Mel Brooks’ first effort was the Citizen Kane of debut comedies: The Producers is as good of a film as you’ll ever see. Brooks had written a film previously in the 50s and done some voice work—and of course was a famous comic by that point (he’s still doing his nightclub act at 92), and … Continue reading The Producers – Blu-Ray Review
Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji is an odd movie – not amazing, but not bad either. It’s directed by Tomu Uchida, who is not well-known in the west. Yasujirō Ozu and Akira Kurosawa were great admirers of his work. This particular film is unusual in Japanese cinema. Released in 1955, when the film scene in … Continue reading Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji – Blu-Ray Review
Agnes Moorehead appears in Dear Dead Delilah, one of those ‘old hag’ horror movies that were once popular. The film opens with a woman called Luddy (Patricia Carmichael), who is in her 30s and has killed her mother with an axe. She has just been released from the state mental hospital. Luddy ends up having … Continue reading Dear Dead Delilah – Blu-Ray Review
Incident in a Ghostland is directed by Pascal Laugier, already infamous for his film Martyrs, which was said by some to be one of the most disturbing films ever made. His latest has an extraordinary opening 20 minutes: a brutal home invasion. A mother has brought her two daughters to a house she has inherited, … Continue reading Incident in a Ghostland – Blu-Ray Review
Take Shelter seemed to come out of nowhere in 2011, marking the voice of a new director, Jeff Nichols. In reality, it was his second film after the very fine Shotgun Stories. Like Take Shelter, that stars his go-to actor, Michael Shannon, but Shotgun Stories seemed to slip through the cracks, somehow missed by many … Continue reading Take Shelter – Blu-Ray Review
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