Jo Blo: So I asked my wife the other day, "Can you think of any movies where somebody gets killed by a television?" She just looked at me like I was speaking Frussian (a fine mixture of French and Russian, the two most annoying languages on the planet, by the way). And there you have the weekly routine of writing this column, riddling those closest to me with useless and trivial questions about film that should have no part in any conversation.
A summer film about the outdoor pool subcosmos – Marcus H. Rosenmüller, director of “Whoever dies earlier, is dead longer”, takes on this promising backdrop and creates with it Beckenrand Sheriff a lively, quirky film that definitely awakens summer feelings. We reveal more about this in our review. OT: Beckenrand Sheriff (US 2021) The plot summary …
That a filmmaker gets the kind of free pass that James Wan does for MALIGNANT Nowadays we almost only know streaming services like Netflix. Nevertheless, the giallo homage from the “Conjuring” and “Saw” creator has now made it to the cinema under the Warner flag. And we should be grateful for that – despite small …
Pros: Samuel L. Jackson, Anthony Mackie and Nicholas Hoult, who came together in one film not about the Marvel adaptations; shooting style; pace and plot development; work of a costume designer Cons: the script as a whole greatly idealizes the characters and the story itself The Banker Drama genre Directed by George […]
Hah, nice. I though of Grosse Point Blank when I saw the title. Clicked the article, saw it was pretty much all horror stuff, figured they weren't gonna include it. Nah, there it is, #2.
The Ring would have been the only one I would have thought about on this....You'll have confused me.