The Island (2006) – Ostrov
Ever visited a place where guilt becomes a gift and the angels sing in unison to your soul? Pavel Lungin’s The Island (titled Ostrov in…
Category: Reviews
The Surgeon (1995) – Exquisite Tenderness
Medical horror is increasingly being recognized, unofficially, as a subgenre of horror since movies portraying scary medical procedures, psychopathic doctors, and other hospital-medicine themes have…
The Doctor and the Devils (1985)
Before the terror of Jack the Ripper in London, Edinburg (Scotland) witnessed a series of murders linked to one of the noblest professions – medicine.…
The Train Robbers (1973)
John Wayne is the man when it comes to westerns, no matter what year, production company, director, or premise; when Duke’s in it, the western…
Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night (1977)
While the big screen in Hollywood capitalized on sensation, fantasy, and thrill over the decades, TV productions prioritized realism in filmmaking by putting the psychological,…
Fortress (1985)
Think of a prison become a fortress guarded by the fury of nine cornered kids and their teacher, all up against a group of armed…
The Mothman Prophecies (2002)
The Mothman Prophecies (2002) by Mark Pellington can easily be listed among the movies that make your eyes forget to blink and, at times, your…
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958)
Ingrid Bergman has charmed Hollywood and the European cinema with so many unforgettable roles that declaring a single movie of her as her best would…
Botany Bay (1953)
It took an Australian filmmaker, John Farrow, to recreate the events of the First Fleet carrying prisoners from England to Botany Bay in New South…
Hit and Run (1957)
Hugo Haas continued the classic noir tradition of the ‘40s well into the next decade with Hit and Run (1957) as a signature noir film…