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Foundational Cinema

Month: January 2019

Murders in the Zoo (1933)

Eric Gorman (Lionel Atwill) hunts down exotic wildlife for a zoo back in the States. He also has an intense jealous streak when it comes to men interacting with his wife (Kathleen Burke from THE horror film of the 30’s,…

The Allnighter (1987)

This film stars Susanna Hoffs (of Bangles fame) and focuses mainly on her desire to have a great romance(well in actuality, it’s more her desire to get laid). This also gives us a glimpse into the lives of a group…

Akira (1988)

‘Akira’ is an astonishingly influential film, easily as much so as cinema’s touchstones Citizen Kane and Pulp Fiction. Its impact is made more difficult to judge, though, given that it was made more than sixteen years ago, and didn’t make…

Friday the 13th (1980)

Friday the 13th. The movie which turned around the horror genre and gave us one of the most unforgettable villains and endings, is, and always will be a horror classic. Friday the 13th doesn’t set out to be glossy and…

Ilsa the Tigress of Siberia (1977)

Don’t listen to the other reviewers. This is a great exploitation flick that delivers the goods. Sure this movie isn’t as good as the first one, Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS. But this is my second favourite Ilsa movie….

Atom Age Vampire (1960)

The stripper Jeanette Moreneau (Susanne Loret) is dumped by her boyfriend Pierre Mornet (Sergio Fantoni) and she drives her car to talk to him. However, she has a car accident and the left side of her face is completely disfigured…

Love and Chicken Tenders

It is hot, scorching hot. I am sitting on a boat in the middle of the Caribbean. On a large 45 foot screen perched above a courtyard filled with pools, Danny Kaye and Bing Crosby are tap dancing their way…