ph: Txema Yeste
Saturday, July 13, 2019
Scum (1979)
Story of life in a British juvenile offender institution in the 70's.
Realistic, unvarnished look at a penitentiary for juvenile delinquents was, at the time, meant to be a specific political indictment, but its message is still valid and timeless.
Halliwell*: "Gorily overstated view of boys' prison life from the inside, with the camera gloating over each violent close-up."
Maltin**1/2: "Harrowing but familiar; the accents are almost unintelligible."
Friday, July 12, 2019
Machine-Gun Kelly (1958)
The criminal exploits of Public Enemy number 1, George 'Machine-Gun' Kelly, during the 1930s.
Good crime drama with Bronson giving a convincing portrayal of the famous hoodlum as a mean-spirited, cowardly psychopath.
Maltin**1/2: "With typical efficiency, Corman gives this gangster chronicle pacing and more than passing interest. Bronson is fine in the title role."
Thursday, July 11, 2019
Wednesday, July 10, 2019
First Lines: Philip Pullman - The Amber Spyglass
In a valley shaded with rhododendrons, close to the snow line, where a stream milky with melt-water splashed and where doves and linnets flew among the immense pines, lay a cave, half-hidden by the crag above and the stiff heavy leaves that clustered below.
Tuesday, July 9, 2019
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)
A dark force threatens Alpha, a vast metropolis and home to species from a thousand planets. Special operatives Valerian and Laureline must race to identify the marauding menace and safeguard not just Alpha, but the future of the universe.
Surprisingly coherent and entertaining sci-fi yarn with an abundance of visual ideas and effects; needn't fear comparison with similar Star Wars productions.
Monday, July 8, 2019
Sunday, July 7, 2019
First Lines: Catherine Asaro - The Quantum Rose
Kamoj Quanta Argali, the governor of Argali Province, shot through the water and broke the surface of the river.
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