Film Review: Death Wish Meets Law & Order in Michael Douglas’ The Star Chamber
As I watched Michael Douglas' oft-forgotten vigilante thriller The Star Chamber (1983), in which rogue judges delve out secret death sentences to the clearly guilty who got off on technicalities, I...
View ArticleRalph's Top 10 Blogged Band Chart - 10.9.16
OK bands you know the score .....the more hits your blog gets by the fans ..... the higher you go .....So Tweet it, Facebook it .....Generally expose yourself .....ralphslife.co.uk...
View ArticleCaptain America: Civil War
Captain America: Civil WarWatch Trailer :-Captain America: Civil War(Trailer)Watch Movie on Primewire:-Captain America: Civil War(Full Movie Online)Watch Movie on onlinemoviescinema:-Captain America:...
View ArticlePreview: Faith #3 by Houser, Perez, & Sauvage (Valiant)
Faith #3 Preview (Valiant) Here’s a short preview of Faith #3, an ongoing series by writer Jody Houser and artists Pere Perez& Marguerite Sauvage, on sale September 14th, 2016 from Valiant Comics....
View ArticleThe Sicilian Clan
The Sicilian Clan (1969) pairs three legendary French stars: Alain Delon, Lino Ventura and Jean Gabin. Henri Verneuil's crime saga provides a slow burn thriller with a stylish edge.Thief Roger Sartet...
View ArticleImmigration Reform
Films: A Better LifeFormat: DVD from NetFlix on laptop. I think making a drama about a current, real social issue is potentially fraught with peril. It has to be easy to slide into melodrama or to be...
View ArticleTIFF: Free Fire
What do you get when you bring together 11 men, 1 woman, an abandoned warehouse and guns to spare? A perfect setup for a classic shoot-’em-up. And that’s exactly what Ben Wheatley brings with “Free...
View ArticleTIFF: Nocturnal Animals
It’s been a long time coming for fans of 2009’s “A Single Man”, the impressive debut feature that marked the arrival of an exciting new director in Tom Ford. But now, the wait is finally over and it...
View ArticleTIFF: A Monster Calls
After a summer movie season widely regarded as one of the worst in many years, many film lovers are understandably pessimistic about the future of the “popcorn flick”. The mainstream summer slate was...
View ArticleSimpson Sundays: Pickfair, Schtickfair
Season 7, Episode 15: Bart the FinkAfter Bart inadvertently gets Krusty the Clown in trouble with the IRS, the government seizes all of Krusty’s assets, including his fast food restaurants and the sets...
View ArticleThe Marriage of Maria Braun
With Allied bombs landing in every direction, an outwardly naive young woman (Hanna Schygulla) marries a serviceman who rushes off to the front and his presumed death just after exchanging their vows....
View ArticleInterview with Quails
QUAILS is the solo project of Sydney based singer, songwriter, producer Amy Pes. From a background spanning indie/alternative through to being one third of electronic popsters Tokyo Denmark Sweden, Pes...
View ArticleFranchise Weekend – The Grudge 2 (2006)
Plot: Three interwoven stories about a terrible curse. A young woman encounters a malevolent supernatural force while searching for her missing sister in Tokyo; a mean high school prank goes horribly...
View ArticlePurple Noon
"I might not look it, but I've got lots of imagination."Purple Noon (1960) adapts Patricia Highsmith's The Talented Mr. Ripley, with a French cast and crew shooting in Italy. The film offers escapism...
View ArticleReblogged: Aladdinsane (Bowie tribute act) review by Music and Mayhem.
On the Friday just past I went to see a David Bowie Tribute Band called Aladdinsane. Here is the set list: After All Five Years Starman Boys Keep Swinging Golden Years Life On Mars Moonage Daydream...
View ArticleFreud, Sexual Politics, Inversions and the Music Industry
Figuring out the role of sex in music is a complicated and weird balance that we see throughout the whole thing. There is a strange balance to music as a whole, and while gender roles are important, as...
View ArticleMovie Review: ‘Pete’s Dragon’ (2016)
Movie Review: 'Pete's Dragon' (2016)Cast: Oakes Fegley, Bryce Dallas Howard, Karl Urban, Wes Bentley, Oona Laurence, Robert Redford Plot: A child named Pete loses his family in a car accident and...
View ArticlePreview: Toil and Trouble HC by Scott, Matthews, & Matthews (Archaia)
Toil and Trouble HC Preview (Archaia) Here’s a 10 page preview of Toil and Trouble HC, collecting the 6-issue miniseries by writer Mairghread Scott& artists Kelly & Nichole Matthews, on sale...
View ArticleCaptain Fantastic (2016): Summer camp is a lifetime
Review Captain Fantastic: Viggo Mortensen sebagai Ben Cash alias sang Captain Fantastic memilih mengasingkan diri di tengah belantara sembari membesarkan keenam anaknya yang bernama unik. Menjauh dari...
View ArticleX-Men: Apocalypse
X-Men: ApocalypseWatch Trailer :-X-Men: Apocalypse(Trailer)Watch Movie on Primewire:-X-Men: Apocalypse(Full Movie Online)Watch Movie on onlinemoviescinema:-X-Men: Apocalypse(Full Movie Online)Title:...
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