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The Mysterians (aka: Chikyû Bôeigun)
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Jan 7, 2018
(1957) Directed by Ishirô Honda; Written by Takeshi Kimura and Shigeru Kayama; Story by Jôjirô Okami; Starring: Kenji Sahara, Yumi Shirakawa, Momoko Kôchi, Akihiko Hirata and Takashi Shimura; Available on DVD (Region 2) Rating *** “The space station is flying 42,000 kilometers read more
Documentary December Quick Picks and Pans
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Jan 1, 2018
Burt’s Buzz (2013)
Director Jody Shapiro shines the spotlight on reclusive inventor of various
honey-infused products and reluctant corporate spokesperson, Burt Shavitz. The
cameras follow him around as he visits Taiwan on a promotional tour, and we witness
his unease at his status as an accid read more
Nollywood Babylon
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Dec 28, 2017
(2008) Written and directed by Samir Mallal and Ben Addelman;
Starring: Osita Iheme, Chinedu Ikedieze, Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen and Odia
Ofeimun; Available on DVD
Rating: *** ½
“Nollywood is a child of circumstance, because Nigeria at
this stage is cut across a bridge with read more
Crazy Love
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Dec 18, 2017
(2007) Directed by Dan Klores and Fisher Stevens; Written by
Dan Klores; Starring: Burt Pugach, Linda Pugach, Bob Janoff, Sylvia Hoffman,
Rita Kessler and Joyce Guerriero; Available on DVD
Rating: ****
“It’s a story that interested me…on a number of levels,
because I read more
My Best Fiend
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Dec 10, 2017
(1999) Written and directed by Werner Herzog; Starring: Klaus
Kinski, Werner Herzog, Claudia Cardinale and Eva Mattes; Available on DVD
Rating: ****
“Towards the end of shooting, the Indians offered to kill
Kinski for me. They said: ‘Shall we kill him for you?’ And I read more
November Quick Picks and Pans – Film Noir Edition
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Nov 30, 2017
The Stranger
(1946) Director Orson Welles’ tense examination of the evil that lies under our
noses resonates long after the final scene. Welles stars as Charles Rankin,
aka: Franz Kindler, escaped Nazi war criminal and one of the masterminds behind
the concentration camps. He’s settled a read more
The Resident
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Nov 14, 2017
(2011) Directed by Antti Jokinen; Written by Antti Jokinen and Robert Orr; Starring: Hillary Swank,
Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Lee Pace, Aunjanue Ellis and Christopher Lee; Available on
Blu-ray, DVD, and Hulu
Rating: **½
“I know everything that goes on in this building. I know
ev read more
Nightmare Alley
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Nov 10, 2017
(1947) Directed by Edmund Goulding; Written by Jules
Furthman; Based on the novel by William Lindsay Gresham; Starring: Tyrone
Power, Joan Blondell, Coleen Gray, Helen Walker, Taylor Holmes, and Mike
Mazurki; Available on DVD
Rating ****½
“Listen to me, I'm no good. I neve read more
October Quick Picks and Pans – Horror Month 2017
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Oct 30, 2017
Anguish (1987)
This unique movie within a movie from writer/director Bigas Luna stars Michael
Lerner as John, a middle-aged man stuck in a stage of arrested development. He
works as an orderly in a hospital clinic that specializes in eye disorders, and
lives with his domineering mother (Zelda Rubens read more
May
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Oct 25, 2017
(2002) Written and directed by: Lucky McKee; Starring: Angela
Bettis, Jeremy Sisto, Anna Faris, James Duval and Nichole Hiltz; Available on DVD
Rating: ****
“If you can’t find a
friend, make one.” – May Canady (Angela Bettis)
Humans are, by-and-large, soc read more
Basket Case
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Oct 17, 2017
(1982) Written and directed by Frank Henenlotter; Starring: Kevin Van Hentenryck, Terri Susan Smith, Beverly
Bonner, Robert Vogel, Diana Browne and Lloyd Pace; Available on Blu-ray and DVD
Rating: ***½
“Duane Bradley is such a charming character with a really
nasty, sadistic read more
Trailer Take: Suspiria
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Oct 10, 2017
Note: This post simultaneously appears on Realweegiemidget
Reviews.
“The only thing
more terrifying than the last 12 minutes of Suspiria
are the first 92.”
– voiceover from Suspiria trailer
I’d like to extend a great big thanks to Gill Jacob for
inviting me to do a read more
At Midnight I’ll Take Your Soul
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Oct 8, 2017
(1964) Written and directed by José Mojica Marins; Starring: José Mojica Marins, Magda Mei, Nivaldo Lima, Valéria Vasquez and Ilídio Martins Simões; Available on DVD Rating: ***½ “What is life? It is the beginning of death. What is death? It is the end of life. What is read more
Silent September IV Quick Picks and Pans
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Sep 30, 2017
He Who Gets Slapped (1924) The second American film from Swedish director Victor Sjöström (The Phantom Carriage) is a grim tale of betrayal and revenge, starring Lon Chaney. Chaney is Paul Beaumont, a brilliant scientist poised to bring the results of his research to a board of his peers. On the eve read more
Classics Revisited: The Phantom of the Opera
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Sep 25, 2017
(1925/1929) Directed by: Rupert Julian; Written by Elliott
J. Clawson and Raymond L. Schrock; Based on the novel by Gaston Leroux;
Starring: Lon Chaney, Mary Philbin, Norman Kerry, Arthur Edmund Carewe, Snitz
Edwards, Virginia Pearson and Mary Fabian; Available on Blu-ray, DVD and Amazon
Video read more
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Sep 9, 2017
(1920) Directed by John S. Robertson; Written by: Clara
Beranger; Based on the novella The
Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson; Starring:
John Barrymore, Martha Mansfield, Brandon Hurst, Charles Lane and Nita Naldi;
Available on: Blu-ray and DVD
Rating: **** read more
The Golem: How He Came Into the World
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Sep 6, 2017
(1920) Directed by: Paul Wegener and Carl Boese; Written by Paul Wegener and Henrik Galeen; Starring: Paul Wegener, Albert Steinrück, Ernst Deutsch, Lyda Salmonova and Lothar Müthel; Available on DVD Rating: ****½ “Venus enters the constellation Libra. The time is favorable read more
August Quick Picks and Pans
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Sep 2, 2017
Deathdream (aka: Dead of Night) (1974) Director Bob Clark
and writer Alan Ormsby (the same team that worked on Children Shouldn’t Play with Dead Things) best collaborative effort
uses the real-world nightmares of the war in Vietnam as a backdrop for their
horror film. John Marley and Lynn Carl read more
Dracula: Prince of Darkness
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Aug 27, 2017
(1966) Directed by Terence Fisher; Written by: Jimmy
Sangster; Based on the character created by Bram Stoker; Starring: Christopher
Lee, Barbara Shelley, Andrew Keir, Francis Matthews, Suzan Farmer, Thorley
Walters and Philip Latham; Available on Blu-Ray (Region B) and DVD
Rating: ****
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Arachnophobia
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Aug 19, 2017
(1990) Directed by Frank Marshall; Written by Don Jakoby
and Wesley Strick; Based on a story by Don Jakoby and Al Williams; Starring: Jeff
Daniels, Harley Jane Kozak, John Goodman, Julian Sands, Henry Jones, Stuart
Pankin and Roy Brocksmith; Available on Blu-ray and DVD.
Rating: ****
& read more