A review of the silent film Madame DuBarry (1919) starring Pola Negri.
Director Ernst Lubitsch. PAGU/Ufa
SILENT
Madame DuBarry/Passion (1919)
Movies to see this Friday (19 September)
StandardA few tasty movie morsels hit your multiplex and art house screens this Friday, including…
The Cheat (1915)
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
Movies to see this Friday (5 September 2014)
StandardTime flies and 2014 is rapidly hurtling toward 2015, but the year continues to squeeze out new cinematic releases…
UK movies out this Friday…w/e 22 August 2014
StandardLots of movie treats to tempt filmic sorts to the big screen this week, including…
Dawn of the Dead (2004)
Director: Zack Snyder. Universal/Strike/New Amsterdam/Metropolitan/Toho-Towa et al (18)
HORROR
Cast & credits
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.
Synopsis
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.
UK movies out this Friday…w/e 15 August 2014
StandardA veritable smorgasbord of cinematic delights awaits you lucky UK film fans as of this Friday…
The Golden Voyage Of Sinbad (1973)
Director: Gordon Hessler. Columbia (U)
ACTION/ADVENTURE/FANTASY
Cast & credits
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.
Synopsis
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.
Berberian Sound Studio (2012)
Director: Peter Strickland. Artificial Eye/Film 4/UK Film Council/Match Factory et al (15).
Horror
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)
Director: Matt Reeves. Chernin Entertainment/Ingenious Media/TSG Entertainment (12a)
SCIENCE FICTION
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