Adapted from the novel of the same name by Hammond Innes. Bruce Campbell (Dirk Bogarde) inherits “Campbell’s Kingdom” in the Canadian Rockies on the death of his grandfather…
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Monthly Archives: August 2017
Tendre poulet / Dear Detective (1978) Philippe de Broca, Annie Girardot, Philippe Noiret, Catherine Alric, Action, Comedy, Thriller
Romance in the prime of life. When Lise’s car bumps Antoine’s bike, they recognize each other from a brief fling 20 years before while at the Sorbonne. Read More »
Sadomania – Hölle der Lust / Hellhole Women (1981) Jesús Franco, Ajita Wilson, Andrea Guzon, Ursula Buchfellner, Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller, Erotic
In Spain, a newlywed couple parks their car in a deserted land to make love and they trespass a private property. Read More »
Murphy’s War (1971) Peter Yates, Peter O’Toole, Siân Phillips, Philippe Noiret, Drama, War
Murphy is the sole survivor of his crew, that has been massacred by a German U-Boat in the closing days of World War II. Read More »
Die Fälschung / Circle of Deceit (1981) Volker Schlöndorff, Bruno Ganz, Hanna Schygulla, Jean Carmet, Drama, War
Laschen, a German journalist, travels to the city of Beirut during the fights between Christians and Palestinians to produce an essay about the situation. Read More »
Blaze of Noon (1947) John Farrow, Anne Baxter, William Holden, Sonny Tufts, Action, Drama
In the 1920s, the four McDonald brothers leave the uncertain life of carnival stunt fliers for steady jobs with the U.S. Air Mail. Read More »
Addio fratello crudele / ‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore (1971) Giuseppe Patroni Griffi, Charlotte Rampling, Oliver Tobias, Fabio Testi, Drama
In an amoral home, where a man lives in sin with a woman, his daughter and his son fall in love, and have incestuous relations even after the young woman marrys. Read More »
Stupeur et tremblements / Fear and Trembling (2003) Alain Corneau, Sylvie Testud, Kaori Tsuji, Tarô Suwa, Comedy, Drama
A Belgian woman looks back on her year at a Japanese corporation in Tokyo in 1990. She is Amélie, born in Japan, living there until age 5. Read More »
Die 1000 Augen des Dr. Mabuse AKA The 1,000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse (1960) Fritz Lang, Dawn Addams, Peter van Eyck, Gert Fröbe, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Reporter Peter Barter gets murdered while driving to his tv station. Commisioner Kras gets a phone call from clairvoyant Cornelius who saw Barter’s death in a vision. Read More »
Seven Ways from Sundown (1960) Harry Keller, Audie Murphy, Barry Sullivan, Venetia Stevenson, Western, Action
Audie Murphy is again the kid who puts on a badge to catch the bad guy, skillfully played by Barry Sullivan. Read More »