| Movie | Rating | Review | Date | Your Rating | Match | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The House By The Cemetery (Quella villa accanto al cimitero) - Unrated | I would rate this almost as highly as The Beyond. Stylish, gothic horror, thick with atmosphere and trademark gore from the maestro. **** Slight spoiler *** The demise of the agent in the house has one of the bloodiest arterial spurts ever put on film! | February 18, 2008 | N/A | |||
| Ed Wood - R |
A wonderfully affectionate film about a man who is passionate about film but has absolutely no talent with superb performances by all, but particularly by Landau as Lugosi and of course Depp makes a great wide eyed almost child like Ed Wood.
Burton is quite obviously a fan of the man's work. |
February 18, 2008 | N/A | |||
| 2001: A Space Odyssey - G |
If you have the means get this on HD or Blu-ray and watch it on a LARGE screen it really is like seeing the film for the first time (if you've already seen it). This really needs to have a theatrical re-release like was done with The Wicker Man.
It's one of those films that really must be seen BIG and clear to fully appreciate Kubrick's mastery of the filmic image. Beautiful! |
February 18, 2008 | N/A | |||
| An American Werewolf in London - R | Landis' is on top form with this excellent horror full of great black comedy, wonderful characters and never bettered Rick Baker make up ans fx. A nearly faultless film. | January 20, 2008 | N/A | |||
| Yôkai daisensô (The Great Yokai War) - PG-13 |
Not the usual Miike madness but an almost child friendly fantasy film full of great sfx including CGI, puppetry and prosthetics. An engrossing story with more "freaks" than the Star Wars Canteena sequence.
Great fun and laugh out loud funny in places to. |
December 30, 2007 | N/A | |||
| Tideland - R |
Not one of Gilliams best but interesting and full of Gilliams twisted reality and odd characters.
Definitely worth a look and a must for Gilliam fans. |
December 30, 2007 | N/A | |||
| ¿Quién puede matar a un niño? (Who Can Kill a Child?)(Death is Child's Play)(Island of the Damned) - R | The title says it all. Compelling and upsetting. | December 30, 2007 | N/A | |||
| Kaidan (Kwaidan) (Ghost Stories) - Unrated | Beautiful peice of Japanese cinema and little creepy in places too! | December 30, 2007 | N/A | |||
| 28 Weeks Later... - R |
Sort of the "Aliens" sequel to the first film. Not a classic but a fun and scary film in it's own right.
The "Chopper" sequence goes a bit OTT but what the hell suspension of disbelief is what films like this are all about. |
December 30, 2007 | N/A | |||
| Faust - Unrated | Svankmajer's take on the Faust story using a mixture of live action and his trademark claymation. Weird, surreal and compelling. | December 30, 2007 | N/A | |||
| The Big Lebowski - R | Geoff Bridges makes hippies cool in this hilarious comedy of errors. More quotable dialogue than Casablanca and a great soundtrack make this one of the Coen brothers funniest films to date. | October 4, 2007 | N/A | |||
| The Bourne Ultimatum - PG-13 | August 17, 2007 | N/A | ||||
| Pistol Opera - Unrated |
Stylish, pretentious metaphysical mumbo jumbo with guns!
David Lynch meets John Woo? Worth a look for the curiousity value but don't expect it to make a great deal of sense. |
August 17, 2007 | N/A | |||
| The Evil Dead - NC-17 | Stylish, timeless, well acted and pretty scary for it's time. Incredibly inventive use of camera, sound and edititng on a miniscle budget. One of the most important & influential horror films of the 80's and a power house directorial debut for Raimi who then went on to sell his soul to hollywood. | August 16, 2007 | N/A | |||
| The Host (Gwoemul) - R |
An oversized galloping gormet fish with legs terrorizes the inhabitants of Seoul. A family lose their daughter to this amphibious sand hopper look-alike and go on the hunt for it.
