https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/rssxml/MontageFilmReviewsSundayDVDRentalSuggestionPodcastFeed.xml https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/podcastshome.html en-uk Montage Film Reviews Montage Film Reviews (MFR) socialmedia@montagefilmreviews.com Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews Helping you discover the best movies to rent whatever your preference.. The Sunday DVD Rental Suggestion Podcast (SDRSP) is produced by Montage Film Reviews. New episodes are released as and when new content is available and is designed to help you discover the best movies to rent whatever your preference. The focus of Montage Film Reviews is animation, world cinema, TV and vintage. Vintage is defined as anything prior to 1980. At the Montage Film Reviews website you will find short stories to read, short films to watch, academic film reviews of 5000 words and much, much more. www.montagefilmreviews.com (Twitter/Instagram: @MFRBooksandFilm) A film and TV review audio podcast focusing on animation, world cinema, literature and vintage. The Sunday DVD Rental Suggestion Podcast (SDRSP) is produced by Montage Film Reviews (MFR). New episodes are released when available. The podcast is designed to help you discover the best movies and TV shows to rent whatever your genre preference. The focus of MFR is animation, world cinema, TV and vintage. Vintage is defined as anything prior to 1980 and world cinema is defined as non-English language. At the Montage Film Reviews website you will find short stories to read, short films to watch, academic film reviews of 5000 words and much, much more. www.montagefilmreviews.com (Twitter / Instagram: @MFRBooksandFilm) noDVD,Review,TV,Shows,Movie,Rentals,Cinema,eskimofinn,Montage,Film,Reviews,Podcast,Animation,Literature SDRSPodcast Year Seven of SDRSP will be dedicated to one of MFR's core themes, world cinema. We define world cinema as as being non-english language. During this year I hope to bring you some of the best international cinema that I have come across in recent years. Welcome to Year Seven of the podcast and a change in production style. MFR also has a new fully responsive website. So if you have visited the website in a while, now would be the time to do so. Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp167welcometoyearseven.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp167welcometoyearseven.html Sun, 6 Jun 2021 01:28:00 GMT 4:55 clean DVD, Review, TV Shows, Movie Rentals, Cinema, eskimofinn, podcast, world cinema, subtitled films Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast The last edition of Year 6. The end of the sixth year of the Montage Film Reviews Sunday DVD Rental Suggestion Podcast. We will be taking a a very necessary sabbatical of four years. SDRSP will return in September of 2021. Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp166closure.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp166closure.html Sun, 27 Aug 2017 01:38:00 GMT 1:53 clean DVD, Review, TV Shows, Movie Rentals, Cinema, eskimofinn, podcast Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast This is the 12th film in two months dedicated to the actor, producer and environmentalist Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio. The American friends of artist Stanisław Szukalski reserch into his early life in order to make this documentary about him. Stanisław Szukalski was a Polish sculptor and painter. He was a family friend of Leonardo DiCaprio after having been introduced to Leo's father George during his career as a comic book artist and distributor. Stream online: Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp164thelifeandlostartofszukalski.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp164thelifeandlostartofszukalski.html Sun, 27 Aug 2017 01:28:00 GMT 6:49 clean DVD, Review, TV Shows, Movie Rentals, Cinema, eskimofinn, Leonardo DiCaprio, Stanisław Szukalski, Glenn Bray, Robert Williams, Suzanne Williams, Gabriel Bartalos, Sandy Decker, George DiCaprio, Natalia Fabian, Jose Ismael Fernandez, Rebecca Forstadt, Marek Hapon, Adam Jones, James Kagel, Lechoslaw Lemanski, Maciej Miezian Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast This is the 11th film in two months dedicated to the actor, producer and environmentalist Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio. An story of survival, love and revenge in the American wilderness. An epic Revisionist Western film based in part on Michael Punke's 2002 novel of the same name, which describes frontiersman Hugh Glass's experiences in 1823; that novel is, in turn, based on the 1915 poem The Song of Hugh Glass. Stream online: https://amzn.to/3v8NRvk Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp163therevenant.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp163therevenant.html Sun, 27 Aug 2017 01:28:00 GMT 10:11 clean DVD, Review, TV Shows, Movie Rentals, Cinema, eskimofinn, Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Will Poulter, Domhnall Gleeson, Kristoffer Joner, Lukas Haas Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast This is the 10th film in two months dedicated to the actor, producer and environmentalist Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio. Scorsese and DiCaprio join forces once again to deliver a story of American excess disguised as The American Dream. Introduced to life in the fast lane through stockbroking, Jordan Belfort takes a hit after a Wall Street crash. He then teams up with his neighbour Donnie Azoff, cheating his way to the top as his relationships slide. Stream online: https://amzn.to/3v7WpT2 Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp162thewolfofwallstreet.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp162thewolfofwallstreet.html Sun, 20 Aug 2017 01:28:00 GMT 6:36 clean DVD, Review, TV Shows, Movie Rentals, Cinema, eskimofinn, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill, Margot Robbie, Matthew McConaughey, Kyle Chandler, Rob Reiner, Jon Favreau, Jean Dujardin, Jon Bernthal Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast This is the 9th film in two months dedicated to the actor, producer and environmentalist Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio. The 2013 film adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1925 novel of the same name, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Carey Mulligan, Joel Edgerton, Isla Fisher, Jason Clarke, Elizabeth Debicki and Jack Thompson. Nick Carraway, a World War I veteran who moves to New York with the hope of making it big, finds himself attracted to Jay Gatsby and his flamboyant lifestyle. Gatsby on the other hand is interested in him because of his link to Daisy Buchanan, a vibrant, elegant debutant. Stream online: https://amzn.to/35ibaZf Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp161thegreatgatsby.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp161thegreatgatsby.html Sun, 13 Aug 2017 01:28:00 GMT 10:09 clean DVD, Review, TV Shows, Movie Rentals, Cinema, eskimofinn, Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Carey Mulligan, Joel Edgerton, Isla Fisher, Jason Clarke, Elizabeth Debicki Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast This is the 8th film in two months dedicated to the actor, producer and environmentalist Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio. An unyielding biopic that explores the public and private life of one of the most powerful,controversial and enigmatic American figures of the 20th century. As the face of law enforcement in America for almost fifty years, J. Edgar Hoover was feared and admired, reviled and revered. But behind closed doors, he held secrets that would have destroyed his life. With a career steeped in scandal and a controversial private life, the legendary director of the FBI retained his post as keeper of the country's secrets until his death in 1972. Stream online: https://amzn.to/3g7s5DX Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp160jedgar.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp160jedgar.html Sun, 6 Aug 2017 01:28:00 GMT 5:57 clean DVD, Review, TV Shows, Movie Rentals, Cinema, eskimofinn, Leonardo DiCaprio, Naomi Watts, Armie Hammer, Josh Lucas, Judi Dench Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast This is the 7th film in two months dedicated to the actor, producer and environmentalist Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio. When U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels arrives at the asylum for the criminally insane on Shutter Island, he uncovers terrifying truths about the island and finds out some places never let you go. This American neo-noir, psychological thriller, tells the story of Teddy Daniels and Chuck Aule, two US marshals, who are sent to an asylum on a remote island to investigate the disappearance of a patient committed for murdering her two children. It is based on the 2003 novel by American writer Dennis Lehane. Lehane sought to write a novel where the main characters are in a difficult position and lacking 20th-century resources such as radio communications, to aid them in their journey. He described the novel as a hybrid of the works of the Brontë sisters and the 1956 film Invasion of the Body Snatchers and hoped that it would be an homage to Gothic settings, B movies, and pulp. Stream online: https://amzn.to/3c18eUr Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp159shutterisland.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp159shutterisland.html Sun, 30 Jul 2017 01:28:00 GMT 10:57 clean DVD, Review, TV Shows, Movie Rentals, Cinema, eskimofinn, Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley, Michelle Williams, Emily Mortimer, Patricia Clarkson, Max von Sydow, Psychological Thriller Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast This is the 6th film in two months dedicated to the actor, producer and environmentalist Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio. A story detailing the fear of a young married couple of being ordinary. To escape their ordinary and boring lives, Frank (DiCapro) and April (Winslet), a seemingly perfect couple, decide to move to Paris, France. However, their marriage begins to crumble when April's pregnancy compels them to abandon their plan. Based on the novel by Richard Yates. Stream online: https://amzn.to/3v7Hit0 Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp158revolutionaryroad.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp158revolutionaryroad.html Sun, 23 Jul 2017 01:28:00 GMT 7:21 clean DVD, Review, TV Shows, Movie Rentals, Cinema, eskimofinn, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, David Harbour, Kathy Bates, Michael Shannon, Dylan Baker Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast This is the 5th film in two months dedicated to the actor, producer and environmentalist Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio. Ridley Scott’s 2008 film set in and around the CIA’s efforts to counteract the machinations of Middles Eastern terrorists. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Russell Crowe, and Mark Strong. A CIA agent uncovers a lead on a major terrorist leader. However, when he devises a plan with the help of his boss Hoffman to trap Al-Saleem, things take an ugly turn. Stream online: https://amzn.to/3frnEDE Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp157bodyoflies.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp157bodyoflies.html Sun, 23 Jul 2017 01:28:00 GMT 6:57 clean DVD, Review, TV Shows, Movie Rentals, Cinema, eskimofinn, Leonardo DiCaprio, Russell Crowe, Mark Strong, Golshifteh Farahani, Oscar Isaac, Iran, Action Movie, Political Thriller Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast This is the 4th film in two months dedicated to the actor, producer and environmentalist Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio. This film is set during the Sierra Leone Civil War which ravaged the country between 1991–2002, fuelled by the struggle between government loyalists and insurgent forces. It also portrays many of the atrocities of that war, such children being forced to become soldiers and the rebels' tactic of amputating the hands of villagers to discourage them from voting in upcoming elections. Set against the backdrop of civil war and chaos in 1990's Sierra Leone, "Blood Diamond" tells the story of Danny Archer, a South African mercenary, and Solomon Vandy, a Mende fisherman. Stream online: https://amzn.to/3yVJ3wu Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp156blooddiamond.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp156blooddiamond.html Sun, 16 Jul 2017 01:28:00 GMT 5:03 clean DVD, Review, TV Shows, Movie Rentals, Cinema, eskimofinn, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Connelly, Djimon Hounsou Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast This is the 3th film in two months dedicated to the actor, producer and environmentalist Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio. An American crime thriller film directed by Martin Scorsese, written by William Monahan and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Martin Scorsese, Vera Farmiga, Martin Sheen, Alec Baldwin, Ray Winstone, Anthony Anderson. We continue our two month long showcase of Leonardo DiCaprio with the cop thriller in which he plays an undercover cop trying to bring down the Irish mob from the inside. It is a remake of the 2002 Hong Kong film Infernal Affairs and is also loosely based on the real-life Boston Winter Hill Gang. Stream online: https://amzn.to/3nEQ27y Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp155thedeparted.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp155thedeparted.html Sun, 9 Jul 2017 01:30:00 GMT 11:40 clean DVD, Review, TV Shows, Movie Rentals, Cinema, eskimofinn, Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Martin Scorsese, Drama, Vera Farmiga, Martin Sheen, Alec Baldwin, Ray Winstone, Anthony Anderson, Brad Pitt Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast This is the 2nd film in two months dedicated to the actor, producer and environmentalist Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio. An adventure drama film directed by Danny Boyle and based on the 1996 novel of the same name by Alex Garland. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Tilda Swinton, Virginie Ledoyen, Guillaume Canet, and Robert Carlyle. Richard (Leonardo DiCaprio), a young American seeking adventure in Bangkok, stays in a drab travellers’ hotel in Khao San Road where he meets a young French couple, Françoise (Virginie Ledoyen) and Étienne (Guillaume Canet). He is immediately attracted to Françoise and based on this, invites them to accompany him in his quest to find a secret beach. Stream online: https://amzn.to/2TMKWZv Read the book: https://amzn.to/2XbeIt2 Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp154thebeach.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp154thebeach.html Sun, 9 Jul 2017 01:28:00 GMT 15:05 clean DVD, Review, TV Shows, Movie Rentals, Cinema, eskimofinn, Leonardo DiCaprio, Tilda Swinton, Virginie Ledoyen, Guillaume Canet, Danny Boyle, Alex Garland, Robert Carlyle Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast This is the 1st film in two months dedicated to the actor, producer and environmentalist Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio. The story of 24-year-old Gilbert (Depp), a grocery store clerk caring for his morbidly obese mother (Cates) and his mentally impaired younger brother (DiCaprio) in a sleepy Midwestern town. In the small town of Endora, Iowa, Gilbert Grape (Johnny Depp) is busy caring for Arnie (Leonardo DiCaprio), his mentally impaired brother, as they wait for the many tourists' trailers to pass through town during an annual Airstreamers' Club gathering at a nearby recreational area. Stream online: https://amzn.to/32xZjWO Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp153whatseatinggilbertgrape.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp153whatseatinggilbertgrape.html Sun, 2 Jul 2017 07:44:31 GMT 16:50 clean DVD, Review, TV Shows, Movie Rentals, Cinema, eskimofinn, Johnny Depp, Juliette Lewis, Mary Steenburgen, Leonardo DiCaprio, John C. Reilly, Bertil Ohlsson, David Matalon, Meir Teper, Peter Hedges, Paramount Pictures, Alan Parker, Björn Isfält, Sven Nykvist, Andrew Mondshein Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast An American science fiction action film starring Bruce Willis, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Emily Blunt; written and directed by Rian Johnson. Time travel is illegal in the future. However, there is a time machine in existence and those that are in possession of it make use of it illegally by sending back to their deaths anyone who challenges them. It’s 2044 and a 25-year-old Joe works for a Kansas City crime syndicate as a "looper". Since future tracking systems have made it near-impossible to dispose of bodies, the syndicate uses time travel, invented thirty years later to counteract this. Managed by a future man named Abe, loopers kill and dispose of face-concealed victims, and are paid with silver bars strapped to the target. To prevent connections to the syndicate, a looper's final victim will be his or her retired future self (they are identified by gold bars strapped to them instead of silver), ending the contract and "closing the loop". Stream online: https://amzn.to/3ccnxYs Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp152looper.