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The Fabulous Baron Munchausen
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on May 16, 2024
(1962) Directed by Karel Zeman; Written by: Karel Zeman, Jirí Brdecka and Josef Kainar; Adapted from works by Gottfried August Bürger, Rudolph Erich Raspe and Gustave Doré; Starring: Milos Kopecký, Rudolf Jelínek, Jana Brejchová, Karel Höger, Rudolf Hrusínský, Jan Werich, Eduard Kohout read more
Strange Invaders
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Apr 30, 2024
(1983) Directed by: Michael Laughlin;
Written by Michael
Laughlin and Bill Condon;
Story by Michael Laughlin, Bill Condon and Walter Halsey Davis; Starring: Paul Le
Mat, Nancy Allen, Diana Scarwid, Louise Fletcher, Michael Lerner, Kenneth Tobey,
and June Lockhart; Available on Blu ray and DVD& read more
Alien Invasion April Quick Picks and Pans
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Apr 24, 2024
I Come in Peace (aka: Dark Angel) (1990) Detective
Jack Caine (Dolph Lundgren) is a cop who plays by his own rules (Sound
familiar?). When his old partner is killed in a drug bust gone bad, he’s forced
to work with a young hotshot FBI agent (Brian Benben) to investigate a
mysterious series of read more
Without Warning
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Apr 13, 2024
(1980) Directed by Greydon Clark; Written by Lyn Freeman, Daniel
Grodnik, Bennett Tramer and Steve Mathis; Starring: Jack Palance, Martin
Landau, Tarah Nutter, Christopher S. Nelson, Cameron Mitchell, Neville Brand,
Sue Ane Langdon, Ralph Meeker and Larry Storch; Available on Blu-ray and DVD&n read more
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Apr 7, 2024
(1956) Directed by Fred F. Sears; Written by Bernard Gordon
and George Worthing Yates; Screen Story by Curt Siodmak; Suggested by “Flying
Saucers from Outer Space,” by Major Donald E. Keyhoe; Starring: Hugh Marlowe,
Joan Taylor, Donald Curtis, Morris Ankrum and Grandon Rhodes; Available read more
The Mismatched Couples Blogathon – Bonus Day Recap
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Apr 1, 2024
Well
folks, this is the end of the line for the Mismatched Couples Blogathon, hosted
by Yours Truly and Gill from Realweegiemidget Reviews. It’s been a fun ride,
but it’s time to say goodbye for now. We’ve had a marvelous turnout, with 31 posts,
including today’s late additio read more
The Mismatched Couples Blogathon – Day 3 Recap
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Mar 31, 2024
It’s hard to believe, but we’ve already reached Day Three of
the Mismatched Couples Blogathon, hosted by Yours Truly and Gill from Realweegiemidget
Reviews. I would like to take this opportunity to thank my excellent co-host Gill
for organizing another blogathon with me, and for he read more
The Mismatched Couples Blogathon – Day 2 Recap
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Mar 30, 2024
We’re
back for Day Two of the Mismatched Couples Blogathon, hosted by Yours Truly and
the sensational Gill from Realweegiemidget Reviews. If you think you’ve seen it
all, well, hold your horses, because we have much more in store for you today,
with nine more posts!
Quick
re read more
Pink Flamingos
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Mar 29, 2024
(1972) Written and directed by John Waters; Starring: Divine,
David Lochary, Mary Vivian Pearce, Mink Stole, Danny Mills, Edith Massey, Cookie
Mueller and Paul Swift; Available on Blu-ray and DVD
Rating: ***
This post is part of the Mismatched Couples Blogathon,
hosted by Gill Ja read more
The Mismatched Couples Blogathon – Day 1 Recap
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Mar 29, 2024
Welcome,
one and all, to Day One of the Mismatched Couples Blogathon, a three-day-plus
celebration of two characters who go together like oil and water (but shake ‘em
up and see what happens!). We have ten wonderful posts for your perusal, and I
can’t wait to see what the next two days b read more
Exploitation Month II Quick Picks and Pans
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Mar 25, 2024
The Big Bird Cage (1972) Here’s the movie that put
Pam Grier on the map as a force to be reckoned with. Grier and Sid Haig star as
revolutionaries Blossom and Django, who infiltrate a Philippine prison camp
lorded over by an evil warden (is there any other kind in these movies?) and
his read more
Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Mar 18, 2024
(1965) Directed by Russ Meyer; Written by Jackie Moran and
Russ Meyer; Starring: Tura Satana, Haji, Lori Williams, Ray Barlow, Sue
Bernard; Dennis Busch, Stuart Lancaster and Paul Trinka; Available on Blu-ray
and DVD
Rating: ****
“I like men with big appetites. Only, I could never fi read more
Turkey Shoot
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Mar 12, 2024
(1982) Directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith; Written by Jon
George and Neill D. Hicks; Story by George Schenck, R. Wayland Williams and
David Lawrence; Starring: Steve Railsback, Olivia Hussey, Michael Craig, Carmen
Duncan, Noel Ferrier, Lynda Stoner, Roger Ward, Michael Petrovich and Gus
Mercuri read more
February Quick Picks and Pans
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Feb 29, 2024
Visitors from the Arkana Galaxy (1981) Robert (Zarko Potocnjak) likes to immerse himself in his writing, much to the detriment of his long-suffering girlfriend, Biba (Lucie Zulová). While working on his latest science fiction novel, his characters suddenly take on a life of their own: Andra (K read more
Guru, the Mad Monk
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Feb 24, 2024
(1970) Written and directed by Andy Milligan; Starring: Neil
Flanagan, Jaqueline Webb, Judith Israel, Paul Lieber, Jack Spencer, Frank
Echols and Gerald Jacuzzo; Available on Blu-ray and DVD
Rating: **½
“Talk comes cheap, my boy, and I’ve learned not to gamble on read more
Announcing the Mismatched Couples Blogathon
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Feb 5, 2024
Opposites attract, so the saying goes, but perhaps it should
be “opposites distract.” Whichever way you look at it, we love to see synergy
between two characters, but we enjoy it even more when there’s friction. With
this in mind, Yours Truly and Gill Jacob from Realweegiemid read more
Japan-uary XIII Quick Picks and Pans
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Jan 31, 2024
Howl from Beyond the
Fog (2019) In this 35-minute short
film from writer/director Daisuke Sato (effects crew, Godzilla: Final Wars, The
Great Yokai War), set in the late
19th century, a village lake is guarded by a legendary creature. When
a young blind woman and her family are threatened by g read more
The Bold and Bizarre World of Cinematic Yokai
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Jan 22, 2024
I
love yokai! There, I said it. Ever since I was introduced to these fanciful and
frightening beings in all their cinematic glory, I can’t get enough of the
things that go bump in the night. But what exactly are yokai? These reclusive,
elusive creatures belong to a broad category of myth read more
Jigoku
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Jan 7, 2024
(1960) Directed by Nobuo Nakagawa; Written by Nobuo Nakagawa and Ichirô Miyagawa; Starring: Shigeru Amachi, Utako Mitsuya, Yôichi Numata, Hiroshi Hayashi, Jun Ôtomo, Akiko Yamashita, Kiyoko Tsuji, Fumiko Miyata and Akira Nakamura; Available on DVD Rating: **** “The Greek philosopher read more
December Quick Picks and Pans
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Dec 26, 2023
Next of Kin (1982) Director/co-writer Tony Williams’
engrossing Australian gothic tale is full of surprises. Linda (Jacki Kerin)
inherits her aunt’s retirement home (replete with the residents), an old gothic
mansion (filmed at Overnewton Castle in Keilor, Victoria). She rekindles read more