One of Woody Allen’s most loved films, Manhattan takes a picturesque black and white tour of the borough of Manhattan in New York City. Filmed in 1979, the vintage look of the film make it feel like we’re jazz cats in the 20s, or beatniks in the 50s, sitting on a bench by the 59th […]
The full name of this movie is Borat Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan. As soon as I heard the name, I knew that I was going to see it. I first saw Borat on the Ali G show in the UK. He was mildly funny. Ali G in the
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Asami prepares an injection in Takashi Miike’s Audition. Audition for a Japanese movie by fames J-horror director Takashi Miike. I’m going to end the review here. I still feel dirty after watching this last night. Sigh… Yet, something compels me to go on – it’s a really exciting film to watch for one with great
A new comedy from France’s Francis Veber, who wrote and directed the delightful Diner de Cons, comes the latest in the Francois Pignon series, Le Valet. I had planned to watch Almodovar’s Volver this weekend, but I saw the Palace Verona was showing Le Valet and dropped Spanish for French. I’ll leave Volver for Tracy
I recently watched High Fidelity again it’s even better now that I’ve become old enough to be surly enough to be jaded. What? It’s a 2000 film based on Nick Hornby’s novel, and the movie plays out like a giant clockwork golem great pacing, amazing narration and interesting dialogue make it so rewatchable. The cast
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I reviewed the first Basic Instinct this year, having rewatched it and enjoyed it even more this time around. Regular readers to the site will understand that I’m a big fan of beautiful, confident women especially older, refined women and Sharon Stone is one of America’s best. Without trying, I could go on and on
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Canadian Bacon movie poster John Candy’s last completed film, and the only non-documentary made my Michael Moore, Canadian Bacon is a hilarious satire of US-Canada relations, and has a certain dire edge in face of the current American incarnation. It’s technically an American film, but Canadians have claimed it for our own. after all, Michael
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Passed along to me by JohnDoe from JDM Film Reviews, I watched Pan’s Labyrinth last night and found myself drawn into a sick, twisted world of childhood fantasies. This is the latest film from Mexican director Guillermo del Toro, and has been nearly universally applauded as a fine example of Latin magical realism brought to
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Daughters of Darkness DVD coverLent to me by Horrorphile Bryn, Daughters of Darkness is a great example of the short lived fad in lesbian vampire movies in the 60s and 70s. Personally, I ask, why did we stop making lesbian vampire movies? Aren’t they the best kind? The term ‘lesbian vampire’ for a genre, seems
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I’ve been in the mood for classic Hollywood films lately it started with The Maltese Falcon, and I’ve been crossing them off the list, one-by-one. Naturally, I’ve seen It’s a Wonderful Life several times when I was an anklebiter. Around Christmas, it played on free TV, maybe twice or even three times in a week.
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