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July Quick Picks and Pans – Giallo Month
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Jul 31, 2018
Death Walks at
Midnight (1972) This nifty thriller from director Luciano Ercoli has enough
turns to keep you guessing until the end. Top fashion model Valentina (Nieves
Navarro, aka: Susan Scott) takes an experimental hallucinogen for money and has
visions of a brutal murder with a spiked gauntlet. read more
Who Saw Her Die? (aka: Chi L'ha Vista Morire?)
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Jul 26, 2018
(1972) Directed by Aldo Lado; Written by Aldo Lado and Ruediger
von Spies; Starring: George Lazenby, Anita Strindberg, Adolfo Celi, Dominique
Boschero, Piero Vida and Nicoletta Elmi; Available on DVD and Amazon Prime
Rating: ***½
“I have always considered that giallo films read more
5 Dolls for an August Moon (aka: 5 Bambole per la Luna D'Agosto)
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Jul 18, 2018
(1970) Directed by Mario Bava; Written by Mario di Nardo; Starring: William Berger, Ira von Fürstenberg, Edwige Fenech, Howard Ross, Helena Ronee, Teodoro Corrà and Ely Galleani; Available on Blu-ray and DVD Rating:*** “Everyone seems to be waiting for something that’s not read more
Four Flies on Grey Velvet
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Jul 8, 2018
(1971) Written and directed by Dario Argento; Original story
by Dario Argento, Luigi Cozzi and Mario Foglietti; Starring: Michael Brandon,
Mimsy Farmer, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Bud Spencer, Oreste Lionello and Francine
Racette; Available on Blu-ray and DVD
Rating: ****
“…I k read more
June Quick Picks and Pans
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Jun 30, 2018
Highway 61 (1991) Director/co-writer Bruce McDonald’s
bizarre odyssey (his style could be described as David Lynch by way of Jim
Jarmusch) is a road trip like no other. Pokey Jones (Don McKellar) is a
socially inept barber living in a small town in Ontario, Canada. His humdrum
life takes an in read more
Krull
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Jun 25, 2018
(1983) Directed by Peter Yates; Written by: Stanford Sherman;
Starring: Ken Marshall, Lysette Anthony, Freddie Jones, Francesca Annis, David
Battley, Liam Neeson and Robbie Coltrane; Available on Blu-ray and DVD.
Rating: ***
“What we were doing was portraying a fantasy story with read more
A Rant About Ratings
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Jun 18, 2018
I
hate rating movies. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a necessary evil, I suppose. It’s
what you’re supposed to do when you review films, right? It’s a thumbnail
sketch of my opinion, in easy-to-digest, minimal thought-inducing form. It’s
all you’d ever need to kno read more
The Great Hammer-Amicus Blogathon Wrap-Up
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Jun 5, 2018
We’ve
come to the end of the Great Hammer-Amicus Blogathon, hosted by Gill Jacob from
Realweegiemidget Reviews and me, but it’s not really an end, but a beginning.
Why, you might ask? We’ve enjoyed hosting this blogathon so much, that we plan
on making it an annual event. With that read more
Twins of Evil
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Jun 4, 2018
(1971) Directed by John Hough; Written by: Tudor Gates; Based
on characters created by Sheridan Le Fanu; Starring: Peter Cushing, Mary
Collinson, Madeleine Collinson, Dennis Price, Isobel Black and Damien Thomas; Available
on Blu-Ray and DVD
Rating:****
“As far as I was concerned, this w read more
The Great Hammer-Amicus Blogathon Is Here – Day 3 Recap
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Jun 3, 2018
Welcome
to Day Three of the Great Hammer-Amicus Blogathon, hosted by Gill Jacob from
Realweegiemidget Reviews and me! Today, we return with another stellar bunch of
posts, including reviews, history, a word puzzle and movie-themed recipes. Be
sure to tune in on Tuesday for a blogathon wrap-up. read more
The Great Hammer-Amicus Blogathon Is Here – Day 2 Recap
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Jun 2, 2018
Welcome
to Day Two of the Great Hammer-Amicus Blogathon, hosted by Gill Jacob from Realweegiemidget
Reviews and me! Yesterday’s turnout exceeded our expectations, with a tremendous
batch of reviews that encompassed the history of Hammer Films from 1936 to 2010,
and a survey of the best of Amic read more
Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Jun 1, 2018
(1965) Directed by Freddie Francis; Written by Milton
Subotsky; Starring: Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Michael Gough, Neil
McCallum, Bernard Lee, Donald Sutherland, Katy Wild and Roy Castle; Available
on DVD.
Rating: ***½
Note: This is an expanded version of a capsule review, w read more
The Great Hammer-Amicus Blogathon Is Here – Day 1 Recap
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Jun 1, 2018
How
do you make two things that are already great even better? By combining them,
of course. Gill Jacob of Realweegiemidget
Reviews and I have submitted for your reading enjoyment The Great Hammer-Amicus
Blogathon! Witness two amazing houses under one roof (don’t try to think of the
arch read more
Musical May Quick Picks and Pans
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on May 28, 2018
Tommy (1975) Writer/director
Ken Russell’s hallucinatory adaptation of The Who’s seminal rock opera engages
your senses and intellect. Roger Daltrey plays the title character, a “deaf,
dumb and blind kid” who “sure plays a mean pinball,” and becomes a latter-day
m read more
Little Shop of Horrors
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on May 22, 2018
(1986) Directed by: Frank Oz; Written by Howard Ashman;
Based on the musical play by Howard Ashman, which was based on the screenplay
by Roger Corman and Charles B. Griffith; Starring: Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene, Levi
Stubbs, Vincent Gardenia, Steve Martin, John Candy and Bill Murray
Availabl read more
The Once Over Twice: Absolute Beginners
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on May 10, 2018
(1986) Directed by Julien Temple; Written by Richard
Burridge, Christopher Wicking and Don MacPherson; Based on the novel by Colin
MacInnes; Starring: Patsy Kensit, Eddie O’Connell, David Bowie, James Fox, Ray Davies,
Eve Ferret and Sade; Available on Blu-ray (region B) and DVD (Out of Print) read more
Cannibal! The Musical
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on May 1, 2018
(1993) Written and directed by Trey Parker; Starring: Trey
Parker, Dian Bachar, Toddy Walters, Robert Muratore, Matt Stone and Jon Hegel; Available
on DVD.
Rating: ****
“I think the biggest influence for Cannibal was just the musicals, like Rodgers and Hammerstein-style
musicals read more
April Quick Picks and Pans
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Apr 25, 2018
Long Dream (2000) Director Higuchinsky’s adaptation of a horror manga by Junji Ito is only 59 minutes long, but it packs a potent wallop. A seasoned doctor (Masami Horiuchi) and his young protégé observe an unusual patient with a strange affliction. Each night, the patient experiences read more
First Men in the Moon
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Apr 15, 2018
(1964) Directed by Nathan Juran; Written by Nigel Kneale and
Jan Read; Based on the novel by H.G. Wells; Starring: Edward Judd, Martha Hyer
and Lionel Jeffries
Available on Blu-ray and DVD
Rating: ***½
“H.G. Wells did suggest that perhaps the ant men grew
intelligenc read more
The Wicker Man
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Apr 6, 2018
(1973) Directed by Robin Hardy; Written by Anthony Shaffer;
Starring: Edward Woodward, Christopher Lee, Diane Cilento, Britt Ekland and
Ingrid Pitt; Available on Blu-ray and DVD
Rating: ****½
“We wanted to create a 20th century pagan
society, and we wanted to make a treasur read more