The revenge movie, in its proper sub-genre setting of harrowing gritty violence, I had thought to be a thing dead…
‘Playing For Keeps’ is a new romantic comedy staring Gerard Butler, Dennis Quaid, Jessica Biel, Uma Thurman, Judy…
In early 70’s horror there was a great alternative to Hammer’s endless parade of fainting aristo-ladies, somewhat camp Transylvanian counts and Peter Cushing’s permanently worried expression. Over in Spain, director Amando De Ossorio had begun a run of films that were and still are…
The Abandoned starts well — insofar as it echoes the brooding score and scenery shots of a great deal of what has come before. It has the creepy abusive homeless guy (played excellently by Mark Margolis), the rolling scenery of the protagonist travelling towards the point of horror. In…