This week, I’m going to be talking about endings. Now before you gasp and exclaim, “Not you too, mydangblog!” let me clarify that I am NOT talking about giving up blogging, although I just realized that I’m almost at my 6 year anniversary of posting EVERY SINGLE SUNDAY and isn’t that something to celebrate? I […]
Another film I came to late, and one that has inspired sequels since. Sometimesyou have to sit back and let a film wash over you, and this is one of those times. Extremely violent, and rather pointless, this is a relentless revenge-thriller about a retired hit man who returns to take on his former […]
In this 1961 version of The Most Dangerous Game, two vacationing couples find themselves trapped on a tropical island and hunted by the insane Dr. Albert Balleau (Wilton Graf). Dr. Balleau loves to hunt people. Why, you could even say that Dr. Balleau has a …. BLOODLUST! Anyway, this is an undeniably low-budget film and […]
Horror on the Lens: Bloodlust! (dir by Ralph Booker)
Host tells the story of the Zoom meeting from Hell. Actually, that description is a case of me being a bit too glib. Though this hour-long film, which can currently be viewed on Shudder, has received a lot of attention for its Zoom call format, there’s a good deal more going on in Host. It’s […]
Horror Film Review: Host (dir by Rob Savage)
Pordenone Sessiz Film Festivali ya da orijinal adıyla Le Giornate Del Cinema Muto, 1982’den beri her yıl İtalya’da düzenlenen bir sessiz film festivali. İlk yılında seyirci olarak sadece filmlerin gösterimlerine maddi ve manevi katkıda bulunan 8 kişiyi ağırlamış olan festival, yıllar geçtikçe büyümüş ve günümüzde her yıl Dünya’nın dört bir yanından yüzlerce kişiyi ağırlıyor. Bu…
İtalya’da Düzenlenen Dünya’nın En Önemli Sessiz Film Festivali PORDENONE, Bu Yıl İlk Defa Online!
Last summer, I was so captivated by Stephen Dorff’s performance in one of the best television dramas of all-time (HBO’s True Detective, Season 3) that I wanted to see more of his work in film. In the horror column, I found two I hadn’t seen before: FearDotCom (2002) and The Gate (1987). FearDotCom (2002) Viewings […]
Reely Bernie Horror Fest: A Stephen Dorff Double Feature
4 Shots From 4 Films is just what it says it is, 4 shots from 4 of our favorite films. As opposed to the reviews and recaps that we usually post, 4 Shots From 4 Films lets the visuals do the talking! This October, we’re using this feature to recognize and honor some of our […]
4 Shots From 4 Ken Russell Films: The Devils, Crimes of Passion, Gothic, The Lair of the White Worm
First Man (2018) Yönetmen: Damien Chazelle Türü: Biyografi – Drama – Tarihi İzlenme Tarihi: 4 Ekim 2020 Biyografik eserleri kolay kolay sevemiyorum. Bir sanatçının veya ideologunkini anlatmadığı sürece hiçbir biyografi ilgimi çekmiyor. Yine de bu filmi izlemeyi uzun zamandır planlıyordum. Neil Armstrong hakkında pek bilgim olmadığı için kolay şekilde bir şeyler öğreneceğimi düşünerek […]
When the news broke on March 29th, 2019 that Agnès Varda had passed away at age 90 from cancer, the film world mourned, but I did not. I recognized the name of course, but had I seen any of her films? As it turned out, actually yes. About 18 months prior, I had enjoyed an […]
Viewing Varda Part One: ‘La Pointe Courte’
How much do you remember of your childhood? Or an even better question might be, how far back does your memory go? No matter what the answer is to that question, I think no one will be able to deny the fact that the way you are raised as a child for a large part […]
The Smile has Left your Eyes, Korean drama series (2018)
Başka Sinema Ayvalık Film Festivali Seçkisi’nden 2020 yapımı İtalyan Yazı (Made in Italy) filmini online olarak izleme şansına geçtiğimiz günlerde eriştik. Avengers: Endgame (2019) ve Dunkirk (2017) gibi filmlerden tanıdığımız İngiliz aktör James D’Arcy’nin yönetmenliğini yaptığı ilk film olan İtalyan Yazı, bize yaşadıkları olaylar sebebiyle birbirinden fazlasıyla uzaklaşmış bir baba-oğulun hikâyesini sunuyor. D’Arcy ilk yönetmenlik…
İtalya’dan Ruhun Derinliklerine Bir Aile Yolculuğu: İTALYAN YAZI
Its’s October!! And that means its time for the kick-off of the annual Halloween Marathon. This year is going to continuing on with the normal format of double features, released (hopefully) every other day. The focus in the the Living Dead franchise as well as finishing off the Insidious franchise which I had reviewed the […]
Double Feature: Night of the Living Dead (1968) & Night of the Living Dead (1990)
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992) Director – David Lynch (Inland Empire) Cast – Sheryl Lee, Ray Wise, David Bowie, Chris Isaak, David Lynch Plot – The events leading up to the TV show Twin Peaks are explored here in the final days of high school girl Laura Palmer (Lee). “Bob, I […]
Film Review – Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)
The Boys in the Band is a 2020 American comedy/drama film directed by Joe Mantello, and stars Jim Parsons, Zachary Quinto, Matt Bomer, Andrew Rannells, Charlie Carver, Robin de Jesús, Brian Hutchison, Michael Benjamin Washington, and Tuc Watkins. The film is based on the 1968 play ‘The Boys in the Band’ by Mart Crowley, who […]
‘The Boys in the Band’ Is a Remake That Stands on Its Own
I recommend watching “My Octopus Teacher” on Netflix. It is the best wildlife documentary I have ever seen. It’s an amazing 85-minute film and quite the departure from the shoot ’em ups of fiction and real life going on.
As I’ve stated many times on this site, Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining is one of my favorite horror films and it’s also one of the few horror films that can still scare me even after I’ve seen it hundreds of time. Those two little “Come and play with us” girls still freak me out and […]
Horror Scenes That I Love: The Drive to the Overlook from Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining
A cardiothoracic surgeon, Choi Yeon-kyung, from modern day Seoul meets the infamous acupuncturist, Heo Im, from 400 years ago, Joseon, when he travels through time…… Themes 1) oriental and western medicine: At first, Choi was very against oriental medicine despite the fact that her own grandfather was a practitioner of […]
Netflix Series: Live Up To Your Name
That Thing You Do! 1996 Directed by Tom Hanks Quick synopsis… In 1964, teenage garage band The One-ders become an overnight sensation when their debut song jumps to the top of the charts. But internal tensions threaten to make the group’s fall just as rapid as their rise. I actually took full advantage of a […]
My Favorite Movies #4 – That Thing You Do!
Children of the Sea (Kaijū no Kodomo) 2019 Kicking off this review with some useless trivia – I had actually arranged with my local cinema to maybe screen Children of the Sea back in January but the bushfires prevented that – and obviously, I didn’t want people to risk their lives on entertainment stuff at […]
Children of the Sea (Kaijū no Kodomo)
Tell Me Who I Am (2019) Any film or documentary that centres on identical twins and their relationship is fascinating in its own right, but if that film or documentary also involves the case of total amnesia, dark secrets and completely buried past, then it becomes one of the most interesting ever filmed (at least […]
Documentary: “Tell Me Who I Am”