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp152looper.html Sun, 25 Jun 2017 07:44:31 GMT 14:01 clean DVD, Review, TV Shows, Movie Rentals, Cinema, eskimofinn, Bruce Willis, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Emily Blunt, Paul Dano, Noah Segan, Piper Perabo, Jeff Daniels Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast An American psychological horror and drama based on the novel by Frank De Felitta. Ivy Templeton (Susan Swift) is a ten-year-old girl, living with her parents, Janice and Bill Templeton (Marsha Mason and John Beck), in New York City. Her parents notice a stranger stalking them over the course of a few weeks, and discover, over lunch with him, that his name is Elliot Hoover (Anthony Hopkins). Hoover is convinced that Ivy is a reincarnation of his daughter Audrey Rose, who died in a fiery car accident, along with his wife, two minutes before Ivy was born. Husband and wife Janice (Marsha Mason) and Bill Templeton (John Beck) lead a pleasant life, residing in New York and sending their daughter, Ivy (Susan Swift), to a good school. Things change, though, when the odd Elliot Hoover (Anthony Hopkins) arrives and tells the couple that, after having spent time in India, he believes Ivy is the reincarnated spirit of his daughter, who died years earlier. The Templetons scoff, but ensuing supernatural events soon turn their lives upside down. Stream online: https://amzn.to/3bb6xjY Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp151audreyrose.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp151audreyrose.html Sun, 18 Jun 2017 07:44:31 GMT 9:07 clean DVD, Review, TV Shows, Movie Rentals, Cinema, eskimofinn, Robert Wise, Marsha Mason, Anthony Hopkins, Susan Swift, Frank De Felitta Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast A satirical crime film written, directed and produced by Sofia Coppola, based on the 2010 Vanity Fair article "The Suspects Wore Louboutins" by Nancy Jo Sales. A group of high-school students begins breaking into the homes of major celebrities to rob them of millions of dollars in clothes, shoes and jewellery. Quiet teenager Marc Hall arrives as a new student at Indian Hills High School in Agoura Hills, California. Soon after arriving, he is befriended by fame-obsessed Rebecca Ahn. While at a party at Rebecca's house, Rebeca encourages Marc to sneak away with her and the pair check unlocked vehicles on the street, taking valuables such as cash and credit cards. The two begin hanging out after school, and Marc begins to see Rebecca as a sister figure. When he briefly mentions that one of his wealthy acquaintances is out of town, she persuades him to join her in breaking into his house. Stream online: https://amzn.to/2L5CDD3 Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp150theblingring.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp150theblingring.html Sun, 11 Jun 2017 07:44:31 GMT 9:30 clean DVD, Review, TV Shows, Movie Rentals, Cinema, eskimofinn, Katie Chang, Israel Broussard, Emma Watson, Taissa Farmiga, Claire Julien, Sofia Coppola, Roman Coppola Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast A murderous fallen angel known as Azazel, possesses human beings by touch to commit its crimes. An American supernatural detective thriller film directed by Gregory Hoblit, produced by Charles Roven and Dawn Steel, from a screenplay by Nicholas Kazan. It stars Denzel Washington, John Goodman, Donald Sutherland, Embeth Davidtz, James Gandolfini and Elias Koteas. Philadelphia Police Detective John Hobbes visits serial killer Edgar Reese (Elias Koteas), whom he helped capture, on death row, moments before his execution. During their conversation he grabs Hobbes' hand and delivers a spiteful monologue in an unknown language, assumed to be gibberish but later identified as Aramaic. As he is executed in the gas chamber, Reese mocks the spectators and sings "Time is on My Side" by the Rolling Stones… Stream online: https://amzn.to/2yz6pO3 Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp149fallen.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp149fallen.html Sun, 4 Jun 2017 07:44:31 GMT 4:58 clean DVD, Review, TV Shows, Movie Rentals, Cinema, eskimofinn, Denzel Washington, John Goodman, Donald Sutherland, Embeth Davidtz, James Gandolfini, Elias Koteas, Gregory Hoblit, Charles Roven, Dawn Steel, Nicholas Kazan Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast An American crime drama film directed by John Hillcoat with a screenplay written by Australian singer Nick Cave and is based on Matt Bondurant's historical novel The Wettest County in the World (2008). The film stars Shia LaBeouf, Tom Hardy, Gary Oldman, Mia Wasikowska, Jessica Chastain, Jason Clarke, and Guy Pearce. In 1931, the Bondurant brothers of Franklin County, Va., run a multipurpose backwoods establishment that hides their true business, bootlegging. Middle brother Forrest (Tom Hardy) is the brain of the operation; older Howard (Jason Clarke) is the brawn, and younger Jack (Shia LaBeouf), the lookout. Though the local police have taken bribes and left the brothers alone, a violent war erupts when a sadistic lawman (Guy Pearce) from Chicago arrives and tries to shut down the Bondurants operation. Set in 1920s prohibition era America, Lawless is the true story of the Bondurant brothers. Brazen and fearless, these young rural bootleggers became legendary criminals. The youngest brother, Jack (Shia LaBeouf), is ambitious and impulsive, the middle brother, Howard, is loyal but reckless and eldest brother, Forrest (Tom Hardy), leads the family with a silent determination. The theme music of this podcast is ‘Give Me Sundays’ by Nursery, a toxic pop band formed in France and was sourced via the Free Music Archive. Stream online: https://amzn.to/3cci0kE Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp148lawless.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp148lawless.html Sun, 28 May 2017 07:44:31 GMT 8:44 clean DVD, Review, TV Shows, Movie Rentals, Cinema, eskimofinn, Shia LaBeouf, Tom Hardy, Gary Oldman, Mia Wasikowska, Jessica Chastain, Jason Clarke, Guy Pearce. Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast An autobiographical drama detailing the coming of age of Sunday Times journalist Lynn Barber. In 1961 London, Jenny Mellor is a 16-year-old schoolgirl preparing for Oxford University when she meets a charming older man driving a Bristol 405, David Goldman, who pursues her romantically. He takes her to concerts, clubs and fine restaurants, easily charming and manipulating her parents into approving of the relationship. Later, Jenny discovers that David is a con man who makes money through a variety of shady practices. She is initially shocked but silences her misgivings in the face of David's charm. Despite her sheltered upbringing, Jenny (Carey Mulligan) is a teen with a bright future; she's smart, pretty, and has aspirations of attending Oxford University. When David (Peter Sarsgaard), a charming but much older suitor, motors into her life in a shiny automobile, Jenny gets a taste of adult life that she won't soon forget. Stream online: https://amzn.to/3caTMaC Read the book: https://amzn.to/2oub3rw Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp147aneducation.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp147aneducation.html Sun, 14 May 2017 07:44:31 GMT 7:19 clean DVD, Review, TV Shows, Movie Rentals, Cinema, eskimofinn, Alfred Molina, Cara Seymour, William Melling, Connor Catchpole, Matthew Beard, Peter Sarsgaard, Amanda Fairbank-Hynes, Ellie Kendrick, Dominic Cooper, Rosamund Pike, Nick Sampson, Kate Duchêne, Bel Parker, Emma Thompson, Luis Soto, Olenka Wrzesniewski, Bryony Wadsworth, Ashley Taylor-Rhys, Carey Mulligan, Olivia Williams Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast The American drama film very loosely based on Bret Easton Ellis' novel of the same name. A heart-warming if devastating tale about two young adults trying to help their friend with his drug addiction. This film caused a flummox upon its original theatrical release. Previously films focusing on drug abuse were mainly concentrating on the gang activity of those at the lower end of the social spectrum. Some from these communities complained that those in authority did not care about the ever-increasing drug problem in American, until these types of people began to be affected. Clay (Andrew McCarthy) comes home to Los Angeles after his first semester of college and encounters some disturbing developments. His former lover, burgeoning model Blair (Jami Gertz), has begun to abuse cocaine. But her addiction pales in comparison to the drug dependency of her new boyfriend, Julian (Robert Downey Jr.), who's also Clay's childhood buddy. Clay tries to help them get sober, but the process is complicated by Rip (James Spader), a callous dealer Julian is indebted to. Stream online: https://amzn.to/3b5UNiH Read the book: https://amzn.to/2MZmwsz Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp146lessthanzero.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp146lessthanzero.html Sun, 7 May 2017 07:44:31 GMT 7:33 clean DVD, Review, TV Shows, Movie Rentals, Cinema, eskimofinn, Montage Film Reviews Podcast, Podcast, Andrew McCarthy, Jami Gertz, James Spader, Robert Downey Jr., Drug Abuse, Rich Kids Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast An American independent science fiction-drama film. John Burroughs life is turned upside down when his family is killed in a road accident. The whole planet is mesmerised with the discovery of a twin Earth planet. https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp145anotherearth.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp145anotherearth.html Sun, 26 Feb 2017 07:44:31 GMT 4:40 yes DVD, Review, TV Shows, Movie Rentals, Cinema, eskimofinn, Montage Film Reviews Podcast, Podcast, William Mapother, Brit Marling, Matthew-Lee Erlbach, DJ Flava, Meggan Lennon, AJ Diana, Bruce Colbert, Paul Mezey, Ana Valle, Jeffrey Goldenberg, Joseph A. Bove, Jordan Baker, Flint Beverage, Robin Lord Taylor, Rupert Reid, Natalie Carter, Richard Berendzen, Shannon Maliff, Stephanie Le Blanc, Jasmine Andrade Stream online: https://amzn.to/3bdMCRH Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast An American thriller filmed mostly at night. A neat package of a film that details the sociopathy required to be successful in the cut throat business of daytime news. Louis Bloom is a small-time thief based in Los Angeles, USA, who stumbles upon a new career which involves working at night. Los Angeles denizen Louis Bloom (Jake Gyllenhaal) survives by scavenging and petty theft. He stumbles into a new career as a cameraman and -- armed with a camcorder and police scanner -- begins nocturnal forays across the city in search of shocking and grisly crimes. When he catches the eye of a shopworn news director (Rene Russo) who welcomes the chance to raise her station's ratings, Louis goes to increasingly greater lengths to catch the "money shot." Stream online: https://amzn.to/2KZtsnI Read the book: https://amzn.to/2BRJnjw Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp144nightcrawler.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp144nightcrawler.html Sun, 19 Feb 2017 07:44:31 GMT 3:09 clean DVD, Review, TV Shows, Movie Rentals, Cinema, eskimofinn, Montage Film Reviews Podcast, Podcast, Marco Rodríguez, Bill Paxton, James Huang, Kent Shocknek, Pat Harvey, Sharon Tay, Rick Garcia, Leah Fredkin, Bill Seward, Rick Chambers, Holly Hannula, Jonny Coyne, Nick Chacon, Kevin Dunigan, Eric Lange, Alex Ortiz Jr., Carolyn Gilroy, Kevin Rahm, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Papajohn Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast British independent drama psychological thriller. A delicately brutal coming of age story, set in an English boarding school in the 1930s. Jealousy flares after the teacher (Eva Green) becomes obsessed with a new student (María Valverde). Fiamma has been sent from Spain to boarding school in England/Ireland to separate her from Pablo, a young man that she has become infatuated with. Upon arrival, she causes a stir with students and teachers alike. Stream online: https://amzn.to/2A3npfJ Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp143cracks.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp143cracks.html Sun, 4 Sep 2016 07:44:31 GMT 7:29 clean DVD, Review, TV Shows, Movie Rentals, Cinema, eskimofinn, Montage Film Reviews Podcast, Podcast, María Valverde, Imogen Poots, Ellie Nunn, Adele McCann, Zoe Carroll, Clemmie Dugdale, Sinéad Cusack, Helen Norton, Deirdre Donnelly, Barbara Adair, Alistair Rumble, Kitty McLaughlin-Dunning, Jonathan White, Vanessa Lunnon Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast “Welcome to our sixth year of broadcasting” The Montage Film Reviews Sunday DVD Rental Suggestion Podcast’s sixth year of broadcasting begins. MFR is dedicated to bringing to you the best that cinema, TV and literature have to offer. We focus on world cinema, animation, vintage and tv shows of every genre and yet you will still find a few blockbusters here. Vintage is defined as everything prior to 1980. Please visit www.montagefilmreviews.com. Live sections of the website include the reviews section and the blog. The blog contains a library of short stories and short films of every genre. Show your support buy purchasing from the store, rating and leaving comments. 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Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp141yearfiveconclusion.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp141yearfiveconclusion.html Tue, 30 Aug 2016 07:44:31 GMT 2:19 clean DVD, Review, TV Shows, Movie Rentals, Cinema, eskimofinn, Montage Film Reviews Podcast, Podcast Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast Reboot of the successful 1990s science fiction tv show. Mulder and Scully are back on the case and this means that the x-files have been reopened and these two partners in crime are gainfully employed once again. After fourteen years, The X-files returns to our screens with this six-episode long reboot. In one of the longest-running science fiction series in network TV history, FBI special agents investigate unexplained, mind-bending cases known as "X-Files." Though the government is convinced that the outlandish reports are false, conspiracy theorist Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and realist Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson), for most of the series, stop at nothing to prove that "the truth is out there." Series creator Chris Carter also serves as executive producer of the thrilling pop-culture phenomenon. Stream online: https://amzn.to/2WvOz6r Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp140thex-files-theeventseries.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp140thex-files-theeventseries.html Sun, 28 Aug 2016 07:44:31 GMT 4:38 clean DVD, Review, TV Shows, Movie Rentals, Cinema, eskimofinn, David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Mitch Pileggi, Joel McHale, William B. Davis, Robbie Amell, Lauren Ambrose, Annabeth Gish, Bruce Harwood, Tom Braidwood Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast Animated comedy TV show Dr. Katz is a professional therapist whose grown up son lives with him. A divorced psychologist tries to help his patients, some of them famous, cope with their life traumas while sharing his home with aimless adult son Ben, who only lives to make passes at Dr. Katz's sarcastic receptionist, Laura. The show was animated in a style, called Squigglevision, invented by the show's co-creator, Tom Snyder. This animated TV uses contemporary stand up comedians to appear as the patients of Dr. Katz, professional therapist. There are a few well known actors thrown in too. 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David Norris and Elise were meant to be together in several different timelines in several different realities. In this reality they are not. Just as he is on the brink of winning a Senate seat, politician David Norris (Matt Damon) meets a ballerina named Elise Sellas (Emily Blunt). Though David is instantly smitten, mysterious men conspire to keep him away from the beautiful dancer. David learns that he is facing the powerful agents of Fate itself, and glimpsing the future laid out for him, must either accept a predetermined path that does not include Elise or else defy Fate to be with her. 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Two brilliant young scientists lead the expedition. Shaw (Noomi Rapace) hopes that they will meet a race of benevolent, godlike beings who will in some way verify her religious beliefs, while Holloway (Logan Marshall-Green) is out to debunk any spiritual notions. However, neither the scientists nor their shipmates are prepared for the unimaginable terrors that await them. Stream online: https://amzn.to/2WnUV7K Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp137prometheus.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp137prometheus.html Sun, 15 May 2016 07:44:00 GMT 4:24 clean DVD, Review, Movie Rentals, Cinema, eskimofinn, Charlize Theron, Idris Elba, Guy Pearce, Logan Marshall-Green, Sean Harris, Rafe Spall, Emun Elliott, Benedict Wong, Kate Dickie, Branwell Donaghey, Vladimir 'Furdo' Furdik, C.C. Smiff, Shane Steyn, Ian Whyte, John Lebar, Daniel James, Patrick Wilson, Lucy Hutchinson, Ridley Scott Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast An American horror-crime thriller. 75 murders and disappearances have led the local police to a run down ranch around the back of some woods. The police are closing in on Mother Firefly, Otis, Rufus, Tiny, Captain Spaulding and Baby. They hit them hard, scattering them across the local area looking for guns, for that final shootout with the law. After a raid on the rural home of the psychopathic Firefly family, two members of the clan, Otis (Bill Moseley) and Baby (Sheri Moon Zombie), manage to flee the scene. Heading to a remote desert motel, the killers reunite with Baby's father, Capt. Spaulding (Sid Haig), who is equally demented and intent on maintaining their murder spree. While the trio continues to torment and kill various victims, the vengeful Sheriff Wydell (William Forsythe) slowly closes in on them. 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Strange and creepy happenings beset an average California family, the Freelings -- Steve (Craig T. Nelson), Diane (JoBeth Williams), teenaged Dana (Dominique Dunne), eight-year-old Robbie (Oliver Robins), and five-year-old Carol Ann (Heather O'Rourke) -- when ghosts commune with them through the television set. Initially friendly and playful, the spirits turn unexpectedly menacing, and, when Carol Ann goes missing, Steve and Diane turn to a parapsychologist and eventually an exorcist for help. 