This has been compared to Jaws which is an injustice to both films. For a start this monster is on full display in the first 5 minutes. No hiding in the shadows untill the final reel. The humour is a little odd to westerners but a fun monster romp all the same, with memorable set peices and an excellently rendered CGI beasty. Get this on HD if you have the means, the pic/sound is awesome. |
August 1, 2007 | N/A | |||
| Lik Wong, (Riki-Oh - The Story of Ricky) - R |
Absolutely mad and ridiculous Hong Kong movie about a man (Fan Sui Wang) who is imprisoned for avenging the death of his girl friend at the hands of drug dealers.
Ricky punches his way through people's torsos, heads, arms and even walls with super- human strength he acquired from a friend of his dead father. This film excesses in so many areas. The gore is completely OTT. Want to see someone cut out his own intestines and try to strangle someone with them? Or someone havig their brain literally pnched out of their head? This is the film for you. The characters are almost as ridiculous as the plot and gore. My fav being the deputy prison warden with a glass eye within which he keeps his supply of mints! while surrounded by porn videos in his office. A great beer and popcorn movie. |
July 22, 2007 | N/A | |||
| Kyôfu joshikôkô: bôkô rinchi kyôshitsu (Terrifying Girls' High School: Lynch Law Classroom) - Unrated | Ridiculously mad High school girls against the system in a film that starts with a naked classroom torture scene and goes on in that vein for another hour and a half. Stylish over-the-top exploitation. A must see for any fan of Pinky Violence films. | May 26, 2007 | N/A | |||
| Joshuu sasori: Dai-41 zakkyo-bô (Female Convict Scorpion Jailhouse 41) - Unrated |
The second film in Shunya Ito's WIP/exploitation series. The almost mute, dark, mysterious Scorpion escapes again this time with a motley group of fellow prisoners. There's rape, torture, lesbian orgies, feral sex, mock crucifixions and these are just the exploitation elements. This is backed up by some of the most baeutiful photography using almost every technique in cinematography to create one of the most surreal and wild experiences in cinema history.
Most highly recommended. |
May 22, 2007 | N/A | |||
| Joshuu sasori: Kemono-beya (Female Prisoner Scorpion: Beast Stable) - Unrated |
If David Lynch made a Japanese Women In Prison film this would be it!
Tim Lucas summed it up "An astonishing piece of work" |
May 11, 2007 | N/A | |||
| Eraserhead - Unrated |
Love it or hate just don't try and understand it. Lynch's first foray into the dark depths of his weird and wonderfull world. This is the stuff of fever-dreams and nightmares.
Wonderfully surreal. |
May 11, 2007 | N/A | |||
| Forbidden Planet - G | Quite possibly the best science fiction film ever made. Stunning sets, beautiful photography and a monster among the scariest put on cellluloid. Way ahead of it's time. | May 7, 2007 | N/A | |||
| Danger: Diabolik - PG-13 | John Phillip Law plays the oh-so cool, a-moral thief Diabolik, who steals from the rich and keeps it all for himself and his sexy belle played by the luscious Marisa Mell. Trademark Bava camera trickery and psychedelic mese-en-scene fill this live action take on the Italian Fumetti (comic book) of the same name. | May 7, 2007 | N/A | |||
| Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - R |
Johnny Depp does a superb Hunter S. Thompson in a faithful adaptation of the book about the Gonzo journalist searching for the American Dream in the city of losers whilst taking copious amounts of drugs.
Hilariously funny and profound in places. Gilliam really nailed this one and even got a nod of approval from the ever difficult Hunter who can be seen cameoing in the 70's night club scene. |
May 7, 2007 | N/A | |||
| Autostop rosso sangue (Hitch Hike) - Unrated | Nero and Hess chew up the scenery in this sick, sleazy, violent film in the vein of Last House on The Left on the Road. Exploitation at it's best! | May 7, 2007 | N/A | |||
| Mannaja (A Man Called Blade) - Unrated |
Sergio Martino's 2nd and last foray into the western genre.
A violent, surreal and stylish film with narrative elements taken from Once Upon A Time In The West and A Fist Full Of Dollars. Some great muddy fist fights, heavy use of slo-mo and a very strange theme song. A must for Spaghetti western completists and a curiosity worth seeking out. |
April 26, 2007 | N/A |
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