritual sequel" to DAZED AND CONFUSED is an inferior follow-up that's actually more in line with his Ethan Hawke/Julie Delpy BEFORE...
View ArticleRetro Review: LOOKING FOR MR. GOODBAR (1977)
LOOKING FOR MR. GOODBAR(US - 1977)Written and directed by Richard Brooks. Cast: Diane Keaton, Tuesday Weld, William Atherton, Richard Kiley, Richard Gere, LeVar Burton, Alan Feinstein, Tom Berenger,...
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