Starring: Clark Gable, Marilyn Monroe, Montgomery Clift, Thelma Ritter, Eli Wallach Director: John Huston In Reno, Nevada, Roslyn Tabor (Monroe) gets a quickie divorce from her husband, and heads to a bar with her friend (Ritter). There she falls in with a ragtag bunch, an aging cowboy Gay (Gable) and his friends. As they spend… Continue reading Classic Movie Of The Week: The Misfits (1961)
Month: October 2018
Incident In Ghostland (2018)
Starring: Crystal Reed, Mylene Farmer, Anastasia Phillips Director: Pascal Laugier A mother and her two teen daughters head to a spooky, doll and taxidermy infested house in the middle of nowhere that they've just inherited. But on their first night in the house, a terrifying home invasion takes place that changes their lives forever. 16… Continue reading Incident In Ghostland (2018)
Classic Movie Of The Week: The Public Enemy (1931)
Starring: James Cagney, Jean Harlow, Edward Woods, Joan Blondell Director: William A Wellman Tom Powers (Cagney) learns at a young age that to get ahead you have to be a criminal. He starts out in petty crime, and eventually works his way up to the top of organised crime. When things start to fall apart… Continue reading Classic Movie Of The Week: The Public Enemy (1931)
Super Dark Times (2017)
Starring: Owen Campbell, Charlie Tahan, Elizabeth Cappucino Director: Kevin Phillips When an accident leads to a death, two teen best friends cover it up and find themselves torn apart by paranoia and guilt. This film is really enigmatic. It's a film that you can get to the end of and question what it all means.… Continue reading Super Dark Times (2017)
Classic Movie Of The Week: BUtterfield 8 (1960)
Starring: Elizabeth Taylor, Eddie Fisher, Laurence Harvey Director: Daniel Mann Elizabeth Taylor is Gloria Wandrous in this film adaptation of the sexy, best selling novel BUtterfield 8. The title refers to the a telephone exchange number for a wealthy area of Manhattan. Gloria is a beautiful woman with everything going for her, but rather than… Continue reading Classic Movie Of The Week: BUtterfield 8 (1960)
Mandy (2018)
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Andrea Riseborough, Linus Roache Director: Panos Cosmatos It's 1983 and lumberjack Red (Cage) and his beloved wife Mandy (Riseborough) live in a cabin-like house in the forest, where she reads fantasy novels and creates artworks. When she's seen by the leader of a religious cult, the couple are attacked, and a violent… Continue reading Mandy (2018)
Apostasy (2017)
Starring: Siobhan Finneran, Sacha Parkinson, Molly Wright, Robert Emms Director: Daniel Kokotajlo A portrait of a religious family in crisis, Ivanna (Finneran) and her teenage daughters Luisa (Parkinson) and Alex (Wright) are Jehovah's Witnesses in the UK. When Luisa, studying at university, transgresses religious law, her family is forced to shun her. While Ivanna seems… Continue reading Apostasy (2017)
Classic Movie Of The Week: Night Of The Living Dead (1968)
Starring: Duane Jones, Judith O'Dea, Karl Hardman Director: George A Romero Today is Night Of The Living Dead's 50th Anniversary, so if you haven't seen this horror classic or of it's an old favourite of yours, then this might be an excuse to watch this film. "They're coming to get you, Barbara..." teases Barbara's brother,… Continue reading Classic Movie Of The Week: Night Of The Living Dead (1968)
