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Nautical Month Quick Picks and Pans
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on May 30, 2019
Captain Blood (1935)
Errol Flynn kills it in the star-making title role of Michael Curtiz’s
swashbuckling epic, based on the book by Rafael Sabatini. After he treats a patient
from the wrong side, the young, brilliant Dr. Blood is sentenced to ten years
as a slave on a British Colony in Port R read more
Latitude Zero
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on May 23, 2019
(1969) Directed by Ishirô Honda; Written by Ted Sherdeman; Story by Ted Sherdeman; Starring: Joseph Cotten, Cesar Romero, Akira Takarada, Masumi Okada, Richard Jaeckel, Patricia Medina and Linda Haynes; Available on DVD Rating: *** Dr. Okada (Tetsu Nakamura): “You’re a mo read more
Lifeboat
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on May 18, 2019
(1944) Directed by Alfred Hitchcock; Screenplay by Jo
Swerling; Story by John Steinbeck; Starring: Tallulah Bankhead, William Bendix,
Walter Slezak, Mary Anderson, John Hodiak, Henry Hull, Canada Lee and Hume
Cronyn; Available on Blu-ray and DVD
Rating: ****½
“The intent of read more
The Navigator
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on May 8, 2019
(1924)
Directed by Buster Keaton and Donald Crisp; Written by Clyde Bruckman, Joseph
A. Mitchell and Jean C. Havez: Starring: Buster Keaton, Kathryn McGuire, and Frederick
Vroom; Available on Blu-ray and DVD
Rating: ****
“Rollo
Treadway – Heir to the Treadway fortune – read more
Sword & Sorcery Month Quick Picks and Pans
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on May 1, 2019
Die Nibelungen:
Siegfried (1924) This is the first of two films by director/co-writer Fritz
Lang (with a script co-written by Thea von Harbou), based on an epic 11th
century German poem. The story follows our protagonist Siegfried (Paul Richter),
as he fights a dragon, secures a sword and magic helm read more
Conan the Destroyer
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Apr 25, 2019
(1984) Directed by Richard Fleischer; Written by Stanley
Mann; Story by Roy Thomas and Gerry Conway; Based on the character created by
Robert E. Howard; Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Grace Jones, Olivia d'Abo,
Wilt Chamberlain, Mako, Tracey Walter and Sarah Douglas;
Available on: Blu-ray, DVD read more
Short Take: Hawk the Slayer
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Apr 17, 2019
(1980) Directed by Terry Marcel; Written by Terry Marcel and
Harry Robertson; Starring: Jack Palance, John Terry, Patricia Quinn, Bernard
Bresslaw, Peter O'Farrell, Ray Charleson, William Morgan Sheppard and Cheryl
Campbell; Available on Blu-ray and DVD
Rating: ***
“I like a man read more
Dragonslayer
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Apr 11, 2019
(1981) Directed by Matthew Robbins; Written by Hal Barwood
and Matthew Robbins; Starring: Peter MacNicol, Caitlin Clarke, Ralph
Richardson, John Hallam, Peter Eyre and Ian McDiarmid; Available on DVD
Rating: ***½
“Oh, I know this creature of yours – Vermithrax Pejora read more
A History of Violence
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Apr 2, 2019
(2005) Directed by David Cronenberg; Written by Josh Olson;
Based on the graphic novel by John Wagner and Vince Locke; Starring: Viggo
Mortensen, Maria Bello, Ed Harris, William Hurt, Ashton Holmes and Peter
MacNeill; Available on Blu-ray and DVD
Rating: ****
“…the audience read more
Cronenberg Month Quick Picks and Pans
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Mar 27, 2019
Spider (2002) Director
David Cronenberg and writer Patrick McGrath (who also wrote the novel the film
is based upon) present an intricately woven study of a profoundly disturbed man,
played by Ralph Fiennes. After spending years in an asylum, Spider is released
into the custody of a boarding house. read more
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