by Martin | Aug 15, 2015 | movies, reviews
Marco Ferreri’s 1973 film La Grande Bouffe has airline pilot Marcello Mastroianni, chef Ugo Tognazzi, TV director Michel Piccoli and judge Philippe Noiret gathering in Noiret’s old family pile to indulge themselves in hedonistic pleasures until the toilet backs up...
by Martin | Aug 9, 2015 | movies, reviews
Given Roger Zelazny’s reputation as an SF writer I can only assume that this is a bowlderized version of his 1969 novel. The very fact that it’s showing at 8:00 of a Saturday morning on the Horror Channel suggests that it may not be very challenging....
by Martin | Jul 25, 2015 | movies, reviews
Arrow Video keeps up the good work of supplying us with pristine transfers of films that possibly don’t deserve it with this DVD/Blu-Ray combo of William Sachs’ 70’s creature feature. ‘Alex Rebar as the Incredible Melting Man’ the opening...
by Martin | Jul 18, 2015 | movies, reviews
The critical appeal of the recent Mad Max sequel was so across-the-board that it even screened at arthouse venues like the Curzon Soho – while I was in there waiting for Christian Petzold’s (excellent) German drama Phoenix to start, a trailer for it played. The...
by Martin | Jun 27, 2015 | movies, reviews
Forget everything I said about the Horror Channel, like for example that it’s 99% shit. In fact it has been keeping me fed with delightful tidbits without over-stimulating me – what more could anyone ask for? This is a case in point. Like The Devil’s Rain it was...
by Martin | Jun 27, 2015 | movies, reviews
It’s fair to say that showings of films in the Cult strand at the BFI have been somewhat underpopulated. In spite of a mention in Time Out, this is no exception – which is as it should be. What point is there in a cult film if everyone wants to see it? This is...
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