It’s a real shame that when prolific screenwriter Michael Dougherty (X2, Superman Returns) released his debut film, Trick r’ Treat back in 2007, it went straight to DVD even with Bryan Singer’s stamp of approval and producer cred. But of course, in the tradition of Halloween, we must respect the “dead” and even possibly resurrect them. And thanks to Beyond Fest, that’s what they did by bringing the film to the big screen with...
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It's been a couple of days since I watched The Counselor and I can't help but be baffled by the spectacle of Ridley Scott's latest piece. Maybe it's worth viewing due to its oddly messy yet intensely sexualized/bloodstained vignettes. I don't know, I just had such high hopes for this film and sadly, I was sorely disappointed! I honestly would've rather watched Bad Grandpa! The primary reason...
Scream (1996, Wes Craven)
Sidney Prescott: Why? Why did you kill my mother?
Billy: Why? WHY! You hear that Stu? I think she wants a motive
[Stu Chortles]
Billy: Well I don't really believe in motives Sid, I mean did Norman Bates have a motive?
Stu: No.
Billy: Did we ever find out why Hannibal Lecter like to eat people? DON'T THINK SO! See it's a lot more scarier when there's no motive, Sid. We did your Mom a savor,...
Crome Yellow and I went to Beyond Fest to watch A Field in England. I can only describe this film as something I have not seen before. It has such a hypnotizing and alluring effect on you. Definitely go see this if you like experimental films with a bomb-ass soundtrack.
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12 Years a Slave is based on the autobiography of the same name by Solomon Northup who was a free black man but was kidnapped and sold into slavery. The film reiterates the same themes that previous films about slavery has tackled but McQueen’s approach to it intensifies the reality of the situation by holding a mirror to the public to present that Solomon’s situation could happen to anyone. With an A-list assemble;...
Martyrs (2008, Pascal Laugier)
Mademoiselle: Martyrs are exceptional people. They survive pain, they survive total deprivation. They bear all the sins of the earth. They give themselves up. They transcend themselves... they are transfigured.&nbs...
Kimberly Pierce's adaptation of Stephen King's novel sounded a lot better in theory than its actual execution, which tried to tell the same story but through a modernized lens of cyber-bullying and hollywoodization. In concept, Julianne Moore and Chloe Moretz portraying the highly dysfunctional relationship of mother and daughter sounds like a dream come true. But somehow with Pierce's touch, everything from the cinematography,...
Any time Wes Anderson announces his next film, waves of hipsters like myself gawk at the possibility of getting a peep at the next incredible ensemble and quirky stories that we're irresistibly addicted to. And of course, The Grand Budapest Hotel is no different. But what is different is that I'm actually excited for this one than anything else due to its incredible ensemble that entails Anderson's usual collaborators in...
Year: 2013
Director: Sion Sono
Writer: Sion Sono
Cinematographer: Hideo Yamamoto
Cast: Jun Kunimura, Fumi Nikaidó, Shin'ichi Tsutsumi, Hiroki Hasegawa
Country of Origin: Japan
Rating: N/A
Time: 129 min.
Crome Yellow and I went to the very first Beyond Fest this year in Hollywood. Beyond Fest caters to all nerdism from the comic book culture to ultra horror fans to all things COOL aka why this is the perfect...
Paul Greengrass’s true-life adaptation of the 2009 hijacking of the U.S. container ship Maersk Alabama by a crew of Somali pirates is truly riveting and comes alive in Captain Phillips. Captain Phillips played by Tom Hanks presents some of his best acting I’ve seen in recent years. Through it’s consistently teeth-clenching intensity, amped up by the excellent music score by Henry Jackman and screenplay by Billy Ray,...
Why are you so attractive Shia Labeouf?! Apparently so attractive and distinguished that he was the only one not giving his best 'O'rgasm face for the official posters of Lars Von Trier's Nymphomaniac. I honestly can't wait for Trier's new film especially seeing this outstanding cast come together.
NYMPHOMANIAC is the wild and poetic story of a woman's journey from birth to the age of 50 as told by the main character,...
There is not one word that can wholly describe the EXPERIENCE that is Alfonso Cuaron’s Gravity. He has masterly succeeded in creating a film that is technically astute as it is emotionally resonating to tell a gripping story of the power of human resilience. Gravity is thrilling enough to satisfy blockbuster lovers as well as impress cinephiles with the pristinely grandiose spectacle of space unseen in any science fiction...
The Craft (1996, Andrew Fleming)
Driver: Watch out for the weirdos, girls.
Nancy: We are the weirdos, miste...
Alfonso Cuaron's Gravity is one of my favorite films of 2013, hands down! And it's an understatement when I say I am completely obsessed with this film that boggled my mind in every aspect. I swear the film itself made me feel like I went on a daycation, IN SPACE! With a record-breaking $55 million at the US box office, it is no wonder why critics and audiences alike love the film. Check out these alternative Gravity...
Crome Yellow and I have teamed up to bring you The Director Series! Each month I'm going to pick a foreign filmmaker thats coming out with a film in that month and watch all of their filmography and rate them from the worst to the best! And of course, with my love of harrowing and heart-wrenching films, I had to pick the French Canadian filmmaker, Denis Villeneuve who has made films like Maelstrom, Polytechnique, Prisoners among...
Interview with a Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994)
Louis: You see that old woman? That will never happen to you. You will never grow old and you will never die.
Claudia: And it means something else too, doesn't it? I shall never ever grow ...
Joseph Gordon-Levitt's directorial debut film, Don Jon follows a New Jersey guido name Jon, who cherishes the mundane yet satisfying routine in his life that is sustained by his instant gratification of porn. Gordon-Levitt transforms himself into a testosterone-pumped meathead who just wants to hit it and quit with the 8s & 9s in the club when he sees the perfect 10 that is Barbara (Scarlett...
