The successful “Sigismond” (Joe Dallessandro) has a sexually active relationship with his wife “Sergine” (Mireille Audibert) and dotes on his young son, but when he takes a business trip to Paris he receives a letter and is soon indulging lavishly on call-girl “Diana” (Sylvia Kristel) with whom he becomes more and more obsessed. Her procurer isn’t best pleased at this emerging arrangement and takes some fairly violent steps to dissuade his future ardours, but will that deter him? Essentially, this is a collection of soft porn scenarios where the camera lingers quite pruriently as the women und…
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This is the best movie of the franchise by a notable margin. If you've grown up being young with the first one, and aged over time with each subsequent one, you'll find this movie to be an emotional ride where you see just how all in someone devoted to their cause and beliefs can be. A scene at the very end with the crowd captures it all so beautifully. It's a masterpiece of this franchise's style, intent, and focus. It was unexpected and wonderful to experience.…
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Wicked creepy intro, so much wrong with the scene, emotionally and physically. We have a situation we're dealing with s the story begins to develop, and I'm unsure of the status of a main character.
The atmosphere at the place is off, and hard to describe, but off nonetheless.
This place just gets weirder and wider, and it now seems that something is truly off with the property that our characters are inhabiting at the moment.
This has turned into a nightmare scenario for our supporting characters, and it only seems to be getting worse moment by moment. Such an Absolutely, Horror…
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This is quite a touching, low budget, drama that spends a little time with “Molly” (Sophia Eliazova). She and her parents are recent emigrants to the USA and having already anglicised her name, she is keen to integrate at school. Her teacher is supportive, but “Elizabeth” (Andrea Lawn) rather looks down her nose at her, and encourages others to laugh at her pronounced vowels. With Thanksgiving looming large, the class are given the task of understanding it’s pilgrim provenance and that includes the making of a doll to represent either the new arrivals or the native Americans who welcomed them.…
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First things first: if you are all acrophobic then this is definitely not for you! It starts out with a man releasing - rather emotionally - his hawk and then taking to the skies in an hang glider as he tries to find it again. We begin over some beautifully snowy mountain tops, then fly over some wind-carved desert scenery as Ed Cesar (and occasionally an accompanying film-maker) rides the thermals as if he, himself, were feathered. He even manages to take an initially quite startled young lad for a flight, too. There’s no narration, just some natural audio and an unremarkably synthesised soun…
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“Ricky” (Richard Goss) works with his dad “Briggs” (Sunshine Parker) whilst “Lila” (Laura Jean Ellis) lives in a care home. Both of these teenagers have Down’s Syndrome and when they meet at a town fair, they take a shine to each other. Social worker “Carolyn” (Luanda Anders) is sympathetic when “Lila” announces that she wants to abandon her plans to go to college, and instead stay here with her new beau - but ultimately controls all the information that the girl needs, and the real question is - does the facility really want the hassle of a loved-up couple? The two performances are engaging e…
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⭐ Review of Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 ⭐
Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 is simply excellent! The movie delivers incredible visual effects that keep you on edge from start to finish. I literally jumped 11 times, which shows how well the horror atmosphere is handled.
Compared to the first film, this sequel is much better: more intense, more immersive, and with an amazing ending that truly surprised me. The actors are outstanding, fully bringing the story and the tension to life.
For me, it’s a solid 8/10.
🔻 Negative points
Even though the movie is great, I was expecting more fights and …
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**_Oddball drama about a troubled sheriff in snowy northern New Hampshire_**
Shot in the winter of 1997, this is a psychological drama with some mystery, suspense and thrills, similar to "A Simple Plan," which was shot the next winter. While that film deals with corruption via the temptation of easy wealth, this one involves the corruption of sons (Nick Nolte and Willem Dafoe) by the sins of the father (James Coburn). Both movies are worth seeing, but "A Simple Plan" is all-around more coherent and effective.
This is more ambiguous, respecting the intelligence of the viewer to pu…
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**_Slasher at a furniture store in downtown L.A._**
Shot in late summer 1987, this was also released as “Close Your Eyes and Pray” in the UK. There are similarities to “Chopping Mall” from 1.5 years prior, just minus the killer robots. The first hour is dull because of the one-dimensional milieu and tedious dramatics, but the no-name actors are serviceable and the score by John Ross is notable. The final 25 minutes finally work up some interest and is compelling with an interesting killer reminiscent of a couple of earlier films that I won’t name.
Bunky Jones stands out in the fe…
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Cocteau’s adaptation of this timeless fairy tale spends a little more on the characterisations than many as it regales us with the misfortunes of a merchant (John Kuether) and his four children. All are used to the finer things in life, but when rough seas rob him of his merchandise and two of his daughters continue to spend as if there were no tomorrow, he is reduced to near bankruptcy and forced to travel the woods in the dark where he is caught up in a storm. Desperate for shelter, he happens upon a ruined castle and there spends the night. Rather than leave as he came, though, he helps him…
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