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It ran for seven years including one extra year when under the revised name of the Golden Palace. Four mature women live together in Miami and experience the joys and angst of their golden years. Strong-willed Dorothy, spacey Rose, lusty Southern belle Blanche and matriarch Sophia, Dorothy's mom, occasionally clash but are there for one another in the end. Stream online: https://amzn.to/2SqXG7i Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp134thegoldengirls.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp134thegoldengirls.html Sun, 3 Apr 2016 07:44:00 GMT 2:29 clean DVD, Review, Movie Rentals, Cinema, eskimofinn, Bea Arthur, Betty White, Rue McClanahan, Estelle Getty Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast A supernatural drama. Matt Damon plays a retired psychic who works at a blue collar job in order to escape the pressures of his gift. Marie, a young French reporter on vacation in Asia gets caught up in a tsunami. During this time she has a near death experience that she struggles to understand after her return home. Three people set out on a spiritual journey after death touches their lives in different ways. George (Matt Damon) is a construction worker in San Francisco who can communicate with the dead. French reporter Marie LeLay (Cécile de France) has a supernatural vision after nearly dying in the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. Meanwhile, a London schoolboy suffers the loss of the person closest to him. 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Whilst his mother Maggie tries to make sense of their shared gift and the way that it excludes her, the family's life is torn apart along with the trust of a community. Blue-collar family man Tom Witzky (Kevin Bacon) scoffs at supernatural phenomena -- until he lets his wife's sister, Lisa (Illeana Douglas), put him into a hypnotic trance. Upon waking, Tom realizes he has a psychic connection with his son, Jake (Zachary David Cope). He also has alarming hallucinations of a missing teenage neighbor named Samantha (Jennifer Morrison). Tom, convinced his visions will lead him to the girl, begins a desperate search that puts him into a life-threatening situation. 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It has been eight years since Batman (Christian Bale), in collusion with Commissioner Gordon (Gary Oldman), vanished into the night. Assuming responsibility for the death of Harvey Dent, Batman sacrificed everything for what he and Gordon hoped would be the greater good. However, the arrival of a cunning cat burglar (Anne Hathaway) and a merciless terrorist named Bane (Tom Hardy) force Batman out of exile and into a battle he may not be able to win. 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If you have a mind to do so, you can pay for your use of this product by visiting the Blogger Library and clicking on the donate button. Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp130yearfiveinception.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp130yearfiveinception.html Fri, 4 Sep 2015 00:014:00 GMT 0:57 clean DVD, Review, Movie Rentals, Cinema, eskimofinn, vintage, literature, animation, TV, podcast, world cinema Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast “It didn't contain much did it?" The closing word for the fourth year of broadcasting. The conclusion of the fourth year of broadcasting for the podcast. Please visit the website to partake in the complete Montage Film Reviews experience. Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp129yearfourafterword.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp129yearfourafterword.html Sun, 30 Aug 2015 00:014:00 GMT 0:28 clean DVD, Review, Movie Rentals, Cinema, eskimofinn, vintage, literature, animation, TV, podcast, world cinema Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast A Norwegian action-thriller. Ten years after a black plague ravaged the world, Signe's family is slaughtered by merciless killers. She is captured during the attack and faces a fate worse than death until she escapes. A young girl finds herself held captive by a group of bandits hiding in the forests of Norway. Dagmar is a women who has had to flee to the forest from her village after being accused of being a witch and causing the black death to enter the village. Her daughter and unborn child were murdered by the mob and now she wants another child. Stream online: https://amzn.to/3f8tGGY Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp128flukt(escape).html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp128flukt(escape).html Sun, 3 May 2015 00:014:00 GMT 2:12 clean DVD, Review, Movie Rentals, Cinema, eskimofinn, Milla Olin, Tobias Santelmann, Bjørn Moan, Kristian Espedal, Martin Slaatto, Richard Skog, Hans Jacob Sand, Hallvard Holmen, Iren Reppen, Eirik Holden Rotheim, Clara Lien Sunde, Isabel Christine Andreasen, Ingrid Bolsø Berdal Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast A supernatural thriller about a government agency that kidnaps the son of a former agent in order to make use of his superhuman powers Peter is a man with a mission. His son has been taken from him by former friends and colleagues in the black ops government agency that he used to work for. It has been almost a year and he is determined to get him back. When a devious plot separates CIA agent Peter Sandza (Kirk Douglas) from his son, Robin (Andrew Stevens), the distraught father manages to see through the ruse. Taken because of his psychic abilities, Robin is being held by Ben Childress (John Cassavetes), who is studying people with supernatural powers in hopes of developing their talents as weapons. Soon Peter pairs up with Gillian (Amy Irving), a teen who has telekinesis, to find and rescue Robin. Stream online: https://amzn.to/2KyRqG9 Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp127thefury.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp127thefury.html Sun, 3 May 2015 00:011:00 GMT 3:32 Yes DVD, Review, Movie Rentals, Cinema, eskimofinn, Carrie Snodgress, Charles Durning, Amy Irving, Fiona Lewis, Andrew Stevens, Carol Eve Rossen, Rutanya Alda, Joyce Easton, William Finley, Jane Lambert, Sam Laws, J. Patrick McNamara, Alice Nunn, Melody Thomas Scott, Hilary Thompson, Pat Billingsley, J.P. Bumstead, Barry Cullison, Kirk Douglas, John Cassavetes Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast Independent American Drama. Two homeless heavy drug users break in to a house whilst the owners are away. "Well, for someone to find true love in their twenties, that's rare. So, if it's not true love then at least it's great practice. And if it is true love then it's a blessing. You can't ignore that” - A young homeless girl finds herself caught between her life on the street and her new found love for a man who knows nothing about her background. 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These are the anime adaptations. In a feudal Japan of the future, a young warrior sets out to avenge the murder of his father, encountering life-altering lessons in brutality, love, betrayal and loss along his journey. Watch Afro Samurai Complete Murder Sessions: https://amzn.to/2Y3J1T6 Read the manga: https://amzn.to/2MYobOV Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp125afrosamuraiafrosamurairesurrection.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp125afrosamuraiafrosamurairesurrection.html Sun, 29 Mar 2015 00:08:00 GMT 2:28 clean DVD, Review, Movie Rentals, Cinema, eskimofinn, Samuel L. Jackson, Phil LaMarr, Yuri Lowenthal, Takashi Okazaki, Lucy Liu, Mark Hamill, Fuminori Kizaki Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast An American psychological thriller/horror. A Gulf War veteran is shot in the head and left for dead by a murderer in an attempt to frame him for the death of a police officer. Ex-soldier Jack Starks is committed to a mental institution where he suffers greatly at the hands of staff members more interested in their own careers than his welfare. Somehow he manages to transcend the limitations of reality that constrain other people and find a way to free himself from the shackles of injustice. Amnesiac Gulf War veteran Jack Starks (Adrien Brody) can't explain why he's been found at the scene of a murder. Ordered to a mental hospital, Jack is subjected to Dr. Thomas Becker's (Kris Kristofferson) unusual treatment plan, which involves mysterious injections, sensory deprivation and confinement in a straitjacket. Locked away on his own, Jack discovers he can travel to the future, where he's compelled to help a onetime acquaintance (Keira Knightley) and investigate his own odd fate. Stream online: https://amzn.to/3aBkU0S Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp124thejacket.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp124thejacket.html Sun, 29 Mar 2015 00:07:00 GMT 2:38 clean DVD, Review, Movie Rentals, Cinema, eskimofinn, John Maybury, Adrien Brody, Keira Knightley, Daniel Craig, Kris Kristofferson, Jennifer Jason Leigh Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast A black and white horror film. A man is driven mad by the loss of his wife who years earlier left him for another man. In the same town several murders have taken place in and around the house of Mr Kessler, a town's leading citizen who naturally no-one suspects. Dr. Charles Kessler (Bela Lugosi), a well-to-do physician who shares his mansion with his daughter, Virginia (Polly Ann Young), has been depressed ever since his wife (Betty Compson) left him for another man, only to later die in a car accident. That's not all Kessler has to worry about, however. Unexplained murders have begun to occur around town, eventually claiming members of his house staff. Making matters worse, the authorities suspect Kessler may somehow be involved. Stream online: https://amzn.to/2yF1jiW Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp123invisibleghost.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp123invisibleghost.html Sun, 21 Sep 2014 11:06:00 GMT 1:37 clean DVD, Review, Movie Rentals, Cinema, eskimofinn, John McGuire, Clarence Muse, Terry Walker, Betty Compson, Ernie Adams, George Pembroke, Ottola Nesmith, Fred Kelsey, Jack Mulhall, Fred Aldrich, Lloyd Ingraham, Robert Strange, Bela Lugosi, Polly Ann Young Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast An American psychological thriller about a young professional woman goes on trial for the murder of her husband whilst under the influence of prescribed drugs. A young psychiatrist takes on the case of a young married woman who tries to kill herself the day after her husband gets out of jail for commodities fraud. For four years, Emily Taylor (Rooney Mara) has awaited the release of her husband, Martin (Channing Tatum), from being imprisoned for insider trading. Finally, Martin comes home, but Emily feels just as bad as she did when he was incarcerated, and she sinks into a deep depression. After her failed suicide attempt, psychiatrist Jonathan Banks (Jude Law) prescribes a series of medications. When those don't work, he gives Emily a new medication -- but the drug leads to ruined lives and death. Stream online: https://amzn.to/3aGaxZw Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp122sideeffects.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp122sideeffects.html Sun, 14 Sep 2014 11:34:00 GMT 2:12 clean DVD, Review, Movie Rentals, Cinema, eskimofinn, Marin Ireland, Channing Tatum, Polly Draper, Ann Dowd, Haraldo Alvarez, Jude Law, James Martinez, Vladimir Versailles, Jacqueline Antaramian, Michelle Vergara Moore, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Katie Lowes, David Costabile, Mamie Gummer, Steven Platt, Victor Cruz, Vinessa Shaw, Elizabeth Rodriguez, Rooney Mara, Carmen Pelaez Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast A Hong Kong romantic comedy horror. Lip Siu Sin is trapped between the worlds of the dead and the living and is under the control of a powerfully evil spirit who forces her to kill men for their life force. Ling Choi San is a newly employed tax collector. When he arrives in a small town he is naturally the local's least favourite person. As a consequence he finds himself sleeping in a abandoned temple in the middle of the forest. What he doesn't know is that Lan Ro Temple is haunted. In this martial arts film, Ning Choi-san (Leslie Cheung), a traveling tax collector, takes shelter for the night in an abandoned temple. When he meets the lovely maiden Nip Siu-sin (Tsu-hsien Wang), Ning immediately falls for her. Unfortunately, Ning later discovers that she is a ghost who is forced to serve a cruel demon, and he resolves to save her from the evil spirit. Enlisting the aid of Taoist warrior Yin Chik-hsia (Ma Wu), Ning ventures into a supernatural realm to save Nip's soul. Stream online: Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp121siennuiyauwan(achineseghoststory).html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp121siennuiyauwan(achineseghoststory).html Sun, 7 Sep 2014 13:40:00 GMT 3:30 clean DVD, Review, Movie Rentals, Cinema, eskimofinn, China, Chinese Cinema, Leslie Cheung, Joey Wang, Ma Wu, Siu-Ming Lau, Siu-Tung Ching Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast “A new year. A new album. A new format...” After a year's sabbatical the Montage Film Reviews Sunday DVD Rental Suggestion Podcast returns! The first new podcast will be published Sunday 7th September 2014. Montage Film Reviews is a cinema and literature review website with a focus on all genres of literature, world cinema, animation, television and vintage. Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp120yearfourintroduction.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp120yearfourintroduction.html Wed, 20 Aug 2014 21:06:00 GMT 1:11 clean DVD, Review, Movie Rentals, Cinema, eskimofinn, Montage Film Reviews, Film, Animation, World Cinema, Vintage, TV Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast “School's Out!” The Montage Film Reviews Sunday DVD Rental Suggestion Podcast will be taking a sabbatical for a year, returning in September 2014. Please don't forget to continue engaging with Montage Film Reviews via our website during this coming years sabbatical. Of particular interest might be the short film archive in the blog or the reviews section where you can find 5000 word reviews of an academic nature of some of your favourite films. Alternatively, you can connect with us on social media. Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp119endofextendedsemester.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp119endofextendedsemester.html Mon, 27 May 2013 02:00:00 GMT 0:30 clean DVD, Review, Movie Rentals, Cinema, eskimofinn, Montage Film Reviews, Film, Animation, World Cinema, Vintage, TV Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast Cult Science Fiction TV Series. After an eclipse a number of individuals begin developing superhuman abilities. Ordinary people around the world discover they have super powers. Their lives intertwine as they work together to prevent a catastrophic future. This group of people with superhuman abilities try to make their way in a world that is either frightened of them or want to possess them mind body and soul. As they comes to terms with their connection to one another and the possibilities that lie ahead they each try to their correct place in the world. Stream online: https://amzn.to/2S6swSx Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp118heroes(completeseries).html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp118heroes(completeseries).html Sun, 26 May 2013 01:00:00 GMT 6:13 yes DVD, Review, Movie Rentals, Cinema, eskimofinn, Noah Gray-Cabey, Ali Larter, Masi Oka, Hayden Panettiere, Adrian Pasdar, Sendhil Ramamurthy, Milo Ventimiglia, Cristine Rose, Jack Coleman, Ashley Crow, Thomas Dekker, Shishir Kurup, James Kyson, John Prosky, Deirdre Quinn, Brian Tarantina, Richard Roundtree, Randall Bentley, Santiago Cabrera, Tawny Cypress, Comics, Superheroes Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast A tale of ruthless ambition set in the theatre world of the 1940's. A very well made film detailing the ruthless ambition of actors in the theatre world of New York city. Backstage story revolving around aspiring actress Eve Harrington. Tattered and forlorn, Eve shows up in the dressing room of Broadway mega-star Margo Channing, telling a melancholy life story to Margo and her friends. Margo takes Eve under her wing, and it appears that Eve is a conniver that uses Margo. Stream online: https://amzn.to/3bDcOGh Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp117allabouteve.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp117allabouteve.html Sun, 19 May 2013 01:00:00 GMT 1:57 clean DVD, Review, Movie Rentals, Cinema, eskimofinn, George Sanders, Celeste Holm, Gary Merrill, Hugh Marlowe, Gregory Ratoff, Barbara Bates, Marilyn Monroe, Thelma Ritter, Walter Hampden, Randy Stuart, Craig Hill, Leland Harris, Barbara White, Eddie Fisher, William Pullen, Claude Stroud, Eugene Borden, Helen Mowery, Bette Davis, Anne Baxter Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast Italian neorealism. A film director comes to town looking to fill the role of a little girl with one of the locals. Anna Magnani stars as a mother wanting to elevate her daughter out of poverty by making her a movie star, against the better judgement of the child's father. Stream online: https://amzn.to/352cfmX Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp116bellissima.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp116bellissima.html Sun, 12 May 2013 01:00:00 GMT 2:07 clean DVD, Review, Movie Rentals, Cinema, eskimofinn, Luchino Visconti, Anna Magnani, Walter Chiari, Tina Apicella Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast This is a story of the violence and deprivation in one of Brazil’s many favela’s. Little Ze is determined to be the boss of the ghetto. He has killed all his rivals but one, Carrot. Carrot is Benny’s friend and Benny is Little Ze right hand man. In the poverty-stricken favelas of Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, two young men choose different paths. Rocket (Alexandre Rodrigues) is a budding photographer who documents the increasing drug-related violence of his neighborhood. José "Zé" Pequeno (Leandro Firmino da Hora) is an ambitious drug dealer who uses Rocket and his photos as a way to increase his fame as a turf war erupts with his rival, "Knockout Ned" (Seu Jorge). The film was shot on location in Rio's poorest neighborhoods. Stream online: https://amzn.to/2S8OaFA Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp115cityofgod.