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Movie Review: Seven Notes in Black (1977)
‘Seven Notes in Black’, also known as ‘Sette note in nero’ or ‘The Psychic’, is an Italian Giallo mystery thriller directed by Lucio Fulci. Giallo, or Italian Giallo, is a film genre of Italian movies popular in the mid-60s through the ’70s, which included elements of slasher, psychological horror, murder, gore, sexploitation, and sometimes, supernatural Read more
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Movie Review: Witness For the Prosecution (1957)
Two years after his maiden and last directorial effort, veteran British thespian Charles Laughton returned to acting in “Witness for the Prosecution,” a movie hailed as one of the best courtroom dramas of all time, receiving 6 Academy Award nominations and 5 Golden Globe nominations. This British movie is an adaptation of a play of Read more
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Frank Miller’s Sin City Graphic Novels Part -III
It is time to look at the third installment from the Sin City Graphic series. Dwight McCarthy, Basin City’s most popular ladies’ man and ‘patsy,’ returns in this yarn, and through a series of missteps, will trigger a Sin City-style turf war between two of its most dangerous factions. The Big Fat Kill Many familiar Read more
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Movie Review: House of Games (1987)
House of Games, released in 1987, marks playwright, filmmaker, and author David Mamet’s foray into movie direction. It is a neo-noir hidden gem with a twisted plot, a series of twists, and a twisted ending that would make its way onto the best movies list of numerous critics. The cast features Joe Mantegna and Lindsay Read more
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Movie Review: Sisters (1972)
It’s yet another day, and it’s time to review yet another Brian De Palma movie, which is yet another homage to Hitchcock. “Sisters,” an early ’70s Brian De Palma tribute to Hitchcock, is a psychological horror movie with quite a few of De Palma’s own fixations, such as look-alikes, siblings, use of illusion, and some Read more
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Movie Review: Le Samouraï (1967)
Le Samouraï, starring French superstar Alain Delon and directed by iconic director Jean-Pierre Melville, is one of the greatest Neo-Noir movies ever made. Jean-Pierre Melville, who also wrote the screenplay for this classic, made his debut in the 1940s film noir era. He is widely known as the spiritual father of French New Wave cinema. Read more
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