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The Heresy of Dr Dee
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All talk is of the End-time...and the dead are rising. At the end of the sunless summer of 1560,...
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LeftSideCut (3778 KP) rated Maniac Cop (1988) in Movies
Sep 25, 2020
For a start, it has a decent cast including the always reliable Tom Atkins, a post Evil Dead II Bruce Campbell, final girl Laurene Landon, and even a small role for Robert Roundtree of Shaft fame.
It was written by B-movie legend Larry Cohen and directed by genre veteran William Lustig - all in all a pretty strong cast and crew, who all managed to turn this would be low budget trashy horror into a cult classic.
The Maniac Cop himself, played by Robert Z'Dar, cuts an imposing figure. The choice not to show his face for the majority of the run time lends him a creepy edge. He also has an uncomfortably massive chin... Throw in a load of blood flying about the place, some unsettling music score, and a pretty fun car chase near the climax, and it's easy to see why Maniac Cop is pretty beloved by horror fans.
80s horror is just the best.
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Small Eden
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A boy with his head in the clouds. A man with a head full of dreams. 1884. The symptoms of...
Historical Fiction 1864-1910
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Gareth von Kallenbach (971 KP) rated Outlaw King (2018) in Movies
Jul 2, 2019
This film is based on historical events and follows Robert the Bruce in his guerilla warfare battle for independence against the English. The film definitely seemed to take some poetic license with the story, but overall it feels realistic. Set in the medieval Scotland this is both a gritty and beautifully shot film. The wide shots show the beautiful country and coasts of Scotland. Then the day to day life and the battle scenes are dirty and grimy. The film is a brutal as advertised not only in the battle scenes but also throughout the film. Director David Mackenzie (Hell or High Water, Starred Up) crafts a well thought out story that moves briskly along. I had a couple of issues with the CGI not being super realistic. One brutal scene where someone drawn and quartered, I’ll let you research that, and the body looks like a blob rather than a torso. There were also some awkward cut scenes that didn’t make sense to me. Really not making sense. The opening sequence of the film is done in one shot and might be one of the most impressively shot sequences I have seen in a movie in a long time. The performances are also really good. Billy Howie, Prince of Wales, is a good antagonist and Aaron Taylor-Johnson, James Douglas, is a marvelous madman protector of the Robert the Bruce.
I enjoyed this movie in the theater and think a Netflix view is going to be perfect. It is brutal so the faint of heart should be prepared to look away multiple times. It may get compared to another famous Scottish film from not too long ago and I think this is a nice update. But this is not that film, both in good and bad ways. I enjoyed my watching experience and will definitely catch it streaming on its release date.
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Barry Newman (204 KP) rated Joker (2019) in Movies
Jan 31, 2020
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The Operator: The Seal Team Operative and the Mission That Changed the World
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A stirringly evocative, thought-provoking, and often jaw-dropping account of SEAL Team Operator...
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The Case of the Missing Bronte
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Superintendent Perry Trethowan is returning to London with his wife, Jan, after visiting his...
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Arctic Scavengers
Tabletop Game
In the year 2097, the entire Earth was enveloped in a cataclysmic shift in climate, plunging the...
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Romantic English Homes
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Romantic English Homes is an inspirational collection of truly timeless houses. Robert O'Byrne has...
Beachside Bohemian: Easy Living by the Sea
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Well known to their fans through their reality TV shows (on HGTV and Bravo) and various home decor...