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The Hammer-Amicus Blogathon IV is Here! Day 1 Recap
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Dec 1, 2023
Welcome to the first day of the Hammer-Amicus Blogathon! My
co-host Gill (from Realweegiemidget Reviews) and I were blown away by the
number of signups (35!), which only proves (after a one-year hiatus with
Hammer-Amicus) that absence truly makes the heart grow fonder. We’ve got somethin read more
November Quick Picks and Pans
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Nov 25, 2023
Murder, My Sweet (1944) Dick Powell plays Raymond
Chandler’s enduring private detective, Philip Marlowe, in a plot that involves
an ex-con (Mike Mazurki), his missing girlfriend, and some stolen jade. Marlowe
becomes unwittingly embroiled in a triangle between a rich elderly magnate
(Mil read more
Horror Month Quick Picks and Pans
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Nov 1, 2023
The Colingswood Story (2002) The suspense gradually
builds in this surprisingly effective microbudget film (shot on Hi-8 tape) from
writer/director Michael Costanza. The story is told entirely through the webcam
feeds of two 20-somethings in the pre-Zoom, dial-up internet days. After hearing
s read more
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Oct 23, 2023
(1920) Directed by: Robert Wiene; Written by Carl Mayer and Hans Janowitz; Starring: Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt, Friedrich Fehér, Lil Dagover and Hans Heinrich von Twardowski; Available on Blu ray and DVD Rating: ****½ “Ladies and gentlemen, Cesare the somnambulist wi read more
Introducing The Hammer-Amicus Blogathon IV
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Oct 15, 2023
If
the third time’s a charm, the fourth time can only get better, right? After a
two-year hiatus, I, along with my excellent blogging partner in crime Gill from
Realweegiemidget Reviews, proudly present the fourth edition of the Hammer-Amicus
Blogathon! Through this series of blogathons, read more
The Sentinel
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Oct 9, 2023
(1977) Directed by Michael Winner; Written by Michael Winner and Jeffrey Konvitz; Based on the novel by Jeffrey Konvitz; Starring: Christina Raines, Chris Sarandon, Burgess Meredith, Ava Gardner, Martin Balsam, Arthur Kennedy, Sylvia Miles, John Carradine, José Ferrer, Eli Wallach, Christopher read more
September Quick Picks and Pans
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Oct 1, 2023
Zurdo (2003) In this Mexican postapocalyptic fairy tale from director/co-writer Carlos Salces, Zurdo (aka: “Lefty”) (Álex Perea) is a young boy with a prodigious talent for playing marbles. As the undisputed marble champion in his town, he’s about to be challenged by the reig read more
American Splendor
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Sep 27, 2023
(2003) Directed by Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini;
Written by Harvey Pekar, Joyce Brabner and Shari Springer Berman; Starring: Paul
Giamatti, Shari Springer Berman, Harvey Pekar, Hope Davis, Joyce Brabner, Shari
Springer Berman, Judah Friedlander, Toby Radloff, Earl Billings and James
Urba read more
Viva Mexico Month Quick Picks and Pans
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Sep 2, 2023
Bajo la Sal (aka: Under the Salt) (2008) This melancholic, noir-flavored crime thriller from director Mario Muñoz is based on the story "La Venganza del Valle de las Muñecas" (aka: “The Revenge of the Valley of the Dolls”). Comandante Trujillo (Humberto Zurita), a disgraced police read more
Poison for the Fairies
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Aug 28, 2023
(1986) Written and directed by Carlos Enrique Taboada; Starring: Ana Patricia Rojo, Elsa María Gutiérrez, Leonor Llausás, Carmen Stein, María Santander, Ernesto Schwartz, Rocío Lazcano and Blanca Lidia Muñoz; Available on Blu-ray and DVD Rating: ****½ “Fairies don̵ read more
Short Take – Alucarda
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Aug 13, 2023
(1977) Directed by Juan López Moctezuma; Written by Juan López Moctezuma and Alexis Arroyo; Starring: Claudio Brook, David Silva, Tina Romero, Susana Kamini, Lili Garza and Tina French; Available on DVD Rating: *** “…the film draws on the vampire tradition, and in a way the read more
July Quick Picks and Pans
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Jul 31, 2023
Sea Fever (2019) The crew of an Irish fishing vessel
encounter a new species lurking in the depths. With the help of a socially
awkward doctoral student, Siobhán (Hermione Corfield), they attempt to combat
the new threat before everyone becomes infected. The massive creature resembles
a cross read more
Orgy of the Dead
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Jul 25, 2023
(1965) Directed by Stephen C.
Apostolof (as A.C. Stephen); Screenplay by Edward D. Wood, Jr.; Based on
the novel by Edward D. Wood, Jr.; Starring: Criswell, Fawn Silver, Pat
Barrington, William Bates and John Andrews; Available on Blu-ray and DVD
Rating: **½
“I am Criswell. read more
Short Take – The Green Slime
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Jul 17, 2023
(1968) Directed by Kinji Fukasaku; Written by Charles
Sinclair, Bill Finger and Tom Rowe; Story by Ivan Reiner; Starring: Robert
Horton, Luciana Paluzzi, Richard Jaeckel, Bud Widom and Ted Gunther; Available
on Blu-ray and DVD
Rating: **½
“…But it proves out. The read more
Pontypool
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Jul 3, 2023
(2008) Directed by Bruce McDonald; Written by Tony Burgess;
Based on the novel Pontypool Changes Everything, by Tony Burgess; Starring:
Stephen McHattie, Lisa Houle, Georgina Reilly and Hrant Alianak; Available on Blu-ray
and DVD
Rating: ****
“I think that you want to start read more
Weird Canada Month Quick Picks and Pans
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Jun 26, 2023
The Pyx (1973) Karen Black stars (and also sings
three songs in the film’s soundtrack) as Elizabeth Lucy, a heroin-addicted
prostitute in Montreal. Christopher Plummer plays police detective Jim Henderson,
tasked with investigating her untimely death (Did she jump from a high-rise
apartm read more
Rock ‘n’ Roll Nightmare
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on Jun 14, 2023
(1987) Directed by John Fasano; Written by Jon-Mikl Thor; Starring:
Jon-Mikl Thor, Jillian Peri, Adam Fried, Teresa Simpson, Jesse D'Angelo; Available
on Blu-ray and DVD.
Rating: **½
“I am Triton, the archangel. You overstepped your line
again, bub. It is the creator read more
Peter Lorre Month Quick Picks and Pans
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on May 31, 2023
Crime and Punishment (1935) Peter Lorre stars as Roderick
Raskolnikov, an astute student of the criminal mind, in Josef von Sternberg’s
adaptation of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s classic novel. Roderick doesn’t quite live up
to his promise after graduating college, falling upon hard t read more
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Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on May 23, 2023
(1931) Directed by Fritz Lang; Written by Thea von Harbou and Fritz Lang; Starring: Peter Lorre, Ellen Widmann, Inge Landgut, Otto Wernicke, Theodor Loos, and Gustaf Gründgens; Available on Blu-ray and DVD Rating: *****“I have to roam the streets endlessly, always sensing that someone&# read more
The Face Behind the Mask
Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on May 9, 2023
(1941) Directed by Robert Florey; Written by Allen Vincent
and Paul Jarrico; Story by Arthur Levinson; Based on the radio play Interim,
by Thomas Edward O'Connell; Starring: Peter Lorre, Evelyn
Keyes, Don Beddoe, George E. Stone and James Seay; Available on Blu-ray and
DVD
Rating: ***
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