There is joy and wonder in this marvelous mounting of a human mind, and a thrilling audacity in how it dares at such a strange and impossible thing. I’m “biast” (pro): mostly love Pixar’s films
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
I have some misgivings about this Inside Out movie. Only five emotions in a little girl’s head? Only Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust, and Sadness? Maybe things will get more complicated when she’s an older girl… but even the grownups here have only those five emotions. I dunno about that. Cuz in my not-little-girl head right now, Doubt is telling me “There’s no way you can do justice to this movie, so don’t even bother trying,” and Procrastination is agreeing, saying, “See? It was right to put off writing this review. Let’s put it off some more,...
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
I have some misgivings about this Inside Out movie. Only five emotions in a little girl’s head? Only Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust, and Sadness? Maybe things will get more complicated when she’s an older girl… but even the grownups here have only those five emotions. I dunno about that. Cuz in my not-little-girl head right now, Doubt is telling me “There’s no way you can do justice to this movie, so don’t even bother trying,” and Procrastination is agreeing, saying, “See? It was right to put off writing this review. Let’s put it off some more,...
- 7/29/2015
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
Halloween is over, but the horror-film screenings continue. A quartet of genre features that have yet to achieve general distribution will be shown this month on opposite coasts, all with special guests on hand.
Tonight at midnight (actually 11:55 p.m.) at Los Angeles’ New Beverly Cinema (7165 Beverly Boulevard), the Grindhouse Film Festival presents a special showing of Lee Damarbre’s Smash Cut, about a horror filmmaker (played by the original Last House On The Left’s David Hess) who uses real body parts in his screen shockers. Inspired by the films of Herschell Gordon Lewis (who has an onscreen role, along with his The Wizard Of Gore star Ray Sager), the movie also features adult-film star Sasha Grey, Jesse Buck and Fango fave Michael Berryman. Demarbre and Hess will introduce the Grindhouse showing—Smash Cut’s only big-screen engagement in La—and take part in a Q&A afterward.
Tonight at midnight (actually 11:55 p.m.) at Los Angeles’ New Beverly Cinema (7165 Beverly Boulevard), the Grindhouse Film Festival presents a special showing of Lee Damarbre’s Smash Cut, about a horror filmmaker (played by the original Last House On The Left’s David Hess) who uses real body parts in his screen shockers. Inspired by the films of Herschell Gordon Lewis (who has an onscreen role, along with his The Wizard Of Gore star Ray Sager), the movie also features adult-film star Sasha Grey, Jesse Buck and Fango fave Michael Berryman. Demarbre and Hess will introduce the Grindhouse showing—Smash Cut’s only big-screen engagement in La—and take part in a Q&A afterward.
- 11/6/2009
- by no-reply@fangoria.com (Michael Gingold)
- Fangoria
I had never seen any of Alan Rowe Kelly’s films until he contacted me—literally moments after posting my first Gay Of The Dead blog. And yes, that is Alan in the photo to the left. Don’t worry, we’ll get to that later.
Kelly’s opening salvo to me was the grisly, intense and controversial A Far Cry From Home segment from the recently wrapped Gallery Of Fear anthology, which he co-wrote, co-directed and produced for his Southpaw Pictures. From there I jumped back to his first feature, I’LL Bury You Tomorrow, a loopy, sprawling, bloody feature that manages to wind storylines of seven main characters into one big crazy fest. After that, I popped in The Blood Shed, which starts off with a preteen kid being yanked in half and just gets more insane (see: awesome) from there.
After watching Kelly’s films and chatting...
Kelly’s opening salvo to me was the grisly, intense and controversial A Far Cry From Home segment from the recently wrapped Gallery Of Fear anthology, which he co-wrote, co-directed and produced for his Southpaw Pictures. From there I jumped back to his first feature, I’LL Bury You Tomorrow, a loopy, sprawling, bloody feature that manages to wind storylines of seven main characters into one big crazy fest. After that, I popped in The Blood Shed, which starts off with a preteen kid being yanked in half and just gets more insane (see: awesome) from there.
After watching Kelly’s films and chatting...
- 5/13/2009
- Fangoria
Indie director Stolis Hadjicharalambous gave us the heads-up that a new trailer for his gory action-thriller Crossed recently went live on the movie’s MySpace page. You can check it out below.
Crossed was scripted by Christopher J. Otis, who stars as a young hitman dealing with the unsolved murder of his father (Jerry Murdock), while also tangling with other underworld figures, including an especially sadistic killer called The Ripper (Javier Rodriguez, who also produced). Fango caught an early screening of the movie and was duly impressed by the intense, brutal and frequent scenes of hand-to-hand combat and other carnage. The cast additionally includes Henry Boriello (who created the makeup FX), Talia Marrero, Andrew Roth, Ashley Bernardes, Keith Fraser and filmmaker Alan Rowe Kelly, for whom Hadjicharalambous has served as an editor; their frequent collaborator/Vindication director Bart Mastronardi was cinematographer. You can find out more about Crossed at the...
Crossed was scripted by Christopher J. Otis, who stars as a young hitman dealing with the unsolved murder of his father (Jerry Murdock), while also tangling with other underworld figures, including an especially sadistic killer called The Ripper (Javier Rodriguez, who also produced). Fango caught an early screening of the movie and was duly impressed by the intense, brutal and frequent scenes of hand-to-hand combat and other carnage. The cast additionally includes Henry Boriello (who created the makeup FX), Talia Marrero, Andrew Roth, Ashley Bernardes, Keith Fraser and filmmaker Alan Rowe Kelly, for whom Hadjicharalambous has served as an editor; their frequent collaborator/Vindication director Bart Mastronardi was cinematographer. You can find out more about Crossed at the...
- 12/23/2008
- Fangoria
Indie director Stolis Hadjicharalambous gave Fango the word that his violent thriller Crossed has finished postproduction, and unveiled a new poster designed by actor/producer Javier Rodriguez. He’s now setting up festival screenings and gearing up to break the movie on the 2009 festival circuit.
“After all the years, hard work, blood, sweat and tears that were put into the production, it’s extremely thrilling to sit back and finally watch it all unfold on the screen,” Hadjicharalambous tells us. “I have waited since the beginning of production for the day I can sit back with a bag of popcorn and a soda and watch Crossed on the big screen. It’s exciting and mind-boggling that this day has finally come. I’m very proud of what the hardworking cast and crew and myself have created on screen. We all set out to make a hardcore, no-holds-barred action-thriller, packed with unforgettable twists and turns,...
“After all the years, hard work, blood, sweat and tears that were put into the production, it’s extremely thrilling to sit back and finally watch it all unfold on the screen,” Hadjicharalambous tells us. “I have waited since the beginning of production for the day I can sit back with a bag of popcorn and a soda and watch Crossed on the big screen. It’s exciting and mind-boggling that this day has finally come. I’m very proud of what the hardworking cast and crew and myself have created on screen. We all set out to make a hardcore, no-holds-barred action-thriller, packed with unforgettable twists and turns,...
- 11/4/2008
- Fangoria
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