This starts off quite amusingly as Jonathan Miles ("Justin") narrates us through a little of his young life, dressing up etc. (being portrayed by child actors who didn't look remotely like him!), and of his current rather one dimensional relationship with his homophobic father who funds his studies so long as he gets straight A's and, well, is straight... After a stupid prank with a tree, he ends up in hospital where he is tended by "Michael R.N." (Bjorn Anderson) and determines to get him out on a date... Their respective back stories, though quite serious in intention, are just a little too …
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**_Great cast in a spooky tale set at a girl’s boarding college in Oregon_**
Released to TV in 1977, this combines the milieu of another television drama/horror, “Satan’s School for Girls” (1973) and “Suspiria” with bits influenced by “The Exorcist.” You can’t beat the female cast, which stars Joan Hackett as the headmistress and several notable up-and-comers, like Ann Dusenberry, Diana Scarwid, Carol Jones, Dinah Manoff, Susan Walden and PJ Soles.
On the masculine side of things, James Farentino stars as the former priest turned exorcist and is quite ‘cool’ in the role (I don’t …
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“James” (Mark Elias) is down on his luck when casual acquaintance “Houston” (Logan Donovan) suggests that he might make a decent living working the park at night. That doesn’t prove very successful but on his way home, he encounters the wealthy “CQ” (Lex Medlin) whom he’d done some grocery deliveries for before. This man takes pity on the lad and invites him back to stay at his, platonically and no strings, until he gets on his feet. It all goes fine for a while, then he offers to pick up some slack in the man’s business and so begins a spiral of drug-infused activities that sees “James” end u…
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die my love is intense, messy, and strangely beautiful. the film dives deep into its character’s unraveling without ever feeling fake, and the performances really carry the chaos. it’s not always easy to watch, but it sticks with you in a good way. a bold, jagged drama that mostly hits its mark…
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There are three quite solid performances at the heart of this comparatively sex-free sex drama, as we follow the life of “Fei” (Kai Ko). He has left his rural village and headed to the town so he can earn some money to send back to his mother. As the film’s title suggests, he finds a fairly unorthodox method of doing that and that doesn’t go down so well with his family. Despite a few flirtations with the authorities, business is generally good for this attractive young man until he alights on the naive young “Long” (Yufan Bai) who is keen on entering this trade but is also very keen on “Fei”.…
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“Lily” is a smart, charismatic and charming socialite who frequents the best houses in New York as the twentieth century beckons. She is not, however, a wealthy woman. She has a small annuity and is largely dependent on income from her aunt “Julia” (Eleanor Bron). She also has a penchant for bridge. The kind that sees gambling debts accrue! Finding herself in need of funds and feeling that she dare not ask her benefactress, she is soon vulnerable to the machinations of some wealthy and unscrupulous men who have all they will ever need in life, save for a glamorous and “suitable” wife. She does…
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“Richards” (Arnold Schwarzenegger) has always had trouble with authority. Usually, that’s because he doesn’t like carrying out arbitrary orders in his newly militarised USA. When he finally finds himself on the wrong side of the law, his options are reduced to participation in the ultimate game show. He can win his freedom and a life of luxury if he’s the last man standing, but along the way he is going to play ball with the manipulative producer “Killian” (Richard Dawson) who has no intention of paying him a cent. Before long, though, “Richards” begins to realise that there is an undercurrent…
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Though much of the innovative rawness of the first film has gone now, this is still quite an half-decent follow up with Paul Hogan still having some magnetism as the no-nonsense, but now loved-up “Mick”. He is happily ensconced with “Sue” (Linda Kozlowski) in New York, dynamite fishing in the Hudson and generally proving to be a popular eccentric around town. It’s her ex-husband, photographer “Bob” (Dennis Boutsikaris) who livens things up for them when he finds himself embroiled with a murderous drug cartel controlled by the silk-shirted “Rico” (Hechter Ubarry). It’s this man who gets his goo…
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With the Allies advancing into Nazi territory, a group of American soldiers find themselves vying for control of a strategic vantage point. Initially they seize the position, but then there is a counter-attack that sees them prisoners. Desperate to escape, and led by “Milo” (Victor French) they find some unlikely assistance in the guise of “Teresa” (Majel Barrett) and her more subdued friend “Maria” (Sandy Dorigan) and are soon battling their way through the Italian countryside. The start of this film reminded me a little of the “Hogan’s Heroes” series in that is has a slightly comedic feel to…
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Looking very much like a monochrome homage to the likes of Jacques Tati, this short feature follows the antics of “Belmondo” (Kris Marshall) who lives the life of a dapper and debonair young Parisian in the spirit of his more acclaimed namesake. Perfectly attired, elegantly puffing on his cigarette and speaking elementary French, he takes his young sister and her friend to the cinema. The film is in French, just about everyone is bored witless by it and as he leaves the cinema he becomes involved in a fracas that sees him meet “Zazie” (Camilla Rutherford) whom he feels sure is destined to be h…
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