Lifeforce (1985) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast
Imaginative, overwrought, and freakishly bizarre, Lifeforce, as cinema history’s only would-be blockbuster apocalyptic alien vampire nudie flick, can hardly be …
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The Great Gatsby (1974) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast
Jack Clayton’s filming of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s most famous novel is hallowed as one of 1970s Hollywood’s most surprising and …
Malpertuis (1971) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast
Belgian director Harry Kümel scored a hit with his Red Lips (aka Daughters of Darkness, 1971), and for a follow-up …
When Worlds Collide (1951) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast
Bringing about the end of the world on a ‘50s B-movie budget was always going to be a difficult proposition. …
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (Män som hatar kvinnor, 2009) MovieReview & Film summary, Cast
An adaptation of the late Stieg Larsson’s first ‘Millennium’ series entry, originally entitled, with an obviousness that better befits the …
The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast
Fu Manchu is a pop cultural figure as guilt-provoking as he is indelible and irresistible. His mixture of haughty, exotic …
The Brothers Karamazov (1958) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast
Few films suffer more withering contempt than those based on a great novel, and fall far short of greatness themselves. …
The Legend of Hell House (1973) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast
Kinky, intense, and memorably rendered, John Hough’s filming of a Richard Matheson screenplay, drawn from Matheson’s own novel, plays with …
The Three Musketeers (1948) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast
Whilst perpetually tackled as a public domain text with a ready supply of iconic characters and rollicking action, thus saving …
Up in the Air (2009) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast
Well-acted, initially engaging, but finally facile and rather dispiriting, Up in the Air commences with a good hook: a man …
