Film review by Jason Day of the silent film thriller about a society woman manipulated into being unfaithful. starring Fannie Ward and Sessue Hayakawa, directed by Cecil B. DeMille.
Director: Cecil B. DeMille. Paramount (Not rated).
SILENT
Director: Zack Snyder. Universal/Strike/New Amsterdam/Metropolitan/Toho-Towa et al (18)
HORROR
Producers: Marc Abraham, Eric Newman, Richard P. Rubinstein.
Writer: James Gunn.
Camera: Matthew F. Leonetti.
Music: Tyler Bates.
Sets: Andrew Nestoromny.
Sarah Polley, Ving Rhames, Jake Weber, Mekhi Phifer, Ty Burrell, Kevin Zegers, Michael Barry, Lindy Booth, Jayne Eastwood, Boyd Banks, Inna Korobkina, R.D. Reid, Kim Poirier, Matt Frewer, Scott H. Reiniger, Tom Savini, Ken Foree.
Nurse Ana (Polley), after a gruelling shift due to a series of sudden and inexplicable attacks in which humans start biting other people, settles down to a relaxing weekend. The peace is disturbed when her husband is fatally bitten by their neighbour’s child. When he returns from the dead and tries to kill Ana, she narrowly escapes to join cop Rhames and a small group of people running from the seemingly crazed and murderous population of their Mid-Western town. They hide out in an abandoned mega-mall to decide on their next steps: fight or flight.
A veritable smorgasbord of cinematic delights awaits you lucky UK film fans as of this Friday…
Director: Gordon Hessler. Columbia (U)
ACTION/ADVENTURE/FANTASY
Producers: Charles H. Schneer, Ray Harryhausen.
Writer: Brian Clemens.
Camera: Ted Moore.
Music: Miklos Rozsa.
Sets: John Stoll.
John Phillip Law, Caroline Munro, Tom Baker, Douglas Wilmor, Martin Shaw, Gregoire Aslan, Kurt Christian.
Sinbad the sailor (Law) battles with the evil Black Prince Koura (Baker), who wants a golden tablet that leads the way to a mysterious island that contains a magical fountain that gifts youth and riches on the person who steps into it. Accompanying him are slave girl Marjiana (Munro), a disfigured Sultan (Wilmer) and loyal crewman Shaw. A series of fantastical monsters stand in their way.
Director: Peter Strickland. Artificial Eye/Film 4/UK Film Council/Match Factory et al (15).
Horror
Director: Matt Reeves. Chernin Entertainment/Ingenious Media/TSG Entertainment (12a)
SCIENCE FICTION
Directors: Stephen Silha, Eric Slade, Dawn Logsdon. Frisky Divinity.
DOCUMENTARY
Producer: Stephen Silha et al
Camera: Ian Hinkle.
Music: Evan Schiller, Jami Sieber.
James Broughton, Armistead Maupin, Anna Halprin, Keith Hennessy, Davey Havok (voice only).
What or who is Big Joy? Big Joy is James Broughton, pioneer of experimental cinema in the 1940s, and trickster poet who was a precursor to the beat movement in San Francisco. BIG JOY is a documentary that explores the twists and turns in the life of a very colorful character, plus how art has the power to save lives and make the world a better place. Broughton is a role model of living one’s life to the fullest, or “follow your own weird” as he called it. BIG JOY features interviews with experts, colleagues, friends and lovers, plus images from his films, and the words of many of his poems.
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