Recent content by 42nd Street Freak

Sad news about "The Wicker Tree'. I guessed as much though. Puss in Boots - 2.5/5* - Journey 2: Mysterious Island - 2.5/5* "Journey 2: Mysterious Island" - :star::star:.5 Dwayne Johnson rides a giant bee, gets kissed by comic fat guy in a bad shirt, plays a small guitar, sings, punches a...

Puss in Boots - 2.5/5* - Cinema "Puss in Boots" - :star::star:.5 Average fare. Some very good parts, some poor parts. Overly confused finale. Still okay for the kids and just enough for the adults. Banderas has fun.

The new 'Hammer' films should have made this. They're a name/legacy leeching con job too with nothing to do with their namesake either. This action man attitude to a man of intellect was best summed up by one comment I heard..."needed more sleuthing". Sherlock Holmes movie...needs more...

The only thing I can really remember about "The Silent Partner" is that head int he fishtank. I have a very old UK rental VHS with Gould in the Santa costume on the front. December Submerged - 2.5/5* Deathsport - 1.5/5* Westworld - 3/5 Firepower 3/5 Sweet Karma - 4/5* American Grindhouse -...

Always a pleasure Mario! "Blood Runs Cold" - :star::star: Low budget SOV Slasher flick from Norway, surprisingly filmed in English. And although it is the actors actually speaking English they're very awkward and say "Man" an hysterical amount of times! Why not shot in Norwegian with subs? It...

"Santa's Slay" - :star::star:.5 A great idea, with a great start at least. Evil Devil spawn Santa lost a curling contest with an Angel and was forced to be good for a 1000 years. Time's up. Getting off to a stonking start with a dysfunctional/celeb cameo family massacre and with a great...

VERY interesting look at "Paganini" Mario! A film I know of, and have seen posters for, but have not actually watched. I knew it was another swim in the ocean of Kinski craziness though. God bless the mad fucker. He should still be here, livening up cinema...even if it's only with car crash movies.

"Nightmare" (aka "Nightmare in a Damaged Brain") - :star::star:.5 Full review/stills - http://www.beardyfreak.com/rvnightmarebrain.php When released onto VHS in the UK this movie quickly became caught up in the infamous Video Nasties scare that hit Britain in the early 80’s. It was the only film...

AWESOME work Mario! Much appreciated. RIP Mr Russell, indeed. "Joshua" - :star::star: 70's Fred Williamson Western vehicle that has some interesting sequences, some classic 'how the hell did that ever get a PG' moments (a body with a spear through the neck, the fact the plot has a kidnapped...

"Sweet Karma" - :star::star::star::star: Full review/stills http://www.beardyfreak.com/rvkarma.php A mute Russian girl named Karma (Shera Bechard) takes vengeance on the East European gang who trafficked her sister into Canada, after she vanishes.... This is modern day film making paying astute...

"Westworld" - :star::star::star: Great stuff for most of the running time with top notch 70's blood on show. But actually dies out during the finale where it goes all low key, minimalist and is just Yul Brynner walking slowly after Richard Benjamin for 20 minutes. "Submerged" - :star::star:.5...

November The Dorm that Dripped Blood - 2.5/5* Sukiyaki Western Django - 3.5/5* The Hike - 2.5/5* Bloody Birthday - 3/5* Husk - 2/5* Cut-Throats Nine - 3/5* The Dead - 3/5* Kolobos - 3/5 Giallo - 2/5* Arthur Christmas - 3.5/5* Prey - 1.5/5* Make a Wish - 3/5* Freight - 1/5* Prophecy of the Dragon...

"Humongous" - :star::star::star: Full review/stills - http://www.beardyfreak.com/rvhumongous.php Stuck on an island Canadian Slasher that has finally got a DVD release thanks to 'Scorpion Releasing'. The (now uncut) brutal pre-credit sequence, where a woman is very crudely raped (complete with...

"London Boulevard" - :star::star:.5 Talk about too much star power! Almost every character (big or small) is an actor most people, and probably all Brits, will recognise. Story has Colin Farrell's gangster (trying so hard to keep his London accent he almost forgets to act) trying to go straight...

"Nightmares in Red, White & Blue: The Evolution of the American Horror Film" - :star:.5 (for film clips) FUCK writer/director Andrew Monument! Never has a documentary on cinema made me so angry and depressed. In fact, my 'as it happened' Twitter comments shall make up most of this review. I was...