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Pete’s Peek | Corman’s World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel is a fitting tribute to the King of the Bs
Now here’s a film trivia question for you. What connects the like of Martin Scorsese, Ron Howard, Peter Bogdanovich, Jack Nicholson, William Shatner and Peter Fonda? The answer – Roger Corman. This one-man show of producer, director, writer and actor … Continue reading
Posted in Blu-ray Releases, DVD Releases, DVD Reviews, Pete's Peek
Tagged Air French Band, American International Pictures, Boris Karloff, Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel, dennis hopper, Honorary Academy Award, Jack Nicholson, John Sayles, Jonathan Demme, Martin Scorsese, New Horizons, New World Pictures, Peter Bogdanovich, Peter Fonda, Robert De Niro, Roger Corman, Ron Howard, Vincent Price, william shatner
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Blu-ray review | Brazil – And now for something completely mental!
Newly issued on Blu-ray, Terry Gilliam’s 1985 masterpiece Brazil looks every bit as good as it did when it was first released – just as surreal, just as funny, and even more prescient. Inspired equally by Orwell’s 1984 and by … Continue reading
Posted in Blu-ray Releases, DVD Reviews, The Best View
Tagged Brazil, Jonathan Pryce, Kim Greist, Robert De Niro, Terry Gilliam
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DVD review | Limitless – Bradley Cooper’s cocky charmer gives his brain a boost in mind-blowing thriller
What would you do if you could use 100% of your brain? That’s the dizzying prospect facing Bradley Cooper‘s struggling writer Eddie Morra after an old friend slips him a pill of NZT, a revolutionary – but dodgy – new … Continue reading
Posted in Blu-ray Releases, DVD Releases, DVD Reviews
Tagged Bradley Cooper, Limitless, Neil Burger, Robert De Niro
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Limitless – Bradley gets a boost in brainy thriller
What would you do if you could use 100% of your brain? That’s the dizzying prospect facing Bradley Cooper’s struggling writer Eddie Morra after an old friend slips him a pill of NZT, a revolutionary – but dodgy – new … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Releases, Reviews, The Best View
Tagged Bradley Cooper, brain-enhancing drug, Hangover, Illusionist, Limitless, Neil Burger, Robert De Niro
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Frankenstein – Danny Boyle directs Benedict Cumberbatch & Jonny Lee Miller in Mary Shelley’s classic tale
You’d think that Danny Boyle would have enough on his plate right now, what with his latest film, 127 Hours, picking up half-a-dozen Oscar nominations, not to mention seven Bafta nods. Yet the Slumdog Millionaire director is currently finding time … Continue reading
Pete’s Peek | Machete is salsa hot – with a side order of cheese
If you like your action salsa hot with a side order of cheese, then Machete is the perfect winter warmer. Continue reading
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans – Acting Crazy
Some actors are just really good at going all out and channeling their inner crazy. The latest one to be brilliantly screen insane is Nicolas Cage as corrupt-cop-with-a-habit Terence McDonagh in Werner Herzog‘s NOT remake Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Releases
Tagged Alice in Wonderland, american psycho, analyze this, Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, bringing out the dead, cape fear, captain jack sparrow, castor troy, charlie and the chocolate factory, Christian Bale, face/off, fear and loathing in las vegas, frank pierce, Heath Ledger, jack byrnes, Jack Nicholson, jack torrance, Johnny Depp, klaus kinski, lethal weapon, max cady, meet the fockers, meet the parents, Mel Gibson, Nicolas Cage, patrick bateman, paul vitti, Pirates of the Caribbean, raoul duke, Robert De Niro, sailor ripley, sgt martin riggs, Taxi Driver, terence mcdonagh, The Dark Knight, The Joker, The Shining, travis bickle, werner herzog, wild at heart, willy wonka
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Great 70s movies that have stood the test of time
I had a reunion with a much-loved pair of flared jeans the other day while having a wardrobe spring clean. They’re not from the 70s – I was a kid then so I’d never fit into those. No, these were … Continue reading
Posted in Couch Potato, Films on TV
Tagged 1970s movies, Annie Hall, Britt Ekland, carrie, clash of the titans, Dawn of the Dead, Diane Keaton, disco, Don't Look Now, Donald Sutherland, Edward Woodward, flares, George A Romero, Halloween, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jaws, Jodie Foster, Julie Christie, Nicolas Cage, platforms, ray harryhausen, Robert De Niro, Shelley Winters, Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger, Sissy Spacek, Taxi Driver, the golden voyage of sinbad, The Omen, The Poseidon Adventure, The Stepford Wives, The Wicker Man, Woody Allen
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