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp115cityofgod.html Sun, 5 May 2013 01:00:00 GMT 2:56 clean DVD, Review, Movie Rentals, Cinema, eskimofinn, Phellipe Haagensen, Douglas Silva, Jonathan Haagensen, Matheus Nachtergaele, Seu Jorge, Jefechander Suplino, Alice Braga, Emerson Gomes, Edson Oliveira, Michel de Souza, Roberta Rodrigues, Luis Otávio, Maurício Marques, Gustavo Engrácia, Darlan Cunha, Robson Rocha, Thiago Martins, Leandra Miranda, Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast Aliens visit planet Earth in the days leading up to the date when they plan to repatriate those that they had abducted in the years before. A small town guy with a wife and three children finds himself in the midst of an alien nations decision to make formal contact with the humans on Earth. He finds that he has been given an invitation to the event somehow and has to run the gauntlet of government officials to make sure that he does not loose his place. Science fiction adventure about a group of people who attempt to contact alien intelligence. Roy Neary (Richard Dreyfuss) witnesses an unidentified flying object, and even has a "sunburn" from its bright lights to prove it. Roy refuses to accept an explanation for what he saw and is prepared to give up his life to pursue the truth about UFOs. Stream online: https://amzn.to/3bDAlXE Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp114closeencountersofthethirdkind.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp114closeencountersofthethirdkind.html Sun, 28 Apr 2013 01:00:00 GMT 2:29 clean DVD, Review, Movie Rentals, Cinema, eskimofinn, Teri Garr, Melinda Dillon, Bob Balaban, J. Patrick McNamara, Warren J. Kemmerling, Roberts Blossom, Philip Dodds, Cary Guffey, Shawn Bishop, Adrienne Campbell, Justin Dreyfuss, Lance Henriksen, Merrill Connally, George DiCenzo, Amy Douglass, Alexander Lockwood, Gene Dynarski, Mary Gafrey, Richard Dreyfuss, François Truffaut Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast Classic science fiction film. It is 2274 and mankind has learned to achieve some sort of balance to their civilisation. There are those however who feel the need to escape and cling to rumours of a sanctuary existing outside the city walls. Nobody ever goes out there and it has become overrun but for those facing death on the inside it seems like a pretty good bet. At this time a sandman is given the task to find and bring down a place called sanctuary which harbours fugitives from the city. In the year 2274, young residents enjoy an idyllic, hedonistic lifestyle within the protective confines of a domed city. The general belief is that when each person turns 30, they are reincarnated for another blissful life cycle. Those who know the much darker truth become "runners" and flee to a hidden sanctuary. When law enforcement officer Logan (Michael York) goes undercover to locate the refuge, he winds up instead trying to initiate a revolution with runner Jessica (Jenny Agutter). Stream online: https://amzn.to/3atkBFf Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp113logansrun.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp113logansrun.html Sun, 21 Apr 2013 01:00:00 GMT 3:34 clean DVD, Review, Movie Rentals, Cinema, eskimofinn, Michael Anderson, Michael York, Richard Jordan, Jenny Agutter, Peter Ustinov, Farrah Fawcett Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast Classic science fiction film. Charles Taylor finds himself on a planet where the roles of human and ape have been reversed. Tired of being treated like an animal he tries to escape his captors and find a way back to a world that he knows. Complex sociological themes run through this science-fiction classic about three astronauts marooned on a futuristic planet where apes rule and humans are slaves. The stunned trio discovers that these highly intellectual simians can both walk upright and talk. They have even established a class system and a political structure. The astronauts suddenly find themselves part of a devalued species, trapped and imprisoned by the apes. 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Klaatu (Michael Rennie) has come on behalf of alien life who have been watching Cold War-era nuclear proliferation on Earth. But it is Klaatu's soft-spoken robot Gort that presents a more immediate threat to onlookers. A single mother (Patricia Neal) and her son teach the world about peace and tolerance in this moral fable, ousting the tanks and soldiers that greet the alien's arrival. 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He'd rather doodle and read philosophy, and he strenuously avoids his parents (Rita Wilson, Sam Robards) whenever possible. Unfortunately, George's attitude is endangering his chances of graduating. Then he meets Sally (Emma Roberts). George finds himself falling in love with her, but an older artist (Michael Angarano) adds a complication to the mix. 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Unlike his associates, he has some respect for the poor workers under his thumb and is a devoted father. Told that he is ill and has just a few months to live, Uxbal tries to get his affairs in order before the spirits, with whom he communes, come to claim him. 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This film covers the major life events of one of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, from the bus accident that she was involved in during her youth to her marriages, miscarriage and many lovers of both sexes. This is the true story of Frida Kahlo (Salma Hayek) and her husband Diego Rivera (Alfred Molina), the larger-than-life painters who became the most acclaimed artists in Mexican history, and whose tempestuous love affair, landmark journeys to America, and outrageous personalities made them legendary. 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Favourite Quote: “Can we go home now?” - Sarah loses sight of her family and roots in a bid to endure the Nazis regime and its aftermath. However her inner strength and need to survive is overshadowed by her love for her younger brother. 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Young Coco Chanel (Audrey Tautou) works as a seamstress by day and a cabaret entertainer by night, then she meets a wealthy heir (Benoît Poelvoorde) and becomes his lover and fashion consultant. Tired of the flowery hats, tight corsets and yards of lace that define women's fashion, Coco uses her lover's clothing as a starting point to distill an elegant and sophisticated line of women's clothing that propels her to the top of Parisian haute couture. Stream online: https://amzn.to/2Vj2RrH Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp106cocoavantchanel.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp106cocoavantchanel.html Sun, 3 Mar 2013 01:00:00 GMT 1:31 clean A Spanish thriller. DVD, Review, Movie Rentals, Cinema, eskimofinn, Alessandro Nivola, Marie Gillain, Emmanuelle Devos, Régis Royer, Etienne Bartholomeus, Yan Duffas, Fabien Béhar, Roch Leibovici, Jean-Yves Chatelais, Pierre Diot, Vincent Nemeth, Bruno Abraham-Kremer, Lisa Cohen, Inès Bessalem, Marie-Bénédicte Roy, Emilie Gavois-Kahn, Fanny Deblock, Claude Brécourt, Audrey Tautou, Benoît Poelvoorde Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast The closer she gets to solving her sister's death, a woman (Belén Rueda) with a degenerative eye disease becomes increasingly blind. Julia and Sara are twin sister's with problems with their sight. Julia goes to find her sister Sara at her home after being unable to contact her by phone and finds her hanging in the basement. Stream online: https://amzn.to/2xJWjt7 Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp105losojosdejulia(juliaseyes).html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp105losojosdejulia(juliaseyes).html Sun, 17 Feb 2013 01:00:00 GMT 4:27 clean DVD, Review, Movie Rentals, Cinema, eskimofinn, Pablo Derqui, Francesc Orella, Joan Dalmau, Julia Gutiérrez Caba, Boris Ruiz, Dani Codina, Andrea Hermosa, Daniel Grao, Pere Ventura, Òscar Foronda, Ramón Moreno, José Sánchez Orosa, Carlus Fàbrega, Clara Segura, Catalina Munar, Laura Barba, Mia Esteve, Bernat Muñoz, Belén Rueda, Lluís Homar Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast A Danish musical drama - A woman and her landlord confide in one another about their financial problems and their plans for the future. A factory worker and single mother is helped by a co-worker to disguise the fact that she is going blind so that she can continue to work all the hours that God sends and save up for an operation for her son. Selma is a Czech immigrant, a single mother working in a factory in rural America. Her salvation is passion for music, specifically, the all-singing, all-dancing numbers found in classic Hollywood musicals. Selma harbors a sad secret: she is losing her eyesight and her son Gene stands to suffer the same fate if she can't put away enough money to secure him an operation. When a desperate neighbor falsely accuses Selma of stealing his savings, the drama of her life escalates to a tragic finale. Stream online: https://amzn.to/3anJKAW Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp104dancerinthedark.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp104dancerinthedark.html Sun, 10 Feb 2013 01:00:00 GMT 2:59 clean DVD, Review, Movie Rentals, Cinema, eskimofinn, Bjork, Lars von Trier, Catherine Deneuve, David Morse, Peter Stormare, Udo Kier Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast A French fantasy and romantic drama about a guardian angel who appears on Earth to help one Andre Moussa. Andre is thinking of killing himself. In his short life he has made too many mistakes to rectify, or so he thinks. When a woman jumps from the bridge that he gone to in order kill himself his instinct is to jump in and save her; unaware that she was actually sent to save him. Contemplating suicide to escape his many debts, a man (Jamel Debbouze) named Andre saves a beautiful blonde (Rie Rasmussen) from killing herself in the Seine. The rescued woman, Angela, is grateful to him later, and she pledges to stay with him and help him solve his problems. Stream online: https://amzn.to/3bpw7CW Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp103angel-a.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp103angel-a.html Sun, 27 Jan 2013 01:00:00 GMT 3:00 clean DVD, Review, Movie Rentals, Cinema, eskimofinn, Luc Besson, Jamel Debbouze, Serge Riaboukine, Gilbert Melki, Rie Rasmussen, Akim Chir Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast An American romantic drama about a high school student runs in to trouble trying to hold on to the girl he loves after her family stages an intervention Jade is 15 and beautiful and seems to have a happy family life, but that is all turned on its head when she begins dating her older brothers friend. Following their high-school graduation, Jade Butterfield (Gabriella Wilde), a sheltered but privileged teen, becomes enthralled with David Elliot (Alex Pettyfer), a working-class youth with a troubled past. Though Jade and David quickly fall in love, Jade's father (Bruce Greenwood) strongly disapproves of the relationship, while David's father (Robert Patrick) advises caution. However, their parents' disapproval only makes the love-struck teens more determined to pursue the intense affair. Stream online: https://amzn.to/2KjAmUE Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp102endlesslove.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp102endlesslove.html Sun, 13 Jan 2013 01:00:00 GMT 5:35 yes DVD, Review, Movie Rentals, Cinema, eskimofinn, Brooke Shields, Martin Hewitt, Don Murray, Shirley Knight, James Spader, Penelope Milford Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast A critically acclaimed adaptation of William Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet'. A modern day take on an old classic... Baz Luhrmann helped adapt this classic Shakespearean romantic tragedy for the screen, updating the setting to a post-modern city named Verona Beach. In this version, the Capulets and the Montagues are two rival gangs. Juliet (Claire Danes) is attending a costume ball thrown by her parents. Her father Fulgencio Capulet (Paul Sorvino) has arranged her marriage to the boorish Paris (Paul Rudd) as part of a strategic investment plan. Romeo attends the masked ball and he and Juliet fall in love. Stream online: https://amzn.to/2VlHtlG Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp101williamshakespearesromeojuliet.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp101williamshakespearesromeojuliet.html Sun, 6 Jan 2013 01:00:00 GMT 1:20 clean DVD, Review, Movie Rentals, Cinema, eskimofinn, Baz Luhrmann, John Leguizamo, Harold Perrineau, Pete Postlethwaite, Paul Sorvino, Brian Dennehy, Paul Rudd, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Miriam Margolyes, Jesse Bradford, M. Emmet Walsh, Zak Orth, Jamie Kennedy, Dash Mihok, Vincent Laresca, Carlos Manzo, Christina Pickles, Diane Venora, Pedro Altamirano, Leonardo DiCaprio, Claire Danes Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast A Chinese historical drama based on the Yuan dynasty play The Orphan of Zhao by Ji Junxiang. Two families are torn apart when an ambitious general plots to take power for himself. Whilst a doctor dedicates his life to raising the son of a murdered princess in the hope that he will find solace and retribution for the death of his own family. In ancient China, Gen. Tu-Angu (Wang Xueqi), jealous of his king's preference for Gen. Zhao Shuo, kills his rival and wipes out the entire Zhao clan, save for one newborn. Dr. Cheng (Ge You), who delivered the child, protects him and raises him as his own. Cheng names the boy Cheng Bo and hopes to use him as an instrument of revenge against Tu-Angu, for Cheng's own wife and newborn son were victims of the general's crusade against the Zhao family. Stream online: Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp100zhaoshiguer(sacrifice).html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp100zhaoshiguer(sacrifice).html Sun, 16 Dec 2012 01:00:00 GMT 3:47 clean DVD, Review, Movie Rentals, Cinema, eskimofinn, Kaige Chen, You Ge, Xueqi Wang, Fengyi Zhang, Xiaoming Huang, Bingbing Fan Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast A Danish melodramatic comedy film directed by Pernille Fischer Christensen which incorporates many of the austere techniques of Dogme style. A touching story about two unlikely friends who help each other come to terms with the reality of their various emotionally challenging situations, when a woman in her early thirties leaves her boyfriend and moves in to a block of flats where she befriends the woman downstairs. Charlotte (Trine Dyrholm), the owner of a beauty salon, breaks up with her abusive boyfriend and moves into her own apartment. Below her lives Veronica (David Dencik), a preoperative transsexual. The two become tentative friends after Charlotte saves Veronica's life, and Veronica protects Charlotte from her ex-lover. Both are surprised and confused when friendship turns into romance. Stream online: https://amzn.to/2VlY8FW Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp99ensoap.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp99ensoap.html Sun, 9 Dec 2012 01:00:00 GMT 3:21 clean DVD, Review, Movie Rentals, Cinema, eskimofinn, sdrsp, podcast, gay, film review, lgbt, pernille fischer, christensen trine, dyrholm, david dencik, danish cinema Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast A horror comedy in which a werewolf attacks two American student holidaying in the UK, killing one and wounding the other. A young nurse is very taken with a young American brought in after having been attacked by an escaped lunatic; or at least so she has been told. She takes him home with her, but finds herself tracking his movements along with the doctor who treated him. David (David Naughton) and Jack (Griffin Dunne), two American college students, are backpacking through Britain when a large wolf attacks them. David survives with a bite, but Jack is brutally killed. As David heals in the hospital, he's plagued by violent nightmares of his mutilated friend, who warns David that he is becoming a werewolf. When David discovers the horrible truth, he contemplates committing suicide before the next full moon causes him to transform from man to murderous beast. Stream online: https://amzn.to/3bmWysS Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp98anamericanwerewolfinlondon.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp98anamericanwerewolfinlondon.html Sun, 2 Dec 2012 01:00:00 GMT 3:55 clean DVD, Review, Movie Rentals, Cinema, eskimofinn, John Landis, Griffin Dunne, David Schofield, Brian Glover, Lila Kaye, Rik Mayall, Sean Baker, Paddy Ryan, Jenny Agutter, Anne-Marie Davies, John Woodvine, Frank Oz, Don McKillop, Paul Kember, Colin Fernandes, Albert Moses, Jim Henson, Michele Brisigotti, Mark Fisher, Joe Belcher, David Naughton Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast An independently made American SuperCinecolor science fiction film. A 1950's B-Movie about the landing of a spacecraft in the back yard of a young family. A young boy with an interest in astronomy has a hard time convincing adults that the spaceship has landed in and burrowed under the fields behind his house. Curious adolescent boy David MacLean (Jimmy Hunt) confronts aliens who have set up base in his backyard. The extraterrestrials intend to use mind control on the local townsfolk. Determined to stop the invaders, who have already co-opted his father (Leif Erickson), he attempts to warn others. But when local law officers also succumb, David teams up with astronomer Stuart Kelston (Arthur Franz) and Dr. Pat Blake (Helena Carter), and the trio must fight together to repel the insidious intruders. Stream online: https://amzn.to/2wRT3f1 Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp97invadersfrommars.