Phenomena Review
Whether it’s the baffling soundtrack (tracks by Iron Maiden and Motorhead are out of place and far too loud in certain scenes), the girl controls insects plot,Donald Pleasence in a wheelchair with a Scottish accent or perhaps the monkey servant, Phenomena has always stood out for its strangeness, even in a career as fascinatingly odd as Argento’s. Jennifer … Read more
The Kremlin Letter Review
Set at the end of of the sixties The Kremlin Letter tells the story of the highly skilled Naval officer Charles Rone (Patrick O’Neal), who is recruited by the CIA to track down a rather embarrassing letter that’s possibly fallen into the wrong hands. The letter is, unsurprisingly perhaps, something of a macguffin and directer … Read more
The Detective Review
Opening with the infectious sound of a popular Thai song, The Detective quickly introduces us to the titular private dick Tam (Aaron Kwok), a somewhat dim-witted but persistent character who quickly becomes enveloped in a complex case involving a missing girl. In other hands this engrossing but relatively simplistically plotted mystery story could have played … Read more
Cave of Forgotten Dreams Review
Allegedly inspired by a book he desired as a child, Werner Herzog’s explores the 30 000 year old (or thereabouts) cave paintings found in the Chauvet Cave in Southern France in his latest documentary film, Cave of Forgotten Dreams. Given extremely special access to this important archaeological site, Herzog and his small film crew were … Read more