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  I picked this film purely for nostalgic reasons, and I don’t mean that in a fond way. Russell Crowe’s directorial debut, The Water Diviner, was one of the first […]

dance to the demise of the pansies by Douglas Messerli   Cyril Hume, H. W. Hanemann, and Erwin Gelsey (screenplay, based on a stage play by Anne Caldwell, based, in […]

  While it may as well be the national genre of choice for storytelling here in Australia, and I grew up with my mother being especially interested in it, true […]

no longer a member of the band Charles Kenyon (screenplay, based on a story by Rian James), Lloyd Bacon (director) Crooner / 1932 Before I even venture into a discussion of Lloyd […]

Stars: 3 out of 5 Pros: The characters and setting shine Cons: The plot could have been stronger The Bottom Line: Town grump turns up dead Becca works to clear […]

accessing the vibe by Douglas Messerli   Madison Hatfield and Jono Mitchell (screenplay), Jono Mitchell (director) Making a Scene / 2023   Sammy (Mack Bayda) is what you might describe as “all […]

cupid in love by Douglas Messerli   Roberto Pérez Toledo (screenwriter and director) Cupido in Love / 2014 [4 minutes]   When I first encountered this short film on a Facebook connection, […]

Marathon – Enigma a Manhattan (Marathon) di Amir Naderi – USA 2002 con Sara Paul *1/2 Rivisto in DVD, in originale con sottotitoli. Una ragazza appassionata di cruciverba gira per […]

Un milione di anni fa (One Million Years B.C.) di Don Chaffey – GB 1966 con Raquel Welch, John Richardson *1/2 Visto su YouTube, per ricordare Raquel Welch. In un […]

Soluzione (Rah hal-e yek) di Abbas Kiarostami – Iran 1978 con Ali Asghar Mirzaei **1/2 Visto su Internet Archive. Un uomo e il suo pneumatico, su una strada di montagna, […]

When it comes to science fiction films the topic of making something huge is almost a genre unto itself, whether it be radioactively enlarged ants or amazing colossal men there […]

“Don’t Cry, It’s Only Thunder” is a minor Vietnam War movie. It was directed by Peter Werner. He directed mostly TV movies and had about the same budget for this […]

accessing the vibe by Douglas Messerli   Madison Hatfield and Jono Mitchell (screenplay), Jono Mitchell (director) Making a Scene / 2023   Sammy (Mack Bayda) is what you might describe as “all […]

Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) è stato nella vita un piccolo criminale e poi ha cercato di essere un piccolo uomo con un piccolo lavoro comune. Per cercare di avere quando […]

Matinee (id.) di Joe Dante – USA 1993 con John Goodman, Cathy Moriarty *** Rivisto su YouTube. Nell’ottobre del 1962, mentre le paure della guerra fredda e di un conflitto […]

Matinee (id.) di Joe Dante – USA 1993 con John Goodman, Cathy Moriarty *** Rivisto su YouTube. Nell’ottobre del 1962, mentre le paure della guerra fredda e di un conflitto […]

There’s nothing inherently wrong with a film being made with a very specific audience in mind. In this case, it’s for fans of the 1993 cult classic Hocus Pocus, one of the […]

Je vais commencer cette critique en écrivant un peu d’histoire du cinéma, en particulier l’histoire du film Marvel Studios. Pour ceux qui ne connaissent pas l’histoire du studio, cela serait […]

When it comes to bringing the best of cinematic body horror to the big screen look no further than master filmmaker David Cronenberg, the man behind the likes of Scanners, Videodrome and The Fly, […]

coming to collect Oscar E. Soglow (writer of original comic strip), Vernon Stallings and James Tyler (directors) The Little King: Marching Along / 1933 [7 minutes]   The purposely crude cartoons of […]