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp97invadersfrommars.html Sun, 25 Nov 2012 01:00:00 GMT 1:50 clean DVD, Review, Movie Rentals, Cinema, eskimofinn, Jimmy Hunt, Leif Erickson, Hillary Brooke, Morris Ankrum, Max Wagner, William Phipps, Milburn Stone, Janine Perreau, Fay Baker, Barbara Billingsley, Peter Brocco, Charles Cane, Tommy Cottonaro, Richard Deacon, Pete Dunn, John Eldredge, William Forrest, Bert Freed, Helena Carter, Arthur Franz Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast American romantic comedy. A unhappy man takes up a secret hobby which in itself seems harmless enough but annoys his wife once she finds out. He takes time away from his family and career to learn ballroom dancing. Despite having a great career and a loving family, lawyer John Clark (Richard Gere) is missing something in his life as he meanders listlessly from day to day. On his commute back home one night, Clark notices a stunning woman (Jennifer Lopez) in a dance studio and decides on a whim to join a class for ballroom dancing. While Clark finds a new spark in his life, his wife, Beverly (Susan Sarandon), grows suspicious of his frequent absences, since he decides to keep his dancing a secret. Stream online: https://amzn.to/2ypS463 Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp96shallwedance.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp96shallwedance.html Sun, 18 Nov 2012 01:00:00 GMT 1:51 clean DVD, Review, Movie Rentals, Cinema, eskimofinn, Susan Sarandon, Lisa Ann Walter, Stanley Tucci, Anita Gillette, Bobby Cannavale, Omar Benson Miller, Tamara Hope, Stark Sands, Richard Jenkins, Nick Cannon, Sarah Lafleur, Onalee Ames, Diana Salvatore, Daphne Korol, Driton 'Tony' Dovolani, Katya Virshilas, David Sparrow, Matt Gordon, Richard Gere, Jennifer Lopez Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast Classic Film Noir A wealthy widower takes a vacation in Monte Carlo to overcome his isolation and happens upon a young girl whom he falls in love with. A Hitchcock directed thriller starring Sir Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine as newly weds who struggle to get past the memory of his first wife. It is the story of a young woman who marries a fascinating widower only to find out that she must live in the shadow of his former wife, Rebecca, who died mysteriously several years earlier. The young wife must come to grips with the terrible secret of her handsome, cold husband, Max De Winter (Laurence Olivier). She must also deal with the jealous, obsessed Mrs. Danvers (Judith Anderson), the housekeeper, who will not accept her as the mistress of the house. Stream online: https://amzn.to/2wNORN8 Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp95rebecca.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp95rebecca.html Sun, 11 Nov 2012 01:00:00 GMT 4:07 clean DVD, Review, Movie Rentals, Cinema, eskimofinn, Alfred Hitchcock, Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine, George Sanders, Judith Anderson, Nigel Bruce Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast An American psychological thriller film noir directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and starring Teresa Wright and Joseph Cotten. A young women has to come to terms with the fact that her uncle to whom she is namesake is not the hero she wishes he were. Hitchcock directs Joseph Cotten as a psychopath whose murderous tendencies are catching up to him, so he decides to visit his sister's family and lie low. Uncle Charlie (Joseph Cotten) visits his relatives in Santa Rosa. He is a very charming man, but his niece slowly realizes that he is wanted for murder and he soon recognizes her suspicions. Although one of the suspected murderers is killed and the case is considered closed, she still has her suspicions. Stream online: https://amzn.to/2Kjpx4Y Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp94shadowofadoubt.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp94shadowofadoubt.html Sun, 4 Nov 2012 01:00:00 GMT 2:00 clean DVD, Review, Movie Rentals, Cinema, eskimofinn, Alfred Hitchcock, Macdonald Carey, Henry Travers, Patricia Collinge, Hume Cronyn, Wallace Ford, Edna May Wonacott, Charles Bates, Irving Bacon, Clarence Muse, Janet Shaw, Estelle Jewell, Bill Bates, Virginia Brissac, Frances Carson, Earle S. Dewey, Sarah Edwards, Edward Fielding, Karen X. Gaylord, Teresa Wright, Joseph Cotten Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast An Italian erotic psychological drama film. Directed and co-written by Liliana Cavani. Max is a former concentration camp doctor who now works as a hotel porter at night. He lives alone in a small flat but in his spare time he meets with other former Nazis officers who spend their time collecting evidence against them from military archives and burning it. The story of a former SS officer and bogus doctor in a concentration camp who stumbles across one of his former victims. It is 1957, Maximilian Theo Aldorfer, a former Nazi SS officer who had posed as a doctor in order to take sensational photographs in concentration camps, and Lucia Atherton, a Holocaust survivor, had an ambiguous sadomasochistic relationship. Flashbacks show Max tormenting Lucia, but also acting as her protector. Stream online: https://amzn.to/3cwpyi2 Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp93Ilportieredinotte(thenightporter).html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp93Ilportieredinotte(thenightporter).html Sun, 30 Sep 2012 02:00:00 GMT 5:16 yes DVD, Review, Movie Rentals, Cinema, eskimofinn, Dirk Bogarde, Charlotte Rampling, Liliana Cavani, Drama, World Cinema, Philippe Leroy, Gabriele Ferzetti, Marino Masé Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast A science fiction TV show that ran for one season. When the world's population all passes out at the same time they all in their dream state flash forward to the same moment in time, some time in the future. As they progress toward this date and time it becomes clear that these visions could very possibly be premonitions, frightening some and fascinating others. Residents of Los Angeles go about their day unaware that a mysterious event is about to change their lives. FBI agents Mark Benford and Demetri Noh are in a car chase; Benford's physician wife is in the middle of surgery; and Benford's friend Aaron Stark works on power lines high above the ground. Suddenly, something causes everyone in the world to black out for just over two minutes. During that time, each person sees a series of events in his or her own future -- some good, some bad, some apparently nonexistent. As people begin to piece together their visions on a worldwide website, Mark and Demetri use the information to try to pinpoint the cause of the blackout, and people are still trying to determine whether destiny can be changed, and what effect those changes may have on others. Stream online: https://amzn.to/3ahOdW5 Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp92flashforward.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp92flashforward.html Sun, 30 Sep 2012 01:00:00 GMT 4:18 yes DVD, Review, Movie Rentals, Cinema, eskimofinn, Jack Davenport, Zachary Knighton, Peyton List, Brían F. O'Byrne, Courtney B. Vance, Sonya Walger, Christine Woods, Alex Kingston, Barry Shabaka Henley, Lee Thompson Young, Rachel Roberts, Genevieve Padalecki, Lennon Wynn, Bryce Robinson, Ryan Wynott, Blair Redford, Kelly Galindo, Loren Lester, Joseph Fiennes, John Cho Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast Introducing two comedy/fantasy dramas penned by Charlie Kauffman as a part of our season of mind fuck cinema. Charlie Kauffman writes himself into the second of these two films about a screenwriter trying to repeat the success of the/his first film. Being John Malkovich: In this quirky cult-favorite comedy, unemployed New York City puppeteer Craig Schwartz (John Cusack) reluctantly takes a temp job as a filing clerk for the eccentric Dr. Lester (Orson Bean). While at work, Craig discovers a portal that leads into the mind of renowned actor John Malkovich. When he lets his attractive co-worker Maxine (Catherine Keener) in on the secret, they begin both an unusual business scheme and an odd relationship that involves Craig's restless wife, Lotte (Cameron Diaz). Adaptation: Nicolas Cage is Charlie Kaufman, a confused L.A. screenwriter overwhelmed by feelings of inadequacy, sexual frustration, self-loathing, and by the screenwriting ambitions of his freeloading twin brother Donald (Nicolas Cage). While struggling to adapt "The Orchid Thief," by Susan Orlean (Meryl Streep), Kaufman's life spins from pathetic to bizarre. The lives of Kaufman, Orlean's book, become strangely intertwined as each one's search for passion collides with the others'. Stream Being John Malkovich online: https://amzn.to/3cuCIMh Stream Adaptation online: https://amzn.to/2KhXKlf Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp91beingjohnmalkovichadaptation.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp91beingjohnmalkovichadaptation.html Sun, 23 Sep 2012 01:00:00 GMT 4:32 yes DVD, Review, Movie Rentals, Cinema, eskimofinn, John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, Catherine Keener, John Malkovich, Spike Jonze, Charlie Kaufman, Nicolas Cage, Tilda Swinton, Meryl Streep, Chris Cooper Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast In this science fiction masterpiece, corporate espionage takes place within a dreamscape artificially created by sophisticated thieves using new technology. A secret group uses cutting edge technology to create dreams and pull others in to these spaces. As one of their team is the dreamer, they control the rules of reality within the dream and use this advantage to extract information that may be useful in the real world. Dom Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a thief with the rare ability to enter people's dreams and steal their secrets from their subconscious. His skill has made him a hot commodity in the world of corporate espionage but has also cost him everything he loves. Cobb gets a chance at redemption when he is offered a seemingly impossible task: Plant an idea in someone's mind. If he succeeds, it will be the perfect crime, but a dangerous enemy anticipates Cobb's every move. Stream online: https://amzn.to/34SK7m3 Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp90inception.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp90inception.html Sun, 16 Sep 2012 01:00:00 GMT 4:11 yes DVD, Review, Movie Rentals, Cinema, eskimofinn, Christopher Nolan, Ellen Page, Tom Hardy, Ken Watanabe, Dileep Rao, Cillian Murphy, Tom Berenger, Marion Cotillard, Pete Postlethwaite, Michael Caine, Lukas Haas, Tai-Li Lee, Claire Geare, Magnus Nolan, Taylor Geare, Johnathan Geare, Tohoru Masamune, Yuji Okumoto, Earl Cameron, Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast A psychological drama sci-fi film written and directed by Richard Kelly. A teenage boy with emotional problems develops an interest in time travel after a piece of an aeroplane crashes through the roof of his bedroom. In a funny, moving and distinctly mind-bending journey through suburban America, one extraordinary but disenchanted teenager is about to take Time's Arrow for a ride. After surviving a freak accident, Donnie (Jake Gyllenhaal) begins to explore what it means to be alive, and in short order to be in love, he uncovers secrets of the universe that give him a tempting power to alter time and destiny. Stream online: https://amzn.to/34MOTS0 Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp89donniedarko.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp89donniedarko.html Sun, 9 Sep 2012 01:00:00 GMT 2:36 yes DVD, Review, Movie Rentals, Cinema, eskimofinn, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Daveigh Chase, Mary McDonnell, James Duval, Arthur Taxier, Patrick Swayze, Mark Hoffman, David St. James, Tom Tangen, Jazzie Mahannah, Jolene Purdy, Stuart Stone, Gary Lundy, Alex Greenwald, Beth Grant, Jena Malone, Seth Rogen, David Moreland, Jake Gyllenhaal, Holmes Osborne Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast 'Angel Heart' is a supernatural religion and magic based thriller firmly rooted in the noir genre. It is based on the novel 'Falling Angel' By William Hjortsberg which you can find in the Adapted for Film section of the bookstore. In New Orleans the Voodoo religion is thriving and being practiced by white as well as black folk. Surrounded in secrecy they do not take too kindly to a private detective from New York snooping around on a missing persons case. Harry Angel (Mickey Rourke) is a private detective contracted by Louis Cyphre (Robert De Niro) to track down the iconic singer Johnny Favorite. However, everybody that Angel questions about Favorite seems to meet a tragic demise. Eventually the trail leads Angel to New Orleans where he learns that Favorite had dabbled in the black arts. As Favorite's whereabouts and true identity become clear, Angel learns that being hired by Cyphre was not a random choice. Stream online: https://amzn.to/3bmjlVt Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp88angelheart.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp88angelheart.html Sun, 2 Sep 2012 01:00:00 GMT 5:26 yes DVD, Review, Movie Rentals, Cinema, eskimofinn, Lisa Bonet, Charlotte Rampling, Stocker Fontelieu, Brownie McGhee, Michael Higgins, Elizabeth Whitcraft, Eliott Keener, Charles Gordone, Dann Florek, Kathleen Wilhoite, George Buck, Judith Drake, Gerald Orange, Peggy Severe, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Dave Petitjean, Rick Washburn, Neil Newlon, Mickey Rourke, Robert De Niro Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast Welcome to the third year of the Montage Film Reviews Sunday DVD Rental Suggestion Podcast (SDRSP). We begin the third year of the podcast with a month of what could be termed mind fuck film, meaning movies that fuck with your mind and sense of decency. To begin the latest year of cinematic suggestions we have a collection of films that screw so badly with your mind that you have to watch them several times to make sense of them. And we have thrown in a bonus edition for this theme that gets to you in a different way altogether. Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp87yearthreefreshersweek.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp87yearthreefreshersweek.html Sat, 1 Sep 2012 01:00:00 GMT 0:59 yes DVD, Review, Movie Rentals, Cinema, eskimofinn, Montage Film Reviews, Film, Animation, World Cinema, Vintage, TV Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast “The end of Year Two” The Sunday DVD Rental Suggestion Podcast (SDRSP) is produced and published by Montage Film Reviews. All rights are reserved. The Montage Film Reviews Sunday DVD Rental Suggestion Podcast will return on Sunday 2nd September 2012. In the meantime, please visit www.montagefilmreviews.com for show notes, money off your streaming services and much more. If you are not subscribed to the SDRSP please do so via the website or iTunes, Player.com, Stitcher and every other quality subscription service. Also follow us on Twitter, Tumblr, Blogger and Pinterest to name just a few. Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp86yeartwothebackcover.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp86yeartwothebackcover.html Sun, 27 May 2012 01:00:00 GMT 1:08 clean DVD, Review, Movie Rentals, Cinema, eskimofinn, Film, Animation, World Cinema, Vintage, TV Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast A French art psychological horror drama film written and directed by Gaspar Noé and starring Monica Bellucci, Vincent Cassel, and Albert Dupontel. Alex and Marcus spend the evening with her ex-boyfriend at another friends party having what should be a fun time. This however turns out to be a decent in to hell for all concerned. A woman's (Monica Bellucci) lover (Vincent Cassel) and her former boyfriend (Albert Dupontel) take justice into their own hands after she becomes the victim of a rapist. The film employs a non-linear narrative and follows two men through the streets of Paris as they seek to avenge a brutally raped girlfriend. The film's soundtrack was composed by the electronic musician Thomas Bangalter, best known as half of the Daft Punk duo. Stream online: https://amzn.to/2VSyo31 Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp85irreversible.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp85irreversible.html Sun, 27 May 2012 01:28:00 GMT 4:59 yes DVD, Review, Movie Rentals, Cinema, eskimofinn, Gaspar Noé, Albert Dupontel, Jo Prestia, Philippe Nahon, Stéphane Drouot, Jean-Louis Costes, Michel Gondoin, Mourad Khima, Hellal, Nato, Fesche, Jara-Millo, Le Quellec, Isabelle Giami, Fatima Adoum, Foulaux, Stéphane Derdérian, Christophe Lemaire, Eric Moreau, Monica Bellucci, Vincent Cassel Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast A French-Scottish animated film directed by Sylvain Chomet. The film is based on an unproduced script written by French mime, director and actor Jacques Tati in 1956. An old magician makes money during the off season taking odd jobs, some of which require him to use his magic skills. Magic tricks can't compete with rock 'n' roll in the 1950s, so a French illusionist (Jean-Claude Donda) finds himself touring Scotland's shabby pubs and run-down restaurants. But things brighten for him when he meets Alice (Eilidh Rankin), a girl who believes his powers are real. Together they travel to Edinburgh for a performance, but he doesn't have the heart to reveal that his feats are merely tricks, and risks financial ruin by giving her gifts supplied by his "magic." Stream online: https://amzn.to/2RQlh0R Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp84lillusionniste.