Bounded

Voyeurism and male-female struggles are the core of one of Hitchcock's most entertaining and fascinating exercises of suspense. The indisputable master of the macabre achieved one of cinema's most intriguing and witty gems.

Hitch does it again. he pulled his strings and created a state of the art thriller in a minimal space. only the best and most gifted director could succeed this well.

The greatest and creepiest horror film of all time!!! Polanski introduced to us a fascinating story with satanism and prepartum deliria as the main subjects. the world wouldn't be the same after this film, from a cinematic view as well as for the consecuences led by it.

sexual and bloody tour de force. Polanski makes his own femenine, twisted and lovely to look at version of Norman Bates.

Polanski finishes the apartment dwelling trilogy with a unique, strange and captivating film loathed by critics back on its release. it goes from a regular, existential black comedy unrelentingly transmuting itself into a paranoid, atmospheric journey of macabre visions and insanity.

Lionel Stander and Donald Pleasence are marvelous, as well as the screenplay and direction, with Polanski's intense, bizarre and darker than night humour. both delightful and warped piece of art.

Masterpiece of Spanish cinema. Acid, surreal and terrifying. A holy trinity of Hitchcock, Kafka and Orwell would be proud.

Polanski succeeds at almost every level in his first work. a brilliant and tense drama set on a tiny yacht with two men on a dangerous game to win the female on board

Hitch did it again in this gripping, superbly written and beautifuly staged murder mystery.

Landmark horror classic with an interesting socio-political subtle. low budget/documentary feel, raw claustrophobic, intense, nightmarish, and highly addictive.

Creepy gothic ghost tale with a great performance by Deborah Kerr. stunning photography by Freddie Francis and impressive tact for suspense by Jack Clayton.

Joseph L. Mankiewicz's swan song united two gigantic legends in a deadly battle of wit, persuasion and humiliation. a masterful thriller with richness in dialogue, theatricality, and twists, all submerged in the purest, most malicious and delightful black humour.

Startling, intense, eerie, ambiguous and subtle psychological horror classic. great example of solid storytelling.

An unforgettable night of fun and wickedness with the grand couple Liz Taylor- Richard Burton playing a bitter, shattered marriage. great directorial debut for Mike Nichols and superb screenwriting by Ernest Lehman.

Superb psychological thriller. flawless on technical level. Great acting couple Stamp-Eggar. riveting and stylish direction on a minimal space by veteran William Wyler.

Ridley Scott's best film. visually stunning and suspenseful all the way.

A 'simple' bank situation turns into a media circus, thanks to the incompetence of two amateur robbers, wonderfully played by Al Pacino and John Cazale.
Charles Durning (the head of police) and Chris Sarandon (the gay lover of Pacino's character) are equally great in their roles.
A bold, landmark movie, that goes from outrageousness to sublimity, from hilarity to affecting sympathy.

During a dictatorship in an unnamed latin american country, Paulina (Sigourney Weaver) was a dissident activist who was tortured in horrible ways and kept alive in order to confess the names of her comrades. Many years later, her husband arrives with a new friend, and she seems to recognize the stranger's voice as the man who inflicted her all that suffering.

Gripping stage bound psychological thriller that grows in intensity with each passing minute and conveys all the agony, anxiety, fear and thirst for revenge of a martyr who's now having her turn on the reins.

Excellent triad of actor.

A remake that surpasses the original in every way. An exciting, atmospherical, claustrophobical alien whodunit with great gory f/x.

Really funny and entertaining british-era Hitchcock film.

The closest adaptation of William Golding's literary masterpiece.
Peter Brook was mainly a theater director, perhaps that is why his cinematic skills may appear flat, and his handle of kid actors is also average. Despite that, his naturalistic approach is a strength.
The power of the film comes exactly from the allegory, the core of the story, a sour and ultimately devastating microcosmos about death of humanity and reason, and the embrace of anarchy and savagery as the only means of survival.

Harrowing epic tale of courage and despair, claustrophobic odyssey under the sea. It's pure and simple sympathy for the devil.

Pretty good take on Poe's short story by writer Richard Matheson and director Roger Corman, with his eerie and cheap atmosphere. Vincent Price, without his mustache, proves why he is the ultimate horror legend.

Agatha Christie's great whodunit comes again with a pack of legendary actors. Peter Ustinov is the best Poirot ever. sublime and intriguing scheme.

Great cast of legends, Albert Finney does a marvelous job as Poirot, as well as Sidney Lumet's clean direction. overall an insanely entertaining whodunit.

A compelling, elocuent, dialogue-driven, unpretentious, well made two characters drama. Mamet's prose really works.

Like an episode of the Twilight Zone. indie, claustrophobic, oppressive, mystic and thought provoking thriller with great twists.

I have complained many times before about unnecesary over stylization, but here the case is quite the contrary, as happens with that sensationalistic and pseudo intellectual dogma movement, there is nothing interesting in its mise en scene, no storytelling skill whatsoever displayed, so the story rather than being fully exploited becomes a mere recorded play with pitiful production values.

The story had potential though it wasn't that great either. It feels stagy and shallow, as well as the performances, especially that from the lead actor.
When you have something happening in a very limited space, you better do like Hitchcock in "rope" or Polanski in say "death and the maiden" and start leaving your mark on every shot, make it as intense and engaging as they did, 'cause if you don't you'll have a weak attempt of a feature film, tacky and dull, rather than making a convincing contribution to the annals of the "housebound" subgenre.

Lately, Jude Law has had the nasty habit of remaking wonderful films starring the legendary Michael Caine (the americanised version of "Alfie" was first) Well, this is as unnecessary and terribly dull as his previous failed emulation.
It not only boasts of its famous costars (having the original Milo Tindle yes, Michael Caine, but this time he's the one filling Laurence Olivier's shoes as the eloquent and misanthropic novelist Andrew Wyke) but also a screenplay by Harold Pinter and (a flat) direction by Kenneth Branagh.
Absolutely zero charm and wit compared to the original.