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Soylent Green
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Dec 16, 2018
(1973) Directed by Richard Fleischer; Written by Stanley R.
Greenberg; Based on the novel Make Room!
Make Room! by Harry Harrison; Starring: Charlton Heston, Edward G.
Robinson, Joseph Cotten, Leigh Taylor-Young, Chuck Connors and Brock Peters; Available
on DVD.
Rating: ****
“The read more
1984
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Dec 6, 2018
(1984) Written and directed by Michael Radford; Based on the
novel Nineteen Eighty-Four by George
Orwell; Starring: John Hurt, Richard Burton, Suzanna Hamilton, Cyril Cusack and
Gregor Fisher; Available on DVD
Rating: ****
“Winston, you were thinking that my face is old and tired read more
November Quick Picks and Pans
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Dec 1, 2018
Razorback (1984) Music
video director Russell Mulcahy made his audacious feature film debut with this
stylish tale of man against nature. An American TV journalist (Judy Morris) travels
to a remote Australian town for her animal abuse investigation, where she’s met
with hostility and indiffere read more
Short Takes: Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Nov 29, 2018
(1956) Directed by Don Siegel; Written by Daniel Mainwaring; Based on the novel The Body Snatchers by Jack Finney; Starring:
Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter, Larry Gates, King Donovan, Carolyn Jones, Jean Willes
and Ralph Dumke; Available on: Blu-ray (Olive Films) and DVD
Rating: **** read more
Spellbound
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Nov 24, 2018
(1945) Directed by Alfred Hitchcock; Written by Ben Hecht; Based
on the novel The House of Dr. Edwardes
by Hilary Saint George Saunders and John Palmer; Starring: Ingrid Bergman, Gregory
Peck, Michael Chekhov, Leo G. Carroll and Rhonda Fleming; Available on Blu-ray
and DVD
Rating: ** read more
Blog Update: Wrapping Up 2018, And Looking Ahead
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Nov 8, 2018
Call
it fatigue, call it a case of the post-Halloween blues, call it what you will,
but as you may have noticed, there’s been a delay in this month’s output. Anyone
who’s followed this blog for a while will know it’s been an unusually rough
year for me, with life throwing som read more
October Quick Picks and Pans – Horror Month 2018
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Oct 31, 2018
Next Door (2005) This taut psychological horror from Norwegian writer/director Pål Sletaune subverts our expectations – we think we know exactly where it’s going to go, until we’re taken to some uncomfortable places. In the opening scene, John’s (Kristoffer Joner) ex-girlfrie read more
House of Frankenstein
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Oct 24, 2018
(1944) Directed by: Erle C. Kenton; Written by: Edward T.
Lowe Jr.; Story by Curt Siodmak; Starring: Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney Jr., John
Carradine, Anne Gwynne, Elena Verdugo, Glenn Strange and J. Carrol Naish; Available on Blu-ray
and DVD.
Rating: ***½
“Kill my trusted old read more
A Bucket of Blood
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Oct 13, 2018
(1959) Directed by Roger Corman; Written by Charles B.
Griffith; Starring: Dick Miller, Barboura Morris, Antony Carbone, Julian
Burton, Judy Bamber, Bert Convy and Bruno VeSota; Available on DVD and Amazon Prime
Rating: ****
“What am I going to do next? I gotta do something befo read more
Prince of Darkness
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Oct 4, 2018
(1987) Directed by John Carpenter; Written by Martin
Quatermass (aka: John Carpenter); Starring: Donald Pleasence, Jameson Parker,
Lisa Blount,Victor Wong, Dennis Dun, Alice Cooper, Susan Blanchard and Peter
Jason; Available on Blu-ray and DVD.
Rating: ***½
“Rarely does a ho read more
September Quick Picks and Pans
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Sep 30, 2018
Patch Town (2014) In
this imaginative low budget fantasy from director/co-writer Craig Goodwill
(based on his short film from 2011), people born from cabbages are transformed
into dolls (due to probably copyright infringement, Cabbage Patch Kids are
never expressly mentioned, but the comparison is u read more
Short Takes: Kidnapped
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Sep 27, 2018
(1917) Directed by Alan Crosland; Based on the novel by
Robert Louis Stevenson; Starring: Raymond McKee, Joseph Burke and Robert Cain;
Available on: DVD from Amazon.
Rating: ***½
“O Alan, this last hour my legs have been fainting under me;
I’ve a stich in read more
Twice Upon a Time
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Sep 24, 2018
(1983) Directed by John Korty; Written by John Korty,
Charles Swenson, Suella Kennedy and Bill Couturié; Starring: Lorenzo Music,
Judith Kahan, Marshall Efron, James Cranna, Julie Payne, Hamilton Camp and Paul
Frees; Available on DVD
Rating: ****
“Our mistake, I suppose, was to read more
Hands of the Ripper
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Sep 9, 2018
(1971) Directed by Peter Sasdy; Written by Lewis Davidson;
From an original story by Edward Spencer Shew; Starring: Eric Porter, Angharad
Rees, Jane Morrow, Dora Bryan and Derek Godfrey; Available on: Blu-ray and DVD
Rating: ***½
“I believe that girl is suffering from a diso read more
August Quick Picks and Pans – Animation Month
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Aug 31, 2018
Loving Vincent (2017)
This Polish/British co-production from writer/directors Dorota Kobiela and Hugh
Welchman explores the life and death of Vincent van Gough, told through the
lens of his artwork. The film’s unique look, which captures van Gough’s style,
is nothing short of mesmerizing read more
It’s National Dog Day
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Aug 26, 2018
I’m
taking a quick paws (I couldn’t resist… someone please stop me.) from my
regularly scheduled programming to honor our four-legged pals on National Dog
Day. They offer so much, yet expect so little in return. For the price of some
kibble, treats and toys, they pay us back tenfol read more
Heavy Metal
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Aug 15, 2018
(1981) Directed by Gerald Potterton (overall feature), John
Bruno and Jimmy T. Murakami (“Soft Landing”), John Halas (“So Beautiful and So
Dangerous”), Julian Harris and Paul Sabella (“Captain Sternn”), Barrie Nelson
(“B-17”), Jack Stokes (“Den&# read more
Yellow Submarine
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Aug 5, 2018
(1968) Directed by George Dunning; Written by Lee Minoff, Al
Brodax, Jack Mendelsohn and Erich Segal; Original Story by Lee Minoff; Based
upon a song by John Lennon and Paul McCartney; Starring: Paul Angelis, John
Clive, Dick Emery, Geoffrey Hughes and Lance Percival; Available on Blu-ray and
DVD read more
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