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp84lillusionniste.html Sun, 20 May 2012 01:00:00 GMT 2:41 clean DVD, Review, Movie Rentals, Cinema, eskimofinn, Duncan MacNeil, Raymond Mearns, James T. Muir, Tom Urie, Paul Bandey, Jean-Claude Donda, Eilidh Rankin Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast A black comedy romance road movie about three friends in the afterlife help each other find people that they desperately need to speak to in order to make sense of how they died. Upon finding herself in an afterlife world for those who have committed suicide a young woman decides to inform the powers that be that she didn't actually try to kill herself. Despondent after breaking up with his girlfriend, Zia (Patrick Fugit) kills himself and wakes up in a bland purgatory populated by other suicides. He takes a job at Kamikaze Pizza and befriends a Russian rocker named Eugene (Shea Whigham) while trying to make the best of a very dull afterlife. Learning that his ex-girlfriend has also killed herself, Zia embarks on a road trip with Eugene to find her, picking up a feisty hitchhiker (Shannyn Sossamon) along the way. Stream online: https://amzn.to/3bm10Id Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp83wristcuttersalovestory.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp83wristcuttersalovestory.html Sun, 13 May 2012 01:00:00 GMT 2:54 clean DVD, Review, Movie Rentals, Cinema, eskimofinn, Shannyn Sossamon, Patrick Fugit, Shea Whigham Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast Britain's criminal underworld, bent coppers and Eastern European drugs lords descend on London with their schemes and rivalries. An anonymous small time drug dealer believes that he has cleaned enough of his ill gotten gains to leave the criminal underworld behind a strike out on his own. This however is a wish that is going to be easier for him to contemplate than put in to action as he realises that his place in the layer cake is further from the cherry on top than he thinks. An unnamed mid-level cocaine dealer (Daniel Craig) in London makes plans to step away from the criminal life. Before he can cut ties, the dealer's supplier Jimmy Price (Kenneth Cranham) draws him into a complicated pair of jobs involving kidnapping the teenage daughter of a rival gangster (Michael Gambon) and brokering the purchase of a large shipment of ecstasy pills from a dealer known as "the Duke" (Jamie Foreman), leading to a series of elaborate double-crosses from all corners. Stream online: https://amzn.to/3blJIem Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp82layercake.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp82layercake.html Sun, 6 May 2012 01:00:00 GMT 4:42 clean DVD, Review, Movie Rentals, Cinema, eskimofinn, Jamie Foreman, Sally Hawkins, Burn Gorman, Brinley Green, George Harris, Tamer Hassan, Colm Meaney, Marcel Iures, Francis Magee, Dimitri Andreas, Kenneth Cranham, Garry Tubbs, Nathalie Lunghi, Marvin Benoit, Rab Affleck, Dexter Fletcher, Steve John Shepherd, Ben Whishaw, Daniel Craig, Tom Hardy Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast A new take on the classic story of Dr. Frankenstein and his monster with beautiful sets, locations and costumes. In this updated version of the tale Dr. Frankenstein creates his monster in an attempt to create a perfect human being worthy of being in his presence. Baron Frankenstein (Udo Kier) dreams of restoring Serbia to glory, so he builds male and female monsters whose children will become the new master race. Determined that they be fruitful, he aims to equip the male body with the brain of someone possessing a powerful libido. Thinking local stable boy Nicholas (Joe Dallesandro) will be perfect, he mistakenly gets the head of Nicholas' pious friend (Srdjan Zelenovic) instead. Meanwhile, Nicholas seduces the baron's wife (Monique Van Vooren). Stream online: https://amzn.to/3alHwC6 Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp81fleshforfrankenstein.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp81fleshforfrankenstein.html Sun, 29 April 2012 01:28:00 GMT 1:46 clean DVD, Review, Movie Rentals, Cinema, eskimofinn, World Cinema, Paul Morrissey, Joe Dallesandro, Udo Kier, Arno Juerging, Dalila Di Lazzaro, Srdjan Zelenovic, Monique van Vooren Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast Count Dracula has dispatched all of the virgins available to him in Romania, so he travels to Italy for fresh meat. Count Dracula is taken to Italy by his servant in search of virgin blood, but only comes across a faded family of the aristocracy looking for a fortune to marry in to. Deathly ill Count Dracula (Udo Kier) and his slimy underling, Anton (Arno Juerging), travel to Italy in search of a virgin's blood. They're welcomed at the crumbling estate of indebted Marchese Di Fiore (Vittorio De Sica), who's desperate to marry off his daughters to rich suitors. But there, instead of pure women, the count encounters incestuous lesbians with vile blood and Marxist manservant Mario (Joe Dallesandro), who's suspicious of the aristocratic Dracula. Stream online: https://amzn.to/3alHwC6 Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp80bloodfordracula.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp80bloodfordracula.html Sun, 22 April 2012 01:28:00 GMT 3:47 clean DVD, Review, Movie Rentals, Cinema, eskimofinn, World Cinema, Paul Morrissey, Joe Dallesandro, Udo Kier, Vittorio De Sica, Maxime McKendry, Arno Juerging, Milena Vukotic, Dominique Darel, Stefania Casini, Silvia Dionisio Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast A Belgian drama telling the story of an Albanian woman in Belgium on the periphery of the seedy criminal underworld of people trafficking and bogus marriages for the right to stay. Lorna is stuck in a bogus marriage with a junkie that is coming to its natural end. The only problem is her handlers would rather he OD'ed than they get a divorce, leaving the break as clean as possible. Lorna (Arta Dobroshi), a young Albanian woman living in Belgium, has hopes of opening a cafe with her boyfriend, an itinerant worker who visits when he can. She marries Claudy, a local junkie, to secure legal residency and collaborates with Fabio (Fabrizio Rongione), a low-life cab driver who arranges a hefty payoff for her to marry a Russian mobster. Lorna wants to divorce Claudy; but Fabio wants him to overdose. She knows nothing of the threatening underworld in which she will be enmeshed. Stream online: https://amzn.to/3blW2eH Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp79lesilencedelorna.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp79lesilencedelorna.html Sun, 15 April 2012 01:00:00 GMT 2:31 clean DVD, Review, Movie Rentals, Cinema, eskimofinn, Fabrizio Rongione, Alban Ukaj, Morgan Marinne, Olivier Gourmet, Anton Yakovlev, Grigori Manoukov, Mireille Bailly, Stéphanie Gob, Laurent Caron, Baptiste Somin, Alexandre Trocky, Cédric Lenoir, Cécile Boland, Serge Larivière, Philippe Jeusette, Sophia Leboutte, François Sauveur, Christian Lusschentier, Arta Dobroshi, Jérémie Renier Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast A comedy from the 1980's that celebrates the friendship formed between two girls that lasts a lifetime. Two very different women become friends for life, seeing each other through divorce and sickness. Hillary (Barbara Hershey) and CC (Bette Midler) meet as children vacationing in Atlantic City, N.J., and remain friends throughout the decades. As CC, a loud New Yorker, pursues a singing career, Hillary, a staid Californian, becomes a successful lawyer. Over the years, they often quarrel or compete, but, as other relationships flourish and die, the two women are always there for each other, traveling from coast to coast through the most tumultuous times. 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His wife died in one and his day job revolves around the sun and discovering why they are experiencing an extended Indian summer. Fifty years after it was buried in a time capsule, a schoolgirl's cryptic document falls into the hands of Caleb Koestler, the son of professor John Koestler (Nicolas Cage). John figures out that the encoded message accurately lists every major disaster from the past five decades, and predicts three future calamities -- one a global cataclysm. When his warnings fall on deaf ears, John enlists the help of the prophetic author's daughter and granddaughter to try to avert the ultimate disaster. Stream online: https://amzn.to/2KhegC8 Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp77knowing.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp77knowing.html Sun, 01 Apr 2012 01:00:00 GMT 2:33 clean DVD, Review, Movie Rentals, Cinema, eskimofinn, Rose Byrne, Lara Robinson, D.G. Maloney, Nadia Townsend, Alan Hopgood, Adrienne Pickering, Joshua Long, Danielle Carter, Alethea McGrath, David Lennie, Tamara Donnellan, Travis Waite, Ben Mendelsohn, Gareth Yuen, Lesley Anne Mitchell, Liam Hemsworth, Raymond Thomas, Carolyn Shakespeare-Allen, Nicolas Cage, Chandler Canterbury Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast A British docudrama political thriller film about the fictional assassination of George W. Bush, the 43rd U.S. President, on 19 October 2007 in Chicago, Illinois. The film is presented as a future history docudrama and uses actors, archival video footage as well as computer-generated special effects to present the hypothetical aftermath the event had on civil liberties, racial profiling, journalistic sensationalism and foreign policy. It is 2007. President George W. Bush has been shot in Chicago and Cheney sworn in as president. The American Intelligence Services arrest a Syrian American and charge him over the death of the president. The whole world watches as he stands trial... Documentary filmmakers recount the events leading up to and following the fictionalized assassination of President George W. Bush in 2007. Jamal Abu Kikri, a Syrian national, is hastily fingered as the main suspect, and President Dick Cheney expands governmental power to fight terrorism at home with Patriot Act III. But as Kikri stands trial for the crime, another credible suspect looms into view. 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On the run from the zombie-like victims of the Rage, Jim stumbles upon a group of survivors, including Selena (Naomie Harris) and cab driver Frank (Brendan Gleeson), and joins them on a perilous journey to what he hopes will be safety. In 28 Weeks Later, six months after the original epidemic, the rage virus has all but annihilated the population of the British Isles. Nevertheless the U.S. Army declares the danger past, and American soldiers arrive to restore order and begin reconstruction. Refugees return to British soil, but one of them carries a deadly secret: The virus is not gone and is even more dangerous than before. 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She feels put upon by her parents and resents having to babysit her brother but then has second thoughts when he disappears after she wishes him away. She then finds herself at the mercy of the goblin king who has put her under a spell and forced her to take part in a wager for the safe return of the baby brother she didn't realise that she loved. The film revolves around 15-year-old Sarah's (Jennifer Connelly) quest to reach the center of an enormous otherworldly maze to rescue her infant brother Toby, who Sarah wished away to Jareth, the Goblin King (David Bowie). With the exception of Connelly and Bowie, most of the film's significant characters are played by puppets produced by Jim Henson's Creature Shop. 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Darkness (Tim Curry) seeks to create eternal night by destroying the last of the unicorns. Jack (Tom Cruise) and his friends do everything possible to save the world and Princess Lili (Mia Sara) from the hands of Darkness. Enter a world of unicorns, magic swamps, dwarfs and rainbows. 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Dr. Génessier (Pierre Brasseur) is riddled with guilt after an accident that he caused disfigures the face of his daughter, the once beautiful Christiane (Édith Scob), who outsiders believe is dead. Dr. Génessier, along with accomplice and laboratory assistant Louise (Alida Valli), kidnaps young women and brings them to the Génessier mansion. After rendering his victims unconscious, Dr. Génessier removes their faces and attempts to graft them on to Christiane's. 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Some tackle with absentee parents and others with parents who are too involved, but as they work through the issues of being young in New York they come to terms with sexuality, poverty and the reality of their chosen careers. Young men and women audition for coveted spots at the New York High School of Performing Arts. Those who make the cut discover that it takes a lot of hard work to become a star and sometimes difficult decisions have to be made. The youngsters grapple with heavy issues such as homosexuality, abortion, attempted suicide and illiteracy. On top of their unique struggles, the students must deal with the mundane pressures of adolescence like homework, heartbreak and rejection. 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A tale of what it was like to be young, Jewish and single in New York during the 1980's. Thirty-something Isabelle "Izzy" Grossman (Amy Irving) spends her time going from her tiny, solitary West Side apartment to that of her grandmother (Reizl Bozyk) on the Lower East Side. In between, Izzy builds a glowing reputation at the swank bookstore where she works. While her grandmother plots to find her a romantic match, Izzy is courted by a married, worldly author, Anton (Jeroen Krabbe), yet can't seem to shake the down-to-earth appeal of Sam (Peter Riegert), a pickle vendor. 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Joey Fane had just been released from an institution but he would much rather have stayed there. You see now he is at home he has to duck and dive the gruesome attention of his nanny. Nanny (Bette Davis), a London family's live-in maid, brings morbid 10-year-old Joey (William Dix) back from the psychiatric ward he's been in for two years, since the death of his younger sister. Joey refuses to eat any food Nanny's prepared or take a bath with her in the room. He also demands to sleep in a room with a lock. Joey's parents workaholic Bill (James Villiers) and neurotic Virgie (Wendy Craig) are sure Joey is disturbed, but he may have good reason to be terrified of Nanny. 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When he begins taking Larry's evening class he stumbles upon an ingenious way of getting rid of her once and for all. Larry (Billy Crystal), an author with a cruel ex-wife, Margaret (Kate Mulgrew), teaches a writing workshop where Owen (Danny DeVito), one of his students, is fed up with his domineering mother (Anne Ramsey). When Owen watches a Hitchcock classic that seems to mirror his own life, he decides to put the movie's plot into action and offers to kill Margaret, if Larry promises to murder his mom. Before Larry gets a chance to react to the plan, it seems that Owen has already sealed Margaret's fate. 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Meanwhile a group of teenagers who have gone to hang out in a cemetery find themselves face to face with a tribe of zombies hungry for fresh brains. When foreman Frank (James Karen) shows new employee Freddy (Thom Mathews) a secret military experiment in a supply warehouse, the two klutzes accidentally release a gas that reanimates corpses into flesh-eating zombies. As the epidemic spreads throughout Louisville, Ky., and the creatures satisfy their hunger in gory and outlandish ways, Frank and Freddy fight to survive with the help of their boss (Clu Gulager) and a mysterious mortician (Don Calfa). 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After having seen the degeneration of their relationship first hand he wishes to share a few pearls of wisdom with his new client before beginning instructions. After 17 years of marriage, Barbara (Kathleen Turner) and Oliver Rose (Michael Douglas) want out. The trouble is, neither one wants to part with their opulent home. So begins a long war between husband and wife, reaching farcical heights that leave much of the house -- not to mention their lives -- in shambles. The couple's children (Sean Astin, Heather Fairfield) watch in horror while lawyer Gavin D'Amato (Danny DeVito) tries his best to stem the bloodshed. 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They make a bet that they can turn a him in to a successful member of the management team of the Fortune 500 company that made their family a member of New York's elite social circle. Upper-crust executive Louis Winthorpe III (Dan Aykroyd) and down-and-out hustler Billy Ray Valentine (Eddie Murphy) are the subjects of a bet by successful brokers Mortimer (Don Ameche) and Randolph Duke (Ralph Bellamy). An employee of the Dukes, Winthorpe is framed by the brothers for a crime he didn't commit, with the siblings then installing the street-smart Valentine in his position. When Winthorpe and Valentine uncover the scheme, they set out to turn the tables on the Dukes. 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A British secret agent finds himself contacting an American bank working through her computer in a bid to find out why he has been abandoned behind enemy lines as official channels have become uncooperative. She is then conscripted to help him return to the West from Russia. Terry Doolittle (Whoopi Goldberg) works with computers in a bank office. She routinely talks with others via her computer, but one day she connects with a mysterious user by the name of Jumpin' Jack Flash (Jonathan Pryce). It takes her a while to decode his message, but Terry figures out that Jack is a British secret agent trapped behind enemy lines. Terry agrees to help him, but her activities attract the attention of the KGB, who want to know Jack's real identity and will kill to get it. 