ph: Oskar Cecere
Saturday, September 29, 2018
The Tingler (1959)
An obsessed pathologist discovers and captures a parasitic creature that grows when fear grips its host.
Silly and a bit seedy plot is slowly told with some singular effective thrills and a creepy performance by Vincent Price.
Halliwell (no star): "Ridiculous shocker with dull handling but effective moments."
Maltin**1/2: "Preposterous but original shocker..."
The Last Voyage (1960)
After a boiler explosion aboard an aging ocean liner, a man struggles to free his injured wife from the wreckage of their cabin and ensure the safety of their four-year-old daughter as the ship begins to sink.
Old-fashioned disaster movie istold straightforwardly (the catastrophe begins in the first seconds before the credits) and with a solid cast, but the excitement is somewhat limited.
Halliwell*: "Spectacular if dramatically deficient actioner for which a genuine liner (awaiting scrapping) was sunk."
Maltin***: "Engrossing drama..."
First Lines: Philip Kerr - March Violets
Stranger things happen in the dark dreams of the Great Persuader...
Friday, September 28, 2018
Inside Lehman Brothers (2018)
Ten years after the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers former employees tell their side of the story.
Absorbing and revealing documentary conveys the high-profile criminality of a finance corporation - and how its perpetrators get away with it.
De Flat (1994)
A divorced doctor falls for a copywriter who is a suspect in the murder of two people.
Rather conventional thriller is barely suspenseful, since most of its plot is quite predictable, and the eroticism is added for more exploitative reasons.
