FilmNoir

The Mysterious Mr. Nicholson

There’s been a murder! Another one? Yes, indeed.  It would seem that during the 1940s and the 1950s, people were just dropping left and right.  Mysterious murders were just a part of everyday life and you can be sure that every murder would bring with it an effort would be made to frame an innocent […]

30 More Days of Noir #11: The Mysterious Mr. Nicholson (dir by Oswald Mitchell)

Movie Reviews

Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003)

Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003) Director – Quentin Tarantino (Django Unchained) Cast – Uma Thurman, Lucy Liu, Shin’ichi Chiba, Daryl Hannah, David Carradine, Vivica A. Fox Plot – Awaking from a coma after 4 years following a failed murder attempt, former assassin The Bride (Thurman) seeks revenge on those that wronged her including […]

Classic Review – Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003)

Movie Reviews

Movie Review: Push

In a not so future world, certain individuals had supernatural powers that the government was determined to control. These individual were monitored and trained by the government to serve. Those who were deemed too powerful were locked away and sedated. Themes1) work together despite differences: Even though they might have disliked […]

Movie Review: Push

Movie News

Gary Oldman Cracked Filming ‘Mank’ Multiple Takes: ‘I’ve Done This Scene 100 *** Times’

One of the big set pieces in David Fincher’s upcoming new film “Mank” occurs when a drunk Herman J. Mankiewicz (Gary Oldman) shows up to Hearst Castle unannounced and crashes a dinner party being thrown by media giant William Randolph Hearst (Charles Dance). Among the many guests around the table is Marion Davies (Amanda Seyfried),…

Gary Oldman Cracked Filming ‘Mank’ Multiple Takes: ‘I’ve Done This Scene 100 F*cking Times’

Movie Reviews

Deliverance: Camping Romp With Banjos & Rivers

Do you deliver? Here’s a notorious thriller from 1972. Directed by John Boorman, it’s a tense and disturbing romp about banjos, hillbillies, and inbreeding. Lovely! Deliverance Four business blokes from Atlanta decide to take a weekend off to go canoeing in the Georgia wilderness. A region set to be dammed soon (as in, a dam […]

Deliverance: Camping Romp With Banjos & Rivers

Documentary

The Personal History of David Copperfield (2019)

To get this out of the way: how much did I like The Personal History of David Copperfield? Well, fifteen minutes into the film I felt like I had been enveloped in a warm hug, and I wanted to return the favour and hug back the film and everyone involved in it. Who would have […]

Hang in there, kid, you’ll make it through: The Personal History of David Copperfield (2019)

Movie Reviews

Gerçekleştirilememiş Hayaller, Keskin Hırslar ve Yıkım: DAS VORSPIEL

Goethe Institut ile İstanbul Film Festivali’nin işbirliğiyle düzenlenen “Kino 2020: Alman Filmleri Türkiye’de” seçkisi dahilinde olan, geçtiğimiz günlerde filmonline.iksv.org adresinden izleme fırsatını bulduğumuz Das Vorspiel (Seçmeler) adlı filmden bahsedeceğiz bu yazımızda. Oyunculuk kariyerinden sapıp yönetmen olan Ina Weisse’nın 2019 yapımı bu filmi idealist bir keman öğretmenini konu ediniyor ve bu öğretmeni de, iki festivalden “En […]

Gerçekleştirilememiş Hayaller, Keskin Hırslar ve Yıkım: DAS VORSPIEL

In Theaters

The Queen’s Gambit (2020)

Anya Taylor-Joy as Beth Harmon I just finished watching the series The Queen’s Gambit on Netflix, which just might be the best show on TV right now. I highly recommend it. Not only does it showcase the world of chess during the cold war years, it is a fascinating character study of its […]

The Queen’s Gambit (2020)

HBO

‘Superintelligence’ Trailer: Melissa McCarthy

HBO Max has released the first trailer for “Superintelligence,” a new comedy about the surveillance state starring Melissa McCarthy and Bobby Cannavale. “Superintelligence” is McCarthy’s fourth collaboration with her husband Ben Falcone, who directed McCarthy in “Tammy” (2014), “The Boss” (2016), and “Life of the Party” (2018), all of which the couple co-wrote together. “Superintelligence”…

‘Superintelligence’ Trailer: Melissa McCarthy Must Save the World in HBO Max Comedy Film

Movie Reviews

İngiliz Dönem Filmleri

Dün sevdiğim İngiliz dönem dizilerini paylaşmıştım. Bugün de filmseverler için sevdiğim İngiliz dönem filmlerini paylaşmak istedim. Diziler için uzun zamanlar gerekiyor ama filmler en fazla 2 saatte izlenip bitiyor. Diziler günlerimizi, bazen haftalarımızı gaspederek aynı karakterlere, aynı atmosfere yoğunlaşmamızı sağlayıp bizi müptelası haline getiriyor belki ama öyle filmler var ki insan defalarca izlese hiç bıkmayacağını […]

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Movie Reviews

Make Up

Make Up UK (2019) Dir. Claire Oakley Being the outsider is always difficult, more so when you arrive in a place where the local community is tight knit. You may have the support of someone close already part of that number, but there is still everyone else to win over – just don’t end up […]

Make Up

Movie News

Stephen King’in Mahşer’i Yaklaşıyor

Stephen King imzalı Mahşer romanından uyarlanan CBS yapımı The Stand  bu yılın sonunda ekranlarda olacak. Stephen King’in en bilinen romanlarından olan The Stand dizi oluyor. Mahşer adıyla dilimize de kazandırılan kıyamet romanı, bir virüsün dünyanın neredeyse sonunu getirdiği bir dönemde geçiyor. CBS diziden yeni bir fragman paylaştı.  Mini dizi formatındaki The Stand ilk olarak 2018 […]

Stephen King’in Mahşer’i Yaklaşıyor

Movie Reviews

Blow Out (1981)

Blow Out (1981) Brian de Palma’nın bu filmi ‘yanlışlıkla bir derin devlet komplosuna şahit olmak’ konusundaki Absolute Power, Enemy of State gibi filmlere ilham kaynağı olmuş gibi görünüyor.Başrollerde John Travolta ve Nancy Allen’i izliyoruz. Anlaşılan Dressed to Kill filminde de başrol verdiği Allen Palma’nın çalışmayı sevdiği bir aktris. Bunun dışında katil rolünde aynı zamanda ABD’ded […]

Blow Out (1981)

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