Guy Ritchie is the king of geezer filmmaking, so no wonder he decided to direct a film about the Original Geezer, King Arthur. Ever since Excalibur, Warner Bros. had been trying to do another Arthurian film, even tapping Bryan Singer for a remake at one point. However, Ritchie had a massive plan of a series of … Continue reading King Arthur: Legend of the Sword – Blu-Ray Review
Orgy of the Dead most certainly doesn't live up to it's lurid title but it's so bizarre you have to admire it. It came out of the mind of everybody's favourite bad director Ed Wood even though he just contributed the script, the direction is much worse than anything Ed every did. It's directed by Stephen C. … Continue reading Orgy of the Dead – Blu-Ray Review
Brian De Palma was pretty much burnt out after the catastrophic failure of his adaptation of The Bonfire of the Vanities. It was a seriously compromised film in every regard, from deviating from the original text to casting, despite an inspired opening, which was one long steady-cam shot. After the debacle, De Palma returned to an idea he had been … Continue reading Raising Cain – German Blu-Ray Review
The Chase is an early Arthur Penn film, made before he became one of the first major players in the New Hollywood movement of the late '60s and early '70s. It's also a transitional film, because it deals with the heavy subject matter of the time in a kind of western/noir setting. In addition that that, … Continue reading The Chase – Blu-Ray Review
See No Evil is one of Richard Fleischer's lesser films, and having arrived in the middle of the last solid period of his career. That’s the time when he made films like 10 Rillington Place, The New Centurions and my favourite, the noir sci-fi Soylent Green. Fleischer was in the UK making 10 Rillington Place during the year that See No Evil came out, so … Continue reading See No Evil – Blu-Ray Review
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