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Director: Kathryn Bigelow Stars: Jessica Chastain, James Gandolfini, Jason Clarke Kathyrn Bigelow loves tech and testosterone. From the likes of Point Break and The Hurt Locker we've learned this already. The latter even beat former-husband James Cameron at his own game at the 2010 Oscars. When it was announced that her follow-up project was to be Zero …
Directors: Jen Soska, Sylvia Soska Stars: Katharine Isabelle, Tristan Rusk, Antonio Cupo There's a particularly interesting resurgence going on in the horror genre right now. A lot of new, powerful voices are making themselves heard through the darkest of cinema's dream lands, and with their second feature American Mary we can safely add Jen & …
Director: Ben Lewin Stars: John Hawkes, Helen Hunt, William H. Macy The Sessions is based on an article by Mark O'Brien, a man who lived most of his life in an iron lung. Mark contracted polio at a young age and was left unable to use the muscles of his body from the neck down. …
Director: Quentin Tarantino Stars: Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio Much as Wes Anderson's films increasingly resemble elaborate and extended versions of Max Fischer's plays from Rushmore, so Quentin Tarantino's post-millennial output bring to mind the kind of trashy screenplays Pulp Fiction's Mia Wallace might've auditioned for. Hell, Kill Bill was essentially the Fox Force Five show mentioned …
Year: 1970 Director: Lucio Fulci Stars: Florinda Bolkan (Carol Hammond), Stanley Baker (Inspector Corvin), Jean Sorel (Frank Hammond), Silvia Monti (Deborah), George Rigaud (Dr Kerr), Alberto de Mendoza (Sgt. Brandon), Anita Stringberg (Julia Durer). Genre: Giallo Lucio Fulci is an Italian director with a reputation for gratuity, gore and a career that veers in quality …
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Year: 1965 Director: Russ Meyer Stars: Tura Satana (Varla), Haji (Rosie), Lori Williams (Billie), Ray Barlow (Tommy), Susan Bernard (Linda), Dennis Busch (The Vegetable), Stuart Lancaster (The Old Man), Paul Trinka (Kirk). Genre: Exploitation Russ Meyer's Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! has been on my list to cover off in this series since I decided to start …
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Director: Don Coscarelli Stars: Rob Mayes, Paul Giamatti, Chase Williamson With a title like this, you'd be expecting something predictable, right? I mean, c'mon guys, don't spoil it for us. I sat down with this movie in a state of mild curiosity - it was a time-killer - and an hour or so later I …
The Lost Highway Hotel 