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A young Mexican woman is run over at night, left in a coma and a double amputee leaving her twin sister Catalina to try and discover what she was doing there in the first place. Catalina finds herself haunted by cries for help in the night and visions of her sister in distress. After the tragic death of their mother when they were children, twin sisters Agata and Catalina Hameran developed a special skill, a way of communicating without speaking, a "link" between them. After a mysterious accident on Kilometer 31, Agata falls into a coma. Catalina, thanks to their "link", feels the pain and tragedy that her sister is going through at the time of the accident. Following a series of supernatural events, Catalina realizes that their "link" is stronger than ever and that her sister Agata is screaming for help from her unconscious state. Catalina is now determined to find out what really happened to her sister in order to help her wake up. Nuño, Agata's long time friend, and Omar, Catalina's boyfriend, agree to help her. But they soon find out that not only is Agata in a coma, but she is also trapped between reality and an ancient legend, the legend of La Llorona. Stream online: https://amzn.to/2Kc5IfB Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp63km31.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp63km31.html Sun, 25 Dec 2011 01:00:00 GMT 3:37 clean DVD, Review, Movie Rentals, Cinema, eskimofinn, Horror, Rigoberto Castañeda, Mexico, Iliana Fox, Adrià Collado, Raúl Méndez, Luisa Huertas, Fernando Becerril Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast A German film directed by Detlev Buck, based on the novel Knallhart by Gregor Tessnow and released in 2006. The screenplay is written by Gregor Tessnow and Zoran Drvenkar. Story of a teenage boy being bullied by the local thugs in and out of school, in a rough part of Berlin. That is until he gets involved with the local gangsters. When Miriam splits up with her wealthy lover, she and her 15-year-old son Michael have to move from posh Zehlendorf to run-down Berlin-Neukölln. The boy finds friends in his new neighborhood, but at school he is victimized and pressed for money by Erol and his gang. Handing over money from a burglary rather serves to encourage the bullies instead of warding them off, so Michael is desperately looking for a better solution. 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It's a loveless marriage but she learns from the many mistakes she made in her youth and discovers a new appreciation for her husband. Caught in an affair with another man (Liev Schreiber), a scientist's callow wife (Naomi Watts) accompanies her husband (Edward Norton) to mainland China in the 1920s to fight a cholera epidemic. There, she embarks on a journey of self-discovery that leads to an unexpected chance at redemption. Stream online: https://amzn.to/2yqwhuU Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp61thepaintedveil.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp61thepaintedveil.html Sun, 11 Dec 2011 01:00:00 GMT 1:45 clean DVD, Review, Movie Rentals, Cinema, eskimofinn, Bin Wu, Alan David, Marie-Laure Descoureaux, Sally Hawkins, Juliet Howland, Toby Jones, Lorraine Laurence, Gwing-Gai Lee, Li Feng, Gesang Meiduo, Edward Norton, Yin Qing, Ian Renwick, Diana Rigg, Liev Schreiber, Sihan Cheng, Liang Sijie, Maggie Steed, Catherine An, Bin Li Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi star in both of these horror films from the 1930’s. The Raven: A spurned surgeon (Bela Lugosi) seeks revenge using Edgar Allan Poe's devices of torture and a hideous man (Boris Karloff). The Black Cat: Stranded Budapest honeymooners follow a mad doctor (Bela Lugosi) to a black-lipped architect's (Boris Karloff) Art Deco manor. In The Black Cat a doctor with a fear of cats’ returns to his home town to avenge the death of his wife and daughter only to find out that his daughter is still alive. In The Raven a psychopath invites a group of people over to his house with the intention of killing them all. The picture revolves around Edgar Allan Poe's famous homonymous poem, featuring Lugosi as a Poe-obsessed mad surgeon with a torture chamber in his basement and Karloff as a fugitive murderer desperately on the run from the police. Lugosi had the lead role, but Karloff received top billing, using only his last name. 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The Marquise de Merteuil is keen to corrupt the daughter of her cousin because she is due to marry a man who once ended things with her. He has chosen the young beauty because she has spent the majority of her young life in a convent and is a guaranteed virgin, something that she plans to remedy. The Marquise de Merteuil (Glenn Close) and the Vicomte de Valmont (John Malkovich) display the petty jealousies and jaded insouciance of life in France's royal court in the 18th century, casually ruining the lives of de Merteuil's young romantic rival (Uma Thurman), the music teacher (Keanu Reeves) for whom she secretly pines and the upstanding Madame de Tourvel (Michelle Pfeiffer). But when actual romantic feelings begin to surface, their games take on a more treacherous air. 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Someone is bumping off witnesses in a high profile drug case...Max is a cab driver who dreams of starting his own limousine rental company, but lacks the initiative to actually put his plans in to production. However one night his life flashes before his eyes when an assassin gets in to his cab and insists that he ferry him around Los Angeles as he carries out assignments. A cab driver realizes his current fare is a hit man that has been having him drive around from mark to mark until the last witness to a crime is dead. When the cabbie finally figures out the truth, he must prevent the assassin from wiping out his last witness without becoming the next in the professional killer's line of casualties. 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At the same time a mother waits for her husband to return from the Second World War with her daughter and son who claim that the house is haunted by a little boy whom they play with. The servants believe them but she being a staunch catholic does not. Her patience is further tried when other spirits supposedly enter the house and they children blame them for moving things around their very large house’ especially when their pranks become dangerous. Grace (Nicole Kidman), the devoutly religious mother of Anne (Alakina Mann) and Nicholas (James Bentley), moves her family to the English coast during World War II. She awaits word on her missing husband while protecting her children from a rare photosensitivity disease that causes the sun to harm them. Anne claims she sees ghosts, Grace initially thinks the new servants are playing tricks but chilling events and visions make her believe something supernatural has occurred. 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Two opposing factions make numerous profound attempts to bring about the downfall of the other. In the midst of it all is a blind girl and a police officer, who despite attempts to the contrary fall in love with on another. The Tang Dynasty is fighting to keep control over China, a battle they are losing to several rebel groups. One such group is the House of Flying Daggers, who steal from the wealthy and give to the poor. Two police deputies working with the government (Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau) are ordered to investigate the dancer Mei (Zhang Ziyi), who is rumored to be working with the House of Flying Daggers. But both men fall under her charms and decide to help her escape instead. 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Julie is a young woman from Rose Hill (Mauritius) who arrives in rural Switzerland to marry her older pen-friend Marcel. She feels unhappy until she meets Jean, a younger man. However, his father disagrees. Stream online: https://amzn.to/3aecsV7 Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp55lafemmederosehill.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp55lafemmederosehill.html Sun, 30 Oct 2011 01:00:00 GMT 2:11 clean DVD, Review, Movie Rentals, Cinema, eskimofinn, World Cinema Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast Black and white French drama following two separate couples and their stories of love and murder are told here quite poignantly. A married woman has put her lover up to killing her very rich and well connected husband so that they can run off together. As he sets about his task she waits for him, but he doesn't show and she cannot find him. Florence (Jeanne Moreau) is married to the wealthy arms dealer Simon Carala (Jean Wall), but is carrying on a torrid affair with one of her husband's employees, Julien (Maurice Ronet). Julien daringly climbs into Simon's office on a rope, kills him and leaves unnoticed. However, Julien accidentally leaves the rope at the crime scene and realizes he must retrieve it. On his way out, he becomes stuck in the building's elevator. But he soon finds that his bad luck is just beginning. Stream online: https://amzn.to/2XKV9rW Soundtrack: https://amzn.to/3euYS2K Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp54ascenseurpourlechafaud(lifttothescaffold).html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp54ascenseurpourlechafaud(lifttothescaffold).html Sun, 30 Oct 2011 01:28:00 GMT 2:48 clean DVD, Review, Movie Rentals, Cinema, eskimofinn, https://amzn.to/2J2jOjM Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast A French black-and-white crime drama about how three teenagers spend the 24hr aftermath of a local riot trying to avoid the police. Three friends in the slums of Paris discuss the death of a friend in the riot over the previous night during which a police officer misplaced his gun. When a young Arab is arrested and beaten unconscious by police, a riot erupts in the notoriously violent suburbs outside of Paris. Three of the victim's peers, Vinz (Vincent Cassel), Said (Said Taghmaoui) and Hubert (Hubert Koundé), wander aimlessly about their home turf in the aftermath of the violence as they try to come to grips with their outrage over the brutal incident. After one of the men finds a police officer's discarded weapon, their night seems poised to take a bleak turn. Stream online: https://amzn.to/3ahGwzd Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp53lahaine.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp53lahaine.html Sun, 23 Oct 2011 01:00:00 GMT 2:27 clean DVD, Review, Movie Rentals, Cinema, eskimofinn, Vincent Cassel, Hubert Koundé, Saïd Taghmaoui, Mathieu Kassovitz Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast A trilogy of feature length French/Polish films titled to acknowledge the colours of the flag of the directors adopted country. The late Krzysztof Kieslowski directs three films about three people who will eventually end up being rescued together at sea. Two of the films were made in French and one primarily in Polish: Three Colours: Blue, Three Colours: White, and Three Colours: Red. The trilogy is interpreted respectively as an anti-tragedy, an anti-comedy, and an anti-romance. In the first film (Blue) Julie (Juliette Binoche) is haunted by her grief after living through a tragic auto wreck that claimed the life of her composer husband and young daughter. Her initial reaction is to withdraw from her relationships, lock herself in her apartment and suppress her pain. But avoiding human interactions on the bustling streets of Paris proves impossible, and she eventually meets up with Olivier (Benoît Régent), an old friend who harbors a secret love for her, and who could draw her back to reality. The second (White) is about equality, with the film depicting Karol Karol, a shy man who, after being left by his wife in humiliating circumstances in Paris, loses his money, his residency, and his friends. As a deeply ashamed beggar in Warsaw, Karol begins his effort to restore equality to his life through revenge.University student Valentine Dussault (Irène Jacob) in Geneva is talking to her possessive boyfriend in London to prepare for a visit. Stream Trois Couleurs Bleu online: https://amzn.to/2XIu9JJ Stream Trois Couleurs Blanc online: https://amzn.to/3cu7aq6 Stream Trois Couleurs Rouge online: https://amzn.to/2RNfJEe Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp52troiscouleursbleublancrouge.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp52troiscouleursbleublancrouge.html Sun, 16 Oct 2011 01:00:00 GMT 9:37 clean DVD, Review, Movie Rentals, Cinema, eskimofinn, French Cinema, France, Zbigniew Zamachowski, Julie Delpy, Janusz Gajos, Krzysztof Kieslowski, Irène Jacob, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Juliette Binoche, Benoît Régent Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast French melodrama film. Its original French title is 37° 2 le matin, meaning "37.2°C in the morning" (the normal temperature of a pregnant woman in the morning). A would-be writer (Jean-Hugues Anglade) falls for an unpredictable woman (Béatrice Dalle), then he slowly realizes that she is going insane. A young woman encourages the man she loves in a forgotten dream of becoming a writer. Betty moves in with her boyfriend after a couple of weeks together as her volatile nature has gotten her fired. It is this same character flaw that gets him fired from his job and they run off together making new friends and improving their prospects. It is based on the 1985 novel of the same name by Philippe Djian. Stream online: https://amzn.to/3acawMB Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp51372lematin(bettyblue).html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp51372lematin(bettyblue).html Sun, 9 Oct 2011 01:00:00 GMT 3:19 clean DVD, Review, Movie Rentals, Cinema, eskimofinn, Jean-Jacques Beineix, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Béatrice Dalle, French Cinema, France Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast A German drama film directed by Doris Dörrie. Japan meets Germany (East meets West) in this moving drama about an elderly German couple with a love for and son in Japan who go to visit their children in Berlin. Learning that her husband, Rudi (Elmar Wepper), has a terminal illness, Trudi (Hannelore Elsner) hides the knowledge from him and persuades him to visit their son in Japan. During the course of their journey, she dies in her sleep -- before telling Rudi of his impending death. Grief-stricken, he continues on toward Japan, finally finding peace at Mount Fuji. Stream online: https://amzn.to/3enuN5c Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp50kirschbluten-hanami(cherryblossoms).html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp50kirschbluten-hanami(cherryblossoms).html Sun, 2 Oct 2011 01:00:00 GMT 2:36 clean DVD, Review, Movie Rentals, Cinema, eskimofinn, Japan, Germany, Doris Dörrie, Elmar Wepper, Hannelore Elsner, Aya Irizuki Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast An American romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Sofia Coppola. Two lonely Americans on a trip to Japan hang out with each other as an escape from their crumbling marriages. Bill Murray stars as aging actor Bob Harris, who befriends college graduate Charlotte (Scarlett Johansson) in a Tokyo hotel. He has taken a job advertising whisky in Japan with some regret as he feels that he should really have taken a job in the theatre. A lonely, aging movie star named Bob Harris (Bill Murray) and a conflicted newlywed, Charlotte (Scarlett Johansson), meet in Tokyo. Bob is there to film a Japanese whiskey commercial; Charlotte is accompanying her celebrity-photographer husband. Strangers in a foreign land, the two find escape, distraction and understanding amidst the bright Tokyo lights after a chance meeting in the quiet lull of the hotel bar. They form a bond that is as unlikely as it is heartfelt and meaningful. 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One of Mizoguchi's post-war films, A Geisha is a scathing account of the difficulties suffered by geisha and prostitutes in maintaining and balancing their dignity, livelihood, and personal rights. It has been widely lauded by critics as a poignant, elegant work, sympathetically exploring controversial issues of rights and dignity for women with socially restricted claims to self-determination. A Geisha secured the 1954 Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Supporting Actor, awarded to Eitarō Shindō for his portrayal of Eiko's father, and for Best Supporting Actress, awarded to Chieko Naniwa for her role as Okimi. Stream online: https://amzn.to/2RLbwkJ Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp48gionbayashi(ageisha).html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp48gionbayashi(ageisha).html Sun, 2 Oct 2011 01:28:00 GMT 2:33 clean DVD, Review, Movie Rentals, Cinema, eskimofinn, Japan, Japanese Cinema, Kinuyo Tanaka, Michiyo Kogure, Yoshiaki Hanayagi, Ayako Wakao, Kenji Mizoguchi, World Cinema Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast In 12th-century Japan a former warrior (Daisuke Ryu) embarks on a mission to stop a fierce swordsman (Tadanobu Asano). A dishonoured monk tries to redeem himself by killing the demon of Gojoe Bridge. In the aftermath of a war between two Japanese clans a demon take possession of Gojoe Bridge at night slaughtering anyone who dears to try and cross it. Stream online: Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp47gojoreisenki.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp46tonytakitani.html Sun, 25 Sep 2011 01:00:00 GMT 3:39 clean DVD, Review, Movie Rentals, Cinema, eskimofinn, Japan, Japanese Cinema, Gakuryu Ishii, Daisuke Ryû, Masatoshi Nagase, Tadanobu Asano Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast A Japanese film about a reclusive illustrator (Issei Ogata) falls in love with a young woman (Rie Miyazawa) who addictively shops for clothing. The story of a middle aged Japanese man who tries to overcome his loneliness. Despite his many efforts Toni Takitani is a very lonely man. His mother died soon after his birth and his father has more time for Jazz music than for him. Shozaburo Takitani is not suited to being a father but that is ok because Toni is not very well suited to being a son. This Japanese film directed by Jun Ichikawa is based on the short story by Haruki Murakami. In it a reclusive illustrator (Issei Ogata) falls in love with a young woman (Rie Miyazawa) who addictively shops for clothing. Haruki Murakami was intrigued by the name Tony Takitani when, at a garage sale on Maui, he found a yellow T-shirt that said, "Tony Takitani, House (D)." At the time, Takitani was running for office. Murakami decided to write the man's life story as this novel. Stream online: https://amzn.to/2XHMxlW Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp46tonytakitani.