A Fish Called Wanda is a more popular, better-known title than I usually review in the Bottom Shelf, but for much of the general public,
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The 1980s were banner years for the horror genre. Jason Vorhees was slaying counselors at Camp Crystal Lake, a.k.a. Camp BLOOD, in the Friday the 13th series.
The late Sixties was a time when cinema pushed the boundaries of what was considered acceptable film fare. Movies such as Bonnie and Clyde (1967) and
Dracula — Ever since Bram Stoker wrote the novel in 1897, we have been fascinated with vampires, and none more so than Vlad Tepes, a.k.a
Don’t Torture a Duckling is a grubby, nasty, unpleasant little thriller… and I look forward to watching it again. While technically a giallo, it is
On the whole, I’m not a fan of sword and shield pictures. I find the clashing of metal against metal to be fairly tiresome, I
In 1927, The Jazz Singer took the nation by storm with a new cinema novelty — sound. Looking back, it’s a shame that sound hit
Forget Christian Grey and his fifty shades, if you want to watch a sadomasochistic love story that really cooks, look no further than Lina Wertmüller’s
In the 1990’s and early 2000’s Patrice Leconte was the darling of the independent film and festival circuit with his adult dramas that burst beyond
The Four Musketeers is the second half of Richard Lester’s adaptation of Alexandre Dumas’ Les Trois Mousquetaires, and was filmed at the same time as The Three
There have been literally dozens of film and television adaptations of Alexandre Dumas’ novel Les Trois Mousquetaires; but once you’ve seen director Richard Lester’s one-two punch
Motion pictures provided a poor showcase for the comedy team of Martin & Lewis. As nightclub comedians, they thrived on the spontaneity of live performance,
