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Sweet Movie (Criterion Collection) 28 reviews
Carole Laure, Pierre Clémenti
Criterion Collection, 2007
The Past of the Future; the Future of the Past
+ This will appeal mostly to curious lovers of bizarre art-house cinema.
The reviews I've read here for Makavejev's films all sadden me, but then, so do the films themselves, now. This is too bad, because Sweet Movie and WR both made me terribly happy and optimistic when I first saw them in art-house sixteen millimeter, and both have made the digital transition without ...
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Ilsa Collection (She Wolf of the SS/Harem Keeper of the Oil Sheiks/The Wicked Warden) 10 reviews
Dyanne Thorne
Anchor Bay Entertainment, 2004
Ilsa's outrages, times three
+ "There's no room for a half-man outside these walls"
+ grindhouse classic
The first film in the Ilsa series, "Ilsa: She-Wolf of the SS," stands as one of the most horrific exploitation films ever made. Even I blanched over the atrocities depicted in the movie. Moreover, it's a rare bird as far as films go because it never loses its power to shock. In fact, I think the ...
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The Michael Haneke Collection (The Piano Teacher/Funny Games/Code Unknown/The Castle/Benny’s Video/The ...
Isabelle Hupert
KINO VIDEO, 2007
THE CASTLE - Michael Haneke s film of Franz Kafka s The Castle pairs one of the most influential voices in 20th century literature with one of the most visionary filmmakers of the new millennium. A film as complex, vivid, and intriguing (New York Times) as Orson Welles The Trial, The Castle is both an ingenious, perversely faithful interpretation of the master of alienation s novel. A land ...
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Circle of Iron (2-Disc Special Edition)30 reviews
David Carradine, Jeff Cooper
Blue Underground, 2007
Circle of Iron
+ Martial arts/enlightenment
+ A Mythical Martial Art Film
+ A Film for the Philsophical Viewer - literally
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Doctor Gore 5 reviews
Jeannine Aber, Chris Allen
Image Entertainment, 2002
He's not a real doctor.
The five stars rating is for the movie itself (not the whole package). This flick is total grade B with all the cliche's : every single expression and line of the acting seems pretentious and unatural. Pat Patterson appearantly made this film so he could paint himself as some sort of leading man ( ...
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Grindhouse Presents: Death Proof - (Best Buy - Limited Edition Steel Case & Bonus DVD) 1 review
Awesome little bonus.
I found this at Best Buy, so I was like what the heck? A nice metal case with a special bonus disc, It's very cool if you are a Tarantino lover. The bonus disc has at least 25 minutes of footage featuring cool facts about both Grindhouse halves, spoken from Rodriguez & Tarantino. I found this ...
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The Tinto Brass Collection, Volume I 2 reviews
Cult Epics, 2006
Tinto Brass Collection, Volume 1
+ Buy Volume 2 First
If you do not like naked, voluptuous, natural women do not buy
this set. The story line is secondary although it does have more
of a place than some previous offerings. These are not porn films.
They are erotic to the nth degree. Visually stunning and surprisingly
well acted. A cross between ...
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Mandingo44 reviews
James Mason, Susan George
Llamentol
Don't listen to the others - this is an excellent film & true historically
+ 5 STAR RATING for PERRY KING ONLY!!!!!
+ "The horror... The horror."
+ Great movie, but edited
+ ON HUSBANDS FAVORITE LIST
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Slumber Party Massacre53 reviews
Michelle Michaels, Robin Stille
New Concorde, 2002
the driller killer
+ AMAZING SLASHER MOVIE!
+ Classic slasher
+ IT IS WHAT IT SET OUT TO BE.....
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Last House on Dead End Street16 reviews
Nan L. Bernstein, Pat Canestro
Barrel, 2005
Not as good as I was hoping. 4.5 stars.
+ Is this for real
+ Some good old fashioned exploitation fun
I kind of have mixed feelings about this one, part of me loves the no budget blatant disregard for what is acceptable cinema, but part of me was kind of dissapointed. The story is a about Terry Hawkins played by Roger Watkins (the director), just released from jail and angry at the world he decides ...
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Variety Lights - Criterion collection9 reviews
Silvio Bagolini, Giulio Calì
Criterion, 2000
My favorite neo-realist Fellini film
+ One of His Best
+ Fellini's directorial debut
+ Green Fellini-- but still worth a look
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Boardinghouse 5 reviews
Alexandra Day, John Wintergate
Code Red/Navarre Corporation, 2008
Insane, bizarre, demented do not describe this freakshow!
BOARDINGHOUSE is a micro-budget shot-on-video horror movie which is arguably the first-ever direct-to-video movie ever produced (and almost definitely the first shot-on-video movie transferred to 35mm and shown in theaters). While at first glance it seems to be nothing more than a cheap piece of ...
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Siege of Firebase Gloria61 reviews
Wings Hauser, R. Lee Ermey
Fries Home Video, 1990
best vietnam movie ever-bar none
+ An incredible and heartbreaking war drama.
+ firebase gloria
+ how to make a customer happy
+ Deserves DVD
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Quai des Orfevres - Criterion Collection10 reviews
Suzy Delair, Bernard Blier
Criterion, 2003
Film noir and then some . . .
+ The low life
+ A great comeback of H.G. Cluozot
+ Quai des Orfevres
+ A marvelous, amusing movie about murder, jealousy, music halls and love, with enough raisins even for Hitchcock
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Le Corbeau (The Raven) - Criterion Collection21 reviews
Pierre Fresnay, Ginette Leclerc
Criterion, 2004
WONDERFUL FILM
+ The ink that made blood flow
+ Le Corbeau
one of his best next to diabolique, must pick up fast it just went out-of-print on the criterion website.
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Sisters - Criterion Collection61 reviews
Margot Kidder, Jennifer Salt
Criterion, 2000
Does your sister have issues like this?
+ DePalma's Psychotic Siamese Sisters...
+ I love ya sis, but please quit killing my boyfriends...
+ I saw a murder, and I'm going to prove it! ....But there was no body because there was no murder
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Don't Go in the House!32 reviews
Dan Grimaldi, Robert Osth
DVD Ltd, 1998
Just goes to show that even nasty, low budget films can shine on.
+ One Of Early 80's Most Disturbing Horror Scenes Returns...
The 1970's was an optimum year for horror films in almost every country in the world. From a social stand-point you could blame A LOT of things on why there were so many violent and shocking films, but personally I'd have to say that directors back then just knew how to bring chills up your spine. ...
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Inglorious Bastards (3-Disc Special Edition)8 reviews
Bo Svenson, Fred Williamson
Severin, 2008
The Greatest Film of All Time
+ "The Hammer" Goes To War!!
+ Inglorious Bastards Is a Remarkable film that is going to be a great remake!
+ Fun Film, Great Package
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WR: Mysteries of the Organism (Criterion Collection)10 reviews
Milena Dravic, Ivica Vidovic
Criterion Collection, 2007
A thouroughly strange and interesting experience in film
+ What I Am Curious Should Have Been
+ Colllage satire at its best...
+ Organization and sponteneity
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The Tinto Brass Collection3 reviews
Tinto Brass
Cult Epics, 2004
SOME UNABASHEDLY VISUAL BLISS FROM ITALY
+ Welcome to the World of Tinto Brass
If you think that the female posterior goes underappreciated these days, then hurry up and enter the colorful and delightfully voyeuristic world of Tinto Brass, which is firmly ruled by the well-rounded derrieres of voluptuous Mediterranean earth maidens; unconventionally intelligent women all. No ...
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