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Who, Me? It’s Awards Time
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Aug 7, 2020
First,
I’d like to thank the wonderful folks who double-nominated me for the Sunshine
Blogger Award and my first-time nomination for the Blogger Recognition Award:
Ernie Fink from Until the Lights Go Up,
Paul Batters from Silver Screen Classics,
and Gill Jacob from Realweegiemidget Reviews, re read more
Korea Month Quick Picks and Pans
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Jul 27, 2020
Planet of Snail (2011) At its heart, this uplifting,
contemplative documentary is a portrait of two very different people who have
found a common bond. Director Seung-jun Yi follows Cho Young-Chan, who is deaf
and blind, and his wife Kim Soon-ho (a little person) during the span of a few
days. The f read more
Short Take: Pulgasari
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Jul 21, 2020
(1985) Directed by Sang-ok Shin; Written by: Se Ryun Kim;
Starring: Son Hui Chang, Ham Gi Sop, Jong-uk Ri, Gwon Ri, and Yong-hok Pak; Available
on DVD and YouTube
Rating: **½
“They’re just an army of farmers. They have no strength.
Give them no leeway and attack at once. read more
I Saw the Devil
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Jul 10, 2020
(2010) Directed by Jee-woon Kim; Written by Hoon-jung Park; Adapted
by Jee-woon Kim; Starring: Byung-hun Lee, Min-sik Choi, Gook-hwan Jeon, Joon-hyuk
Lee, In-seo Kim and Bo-ra Nam; Available on Blu-ray and DVD
Rating: ****
“Because these characters need to express their
self-perceived p read more
Short Take: Attack of the Crab Monsters
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Jul 1, 2020
(1957) Directed by Roger Corman; Written by: Charles B.
Griffith; Starring: Richard Garland, Pamela Duncan, Russell Johnson, Leslie
Bradley, Mel Welles and Beach Dickerson; Available on DVD (Out of print) and
Amazon Prime
Rating: ***
“We are unquestionably on the brink of a great discove read more
Sea Monster Month Quick Picks and Pans
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Jun 26, 2020
The Monster that Challenged
the World (1957) Technically, this
isn’t a sea monster movie, since it’s set in the Salton Sea (a saltwater lake located
in the Southern California desert), but I’m not going to split hairs with this
one. An earthquake creates a rift on the lake floor, u read more
Humanoids from the Deep
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Jun 18, 2020
(1980) Directed by Barbara Peeters; Written by Frederick James (aka: William Martin); Story by Frank Arnold and Martin B. Cohen; Starring: Doug McClure, Ann Turkel, Vic Morrow, Cindy Weintraub, Anthony Peña and Breck Costin; Available on Blu-ray, DVD, Shudder and Amazon Prime Rating: ** “ read more
It Came from Beneath the Sea
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Jun 10, 2020
(1955) Directed by Robert Gordon; Written by George Worthing
Yates and Harold Jacob Smith; Starring: Kenneth Tobey, Faith Domergue, Donald
Curtis and Ian Keith
Available on Blu-ray and DVD
Rating: ***½
“It’s just like the basic concept of Mickey Mouse. He only
has four finger read more
Mad Scientist May Quick Picks and Pans
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Jun 1, 2020
The Alligator People (1959) Beverly Garland plays Joyce Webster,
a woman searching for her missing husband Paul (Richard Crane). Her search ends
up at an estate in bayou country, where Paul is part of an experiment to restore
bodies that have been horribly injured. It’s too bad the process (us read more
Dr. Cyclops
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on May 28, 2020
(1940) Directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack; Written by Tom
Kilpatrick; Starring: Albert Dekker, Thomas Coley, Janice Logan, Charles
Halton, Victor Kilian and Frank Yaconelli; Available on Blue-ray and DVD
Rating: ***
“Are we then country doctors? You do not realize what we
have here. In our read more
The City of Lost Children
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on May 20, 2020
(1995) Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro; Written by Gilles Adrien, Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro; Starring: Ron Perlman, Daniel Emilfork, Judith Vittet, Dominique Pinon, Jean-Claude Dreyfus, and Mireille Mossé; Available on Blu-ray and DVD Rating ****½ “This film is read more
Doctor X
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on May 11, 2020
(1932) Directed by Michael Curtiz; Written by Robert Tasker
and Earl Baldwin; Based on a play by Howard W. Comstock and Allen C. Miller; Starring:
Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, Lee Tracy, Preston Foster, John Wray, Harry Beresford
and Dr. Rowitz; Available on DVD (in the “Hollywood Legends of Horro read more
April Quick Picks and Pans
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Apr 30, 2020
The Strangler (1964)
This overlooked little thriller is worthy of rediscovery, thanks to Victor Buono’s
gloriously unhinged performance as Leo Kroll, a man frozen in a stage of arrested
development. The standard police procedural plot is nothing special, hampered
by wooden acting from David Mc read more
Polyester
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Apr 28, 2020
(1981) Written and directed by John Waters; Starring: Divine,
Tab Hunter, Edith Massey, David Samson and Mink Stole; Available on Blu-ray and
DVD
Rating: ***½
“If Polyester is suburban hell, then I don’t think… I
think people could be happy in suburbia. I’m not say read more
The Vincent Price Blogathon – Wrap Up
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Apr 19, 2020
It’s
hard to believe that we’ve reached the end of the Vincent Price Blogathon,
after months of planning. The call for submissions went out in February, and participants
rose to the challenge with multiple reviews, a podcast, videos, a cocktail
recipe, and another fabulous word puzzle, c read more
Dragonwyck
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Apr 18, 2020
(1946) Written and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz; Based
on the novel by Anya Seton; Starring: Gene Tierney, Vincent Price, Walter
Huston, Glenn Langan, Anne Revere and Vivienne Osborne; Available on Blu-ray (Region
B) and DVD
Rating: ****½
“I didn’t expect you to unde read more
The Vincent Price Blogathon – Day 2 Recap
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Apr 18, 2020
Day
Two of the Vincent Prince Blogathon is upon us, and we have another bumper crop
of posts, with Edgar Allan Poe, creepy houses, flying mammals, gothic romance, the
silly side of Mr. Price, a double dose of biopics, TV, radio drama, and Vincent
singing!
If
you plan to participate but y read more
The Vincent Price Blogathon Is Here – Day 1 Recap
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Apr 17, 2020
Gill
Jacob of Realweegiemidget Reviews and I proudly present the first day of The
Vincent Price Blogathon! To say that response to this three-day blogging
extravaganza has been tremendous would be an understatement. Our talented bloggers
have risen to the challenge, doing what they do best, to show read more
Short Take: Lord of the Flies
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Apr 4, 2020
(1963) Written and directed by Peter Brook; Based on the
novel by William Golding; James Aubrey, Tom Chapin, Hugh Edwards, Roger Elwin
and Tom Gaman; Available on Blu-ray and DVD
Rating: ***½
“All I wanted was a small sum of money, no script; just
kids, a camera, and a beach.& read more
March Quick Picks and Pans
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Mar 31, 2020
Danger: Diabolik! (1968) Director/co-writer Mario Bava’s
delicious artifact from the swinging ‘60s, based on an Italian comic, oozes style
and sex from every pore. Bava and crew make the modestly budgeted production look
like it cost millions of dollars, thanks to an endless parade of co read more