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Fast Company
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Mar 20, 2019
(1979) Directed by David Cronenberg; Written by David
Cronenberg, Phil Savath and Courtney Smith; Starring: William Smith, Claudia
Jennings, John Saxon, Nicholas Campbell, Don Francks, Cedric Smith and Judy
Foster; Available on Blu-ray and DVD
Rating: ***
“Fast Company to
me is r read more
The 2nd Great Hammer-Amicus Blogathon – Participant Roster
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Mar 19, 2019
We’re
back for round two, with The 2nd Great Hammer-Amicus Blogathon, running
June 14th-16th, and hosted by Yours Truly along with my superb
co-host Gill Jacob from Realweegiemidget Reviews. You can find
all the details here.
So far, we have a fantastic line-up, but there’s plenty of roo read more
Announcing The 2nd Great Hammer-Amicus Blogathon
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Mar 17, 2019
We’re
back! After last year’s blogathon, Gill Jacob (of Realweegiemidget Reviews) and I had so
much fun, we decided to do a repeat. This year, we’re hoping to make this three-day-plus
event bigger and better. Popular favorites are always welcome, but we’re encouragin read more
Videodrome
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Mar 10, 2019
(1983) Written and directed by David Cronenberg; Starring: James
Woods, Deborah Harry, Sonja Smits, Peter Dvorsky, Leslie Carlson and Jack
Creley; Available on Blu-ray and DVD
Rating: ****
“…what if the images that you pulled up were really quite
extreme, disturbing, possib read more
February Quick Picks and Pans
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Feb 28, 2019
The Eyes of Laura Mars
(1978) In this thriller with a paranormal twist, photographer Laura Mars
(Faye Dunaway), known for her controversial photos, watches as her models are
killed off one by one. The twist is that she sees their deaths before they
occur, through the eyes of the killer. The exceptio read more
Two Thousand Maniacs!
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Feb 24, 2019
(1965) Written and directed by Herschell Gordon Lewis; Starring:
Connie Mason, William Kerwin, Jeffrey Allen, Shelby Livingston, Jerome Eden,
Gary Bakeman; Available on Blu-ray and DVD
Rating: ***
“They couldn’t tell what we were. We were outlaws in a
sense, and yet we were read more
The Company of Wolves
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Feb 17, 2019
(1984) Directed by Neil Jordan; Written by Angela Carter and
Neil Jordan; Based on a story by Angela Carter; Starring: Sarah Patterson, Angela
Lansbury, David Warner, Stephen Rea and Micha Bergese; Available on Blu-ray, DVD
and Amazon Prime
Rating: ***½
“The one thing we did read more
Japan-uary VIII Quick Picks and Pans
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Feb 1, 2019
The Man Who Stole the
Sun (1979) Director/co-writer Kazuhiko Hasegawa’s thought-provoking film is
the darkest of comedies, told from the perspective of a country that has lived
under the nuclear shadow. Makoto Kido (Kenji Sawada) is an eccentric high
school science teacher who decides to creat read more
The Great Yokai War (aka: Yôkai Daisensô)
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Jan 28, 2019
(2005) Directed by Takashi Miike; Written by Takashi Miike, Mitsuhiko Sawamura and Takehiko Itakura; Based on the novel Teito Monogatari by Hiroshi Aramata, and the works of Shigeru Mizuki; Starring: Ryûnosuke Kamiki, Hiroyuki Miyasako, Chiaki Kuriyama, Bunta Sugawara and Kaho Minami; Available on read more
Short Take: Tetsuo: The Iron Man
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Jan 16, 2019
(1989) Written and directed by Shin'ya Tsukamoto; Starring: Tomorô
Taguchi, Kei Fujiwara, Nobu Kanaoka and Shin'ya Tsukamoto; Available on Blu-ray
(Region B), DVD and Amazon Prime
Rating: ***
“In my films, technology is terrifying but still convenient.
The theme is the conflict read more
The Castle of Cagliostro
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Jan 9, 2019
(1979) Directed by Hayao Miyazaki; Written by Hayao Miyazaki and Haruya Yamazaki; Based on the manga series by Monkey Punch; Based on characters by Maurice Leblanc; Starring: Yasuo Yamada, Eiko Masuyama, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Makio Inoue, Gorô Naya, Sumi Shimamoto and Tarô Ishida; Available on Blu-ray read more
Dystopian December Quick Picks and Pans
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Jan 1, 2019
The 10th
Victim (1965) In the near future (which looks conspicuously like the ‘60s),
a deadly international competition known as “The Hunt,” consisting of ten
matches, alternating between hunter and victim, has taken the place of wars. Caroline
Meredith (Ursula Andress), in her ten read more
Dead End Drive-In
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Dec 30, 2018
(1986) Written by Brian Trenchard-Smith; Written by Peter
Smalley; Based on the story “Crabs,” by Peter Carey; Starring: Ned Manning, Natalie McCurry, Peter Whitford and Wilbur Wilde;
Available on Blu-ray and DVD
Rating: ***½
“I have a motto: If in doubt, blow it up, o read more
Acción Mutante
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Dec 24, 2018
(1993) Directed by Álex de la Iglesia; Written by Jorge Guerricaechevarría and Álex de la Iglesia; Starring: Antonio Resines, Álex Angulo, Frédérique Feder, Juan Viadas, Saturnino García and Fernando Guillén; Available on DVD Rating: ***½ “You can conclude that I am read more
Soylent Green
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Dec 16, 2018
(1973) Directed by Richard Fleischer; Written by Stanley R.
Greenberg; Based on the novel Make Room!
Make Room! by Harry Harrison; Starring: Charlton Heston, Edward G.
Robinson, Joseph Cotten, Leigh Taylor-Young, Chuck Connors and Brock Peters; Available
on DVD.
Rating: ****
“The read more
1984
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Dec 6, 2018
(1984) Written and directed by Michael Radford; Based on the
novel Nineteen Eighty-Four by George
Orwell; Starring: John Hurt, Richard Burton, Suzanna Hamilton, Cyril Cusack and
Gregor Fisher; Available on DVD
Rating: ****
“Winston, you were thinking that my face is old and tired read more
November Quick Picks and Pans
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Dec 1, 2018
Razorback (1984) Music
video director Russell Mulcahy made his audacious feature film debut with this
stylish tale of man against nature. An American TV journalist (Judy Morris) travels
to a remote Australian town for her animal abuse investigation, where she’s met
with hostility and indiffere read more
Short Takes: Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Nov 29, 2018
(1956) Directed by Don Siegel; Written by Daniel Mainwaring; Based on the novel The Body Snatchers by Jack Finney; Starring:
Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter, Larry Gates, King Donovan, Carolyn Jones, Jean Willes
and Ralph Dumke; Available on: Blu-ray (Olive Films) and DVD
Rating: **** read more
Spellbound
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Nov 24, 2018
(1945) Directed by Alfred Hitchcock; Written by Ben Hecht; Based
on the novel The House of Dr. Edwardes
by Hilary Saint George Saunders and John Palmer; Starring: Ingrid Bergman, Gregory
Peck, Michael Chekhov, Leo G. Carroll and Rhonda Fleming; Available on Blu-ray
and DVD
Rating: ** read more
Blog Update: Wrapping Up 2018, And Looking Ahead
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Nov 8, 2018
Call
it fatigue, call it a case of the post-Halloween blues, call it what you will,
but as you may have noticed, there’s been a delay in this month’s output. Anyone
who’s followed this blog for a while will know it’s been an unusually rough
year for me, with life throwing som read more