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp46tonytakitani.html Sun, 18 Sep 2011 01:00:00 GMT 3:10 clean DVD, Review, Movie Rentals, Cinema, eskimofinn, Japan, Japanese Cinema, Issei Ogata, Rie Miyazawa, Shinohara Takahumi, Hidetoshi Nishijima Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast A Japanese film about a courtesan who yearns for freedom. Life lessons are learned the hard way by a young geisha after being sold to a brothel. She rises through the ranks to become the prime attraction of her house but makes the mistake of falling in love with a worthless young man who is unable or unwilling to stand shoulder to shoulder with her. Sakuran (さくらん?, lit. "Derangement"), is a manga series created by Moyoco Anno. The manga is about a girl, Kiyoha (though she goes through different names while growing up the hierarchy) who becomes a tayu or oiran courtesan. North American publisher Vertical Inc released it in English in July 2012. A live-action film adaptation was released in Japan on February 24, 2007. The film stars Anna Tsuchiya and marks the directorial debut of photographer Mika Ninagawa. Ringo Sheena is the music director, her album Heisei Fūzoku acting as the soundtrack. 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Satoshi Kon (今 敏 Kon Satoshi, October 12, 1963 – August 24, 2010) was a Japanese film director, animator, screenwriter and manga artist from Sapporo, Hokkaidō and a member of the Japanese Animation Creators Association (JAniCA). He was a graduate of the Graphic Design department of the Musashino Art University. He is sometimes credited as "Yoshihiro Wanibuchi" (鰐淵良宏 Wanibuchi Yoshihiro) in the credits of Paranoia Agent. He was the younger brother of guitarist and studio musician Tsuyoshi Kon. Stream Perfect Blue online: https://amzn.to/2K1hoSB Stream Millenium Actress online: https://amzn.to/2V6ljDW Stream Tokyo Godfathers online: https://amzn.to/2yaIXWW Stream Paprika online: https://amzn.to/3aeM9OF Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp44satoshikonshowcase.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp44satoshikonshowcase.html Sun, 4 Sep 2011 01:00:00 GMT 7:20 clean DVD, Review, Movie Rentals, Cinema, eskimofinn, Satoshi Kon, Anime Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast Our second year of broadcasting. Intro to the second year of the Montage Film Reviews Sunday DVD Rental Suggestion Podcast. The Montage Film Reviews Sunday DVD Rental Suggestion Podcast year runs from the first Sunday in September to the last Sunday in May every year. All DVD's are available to buy from the website and Montage Film Reviews is offering each listener a month of free DVD, Blu-ray rentals. Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp43yeartwothefrontcover.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp43yeartwothefrontcover.html Sat, 3 Sep 2011 01:00:00 GMT 4:42 clean DVD, Review, Movie Rentals, Cinema, Film, Vintage, TV, Animation, Books, Literature Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast A Book End Thank you for listening and adieu until September 4th 2011! Year One of the Montage Film Reviews Sunday DVD Rental Suggestion Podcast has now come to a close. I hope that you will stay with me for Year Two and beyond. Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp42yearoneoutro.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp42yearoneoutro.html Tue, 31 May 2011 01:00:00 GMT 1:41 clean DVD, Review, Movie Rentals, Cinema, Film, Vintage, TV, Animation, Books, Literature Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast The X-Files is a long running science fiction TV show which incorporates alien abduction and government conspiracies. In one of the longest-running science fiction series in network TV history, FBI special agents investigate unexplained, mind-bending cases known as "X-Files." Though the government is convinced that the outlandish reports are false, conspiracy theorist Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and realist Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson), for most of the series, stop at nothing to prove that "the truth is out there." Series creator Chris Carter also serves as executive producer of the thrilling pop-culture phenomenon. FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully are brought together to work on the X-files, a series of cases that remain unsolved due to the paranormal nature of the facts. Over the years they become embroiled in a confusing whirlpool of conspiracy theories, alien abductions and other supernatural goings on that their bosses are happy to leave unexplained. Stream online: https://amzn.to/2K1W4ft Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp41thex-files.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp41thex-files.html Sun, 29 May 2011 01:00:00 GMT 8:05 clean DVD, Review, Movie Rentals, Cinema, eskimofinn, Gillian Anderson, David Duchovny, Mitch Pileggi, Robert Patrick, Nicholas Lea, Annabeth Gish, William B. Davis, Chris Carter Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast An American comedy murder mystery film directed and co-written by Woody Allen. The death of a neighbour prompts a middle aged couple to launch their own murder investigation with the help of their friends. The film began as an early draft of Annie Hall, which Allen co-wrote with Brickman. Eventually, the script evolved and principal photography took place in 1992, in the titular city. Released in August 1993 to positive reviews, Keaton was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical. It marked Zach Braff's film debut. Larry and Carole Lipton are a comfortable couple living in New York who have just sent their son Nick (Zach Braff) off to college. In his absence Carole worries that they will turn in to just another boring middle aged couple that is until their neighbour suddenly dies. Carole becomes convinced that she has been murdered much to Larry’s amusement. Yet after a couple of conversations with friends in restaurants etc., this small gaggle decided to solve the mystery. Stream online: https://amzn.to/3cj0if6 Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp40manhattanmurdermystery.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp40manhattanmurdermystery.html Sun, 22 May 2011 01:00:00 GMT 5:14 clean DVD, Review, Movie Rentals, Cinema, eskimofinn, Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Jerry Adler, Zach Braff, Anjelica Huston Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast A Japanese film about homosexuality in the Shinsengumi during the bakumatsu period, the end of the samurai era in the mid-19th century. A story of homosexual love and intrigue in 1865 Japan. Sozaburo Kano and Hyozo Tashiro have just been recruited in to the Shinsen militia where a mutual attraction develops during training. Kano is the better of the two warriors so his superiors devise a plan to cure him of his homosexuality as preparation for his eventual promotion. At the start of the movie, the young and handsome Kanō Sōzaburō (Ryuhei Matsuda) is admitted to the Shinsengumi, an elite samurai group led by Kondō Isami (Yoichi Sai) that seeks to defend the Tokugawa shogunate against reformist forces. He is a very skilled swordsman, but it is his appearance that makes many of the others in the (strictly male) group, both students and superiors, attracted to him, creating tension within the group of people vying for Kanō's affections. Stream online: https://amzn.to/2OzcqyS Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp39gohatto.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp39gohatto.html Sun, 15 May 2011 01:00:00 GMT 3:45 clean DVD, Review, Movie Rentals, Cinema, eskimofinn, Takeshi Kitano, Ryûhei Matsuda, Tadanobu Asano, Nagisa Ôshima Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast Barbara Stanwyck plays an unhappily married woman who overhears a murder plot and makes numerous telephone calls in order to thwart their plans. However no-one will believe her, least of all the police. A bedridden woman hears the intentions of two would be killers by way of a crossed telephone line and is frightened in to taking action to prevent the murder. Due to a telephone glitch, Leona Stevenson (Barbara Stanwyck), a controlling heiress confined to a wheelchair, overhears a conversation about a plan to kill a woman. Unable to leave her home or reach her husband (Burt Lancaster), and written off by the police, Leona struggles to uncover the truth through a series of phone calls that only lead her deeper into a mystery, which may involve her college rival, Sally (Ann Richards), and a scheme to sell pharmaceuticals on the black market. Stream online: https://amzn.to/3b2V6f8 Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp38sorrywrongnumber.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp38sorrywrongnumber.html Sun, 8 May 2011 01:00:00 GMT 4:41 clean DVD, Review, Movie Rentals, Cinema, eskimofinn, Barbara Stanwyck, Burt Lancaster, Ann Richards, Ed Begley, Anatole Litvak, Film Noir Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast A harrowing tale about the ill treatment suffered by those catholic women deem to be sexually degenerated. A group of young catholic girls are sent to a home for the mentally ill after having had children out of wedlock. This is the story of how they escape their predicament, or not. In 1964, three teenage Irish girls are sent to a Magdalene asylum, an archaic home for "fallen women," though their crimes aren't criminal. Rose (Dorothy Duffy) is pregnant out of wedlock, Bernadette (Nora-Jane Noone) has been caught flirting with a boy at school, and Margaret (Anne-Marie Duff) is sentenced for having been raped by a family member. There, the girls perform hard labor supervised by cruel nuns, led by the sneering Sister Bridget (Geraldine McEwan) -- and dream of escape. 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This film tells a coming-of-age story about two teenage boys who take a road trip with a woman in her late twenties. It stars Mexican actors Diego Luna and Gael García Bernal and Spanish actress Maribel Verdú, in the leading roles. The film is part of the road movie genre, set in 1999 against the backdrop of the political and economic realities of present-day Mexico, specifically at the end of the uninterrupted 71-year line of Mexican presidents from the Institutional Revolutionary Party and the rise of the opposition led by Vicente Fox. The film is recognized for its explicit depiction of sex and drug use, which caused complications in the film's rating certificate in various countries. In 2002, the film was released in English-speaking markets under its original Spanish title and opened in limited release within the United States. In Mexico, the film earned $2.2 million its first weekend in June 2001, making it the highest box office opening in Mexican cinema history. In 2003, the film was nominated for Best Original Screenplay at the Academy Awards as well as Best Foreign Language Film at the Golden Globe Awards in 2002. Stream online: https://amzn.to/2y8hmFS Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp36ytumamatambien.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp36ytumamatambien.html Sun, 24 Apr 2011 01:00:00 GMT 3:52 yes DVD, Review, Movie Rentals, Cinema, eskimofinn, Gael Garcia Bernal, Diego Luna, Alfonso Cuarón, Ana López Mercado Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast Two former school friends find themselves battling over a part in a movie the content of which uncomfortably mirrors episodes in their own lives. Two brothers slip in and out of blackmail as a career choice. When an old friend brings filmmaker Enrique Goded (Fele Martínez) a semi-autobiographical script chronicling their adolescence, Enrique is forced to relive his youth spent at a Catholic boarding school. Weaving through past and present, the script follows a transvestite performer (Gael García Bernal) who reconnects with a grade school sweetheart. Spurred on by this chance encounter, the character reflects on her childhood sexual victimization and the trauma of closeting her sexual orientation. La Mala Educación is a 2004 Spanish drama film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar. Starring Gael García Bernal, Fele Martínez, Daniel Giménez Cacho and Lluís Homar, the film focuses on two reunited childhood friends and lovers caught up in a stylised murder mystery. Along with metafiction, sexual abuse by Catholic priests, transsexuality and drug use are also important themes and devices in the plot, which led the MPAA to give the film an NC-17 rating. The film was released on 19 March 2004 in Spain and 10 September 2004 in Mexico. It was also screened at many international film festivals such as Cannes, New York, Moscow and Toronto before its US release on November 19, 2004. The film received critical acclaim, and was seen as a return to Almodovar's dark stage, placing it alongside films such as Matador (1986) and Law of Desire (1987). Stream online: https://amzn.to/2ViYGuP Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp35lamalaeducacion.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp35lamalaeducacion.html Sun, 17 Apr 2011 01:00:00 GMT 4:01 yes DVD, Review, Movie Rentals, Cinema, eskimofinn, Gael Garcia Bernal, Pedro Almodóvar, Fele Martínez, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Francisco Boira, Javier Cámara Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast A brutal drama of intertwining stories detailing doomed love affairs in Mexico City. "Amores Perros" is a bold, intensely emotional, and ambitious story of lives that collide in a Mexico City car crash. Inventively structured as a triptych of overlapping and intersecting narratives, "Amores Perros" explores the lives of disparate characters who are catapulted into unforeseen dramatic situations instigated by the seemingly inconsequential destiny of a dog named Cofi. Amores perros is a 2000 Mexican drama thriller film directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu and written by Guillermo Arriaga. Amores perros is the first installment in González Iñárritu's "Trilogy of Death", succeeded by 21 Grams and Babel.[4] It is an anthology film constructed as a triptych: it contains three distinct stories connected by a car accident in Mexico City. The stories centre on a teenager in the slums who gets involved in dogfighting; a model who seriously injures her leg; and a mysterious hitman. The stories are linked in various ways, including the presence of dogs in each of them. Jaded love is the focus of this film's many narratives, whether it is the love between two sets of brothers, a man and his mistress, a father and daughter or a man and his dog. Strean online: https://amzn.to/3c9uTvg Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp34amoresperros.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp34amoresperros.html Sun, 10 Apr 2011 01:00:00 GMT 6:02 yes DVD, Review, Movie Rentals, Cinema, eskimofinn, Gael Garcia Bernal, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Emilio Echevarría, Goya Toledo, Marco Pérez, Jorge Salinas, Vanessa Bauche, Álvaro Guerrero Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast A beautifully shot movie tracking a young Ernesto Che Guevara’s motorcycle ride across South America with a friend. Before he actually signs up to the Communist Party Argentinean Ernesto Guevara Del la Serna travels across the South American Islands on a rusty motorcycle with a friend. The injustices that he sees along the way will shape his political ideals for the future. On a break before his last semester of medical school, Ernesto "Che" Guevara (Gael García Bernal) travels with his friend Alberto Granado (Rodrigo De la Serna) from Brazil to Peru by motorcycle. The two men soon witness the great disparities in South America, encountering poor peasants and observing the exploitation of labor by wealthy industrialists. When they reach a leper colony in Peru, Ernesto's values have changed so much that he sides with the sufferers, forgetting his own comfort. 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John Atherton becomes a man on the run once the authorities become convinced that he is about to commit a murder, but he begs to differ as he has never even met the man that he is supposed to kill. Minority Report is a 2002 American science fiction film directed by Steven Spielberg and loosely based on the short story of the same name by Philip K. Dick. It is set primarily in Washington, D.C., and Northern Virginia in the year 2054, where "PreCrime", a specialized police department, apprehends criminals based on foreknowledge provided by three psychics called "precogs". The cast includes Tom Cruise as Chief of PreCrime John Anderton, Colin Farrell as Department of Justice agent Danny Witwer, Samantha Morton as the senior precog Agatha, and Max von Sydow as Anderton's superior Lamar Burgess. The film combines elements of tech noir, whodunit, thriller and science fiction genres, as well as a traditional chase film, as the main protagonist is accused of a crime he has not committed and becomes a fugitive. Spielberg has characterized the story as "fifty percent character and fifty percent very complicated storytelling with layers and layers of murder mystery and plot". The film's central theme is the question of free will versus determinism. It examines whether free will can exist if the future is set and known in advance. Other themes include the role of preventive government in protecting its citizenry, the role of media in a future state where technological advancements make its presence nearly boundless, the potential legality of an infallible prosecutor, and Spielberg's repeated theme of broken families. 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Wesley and Johnny form a strong friendship, and it's clear that Johnny comes to idolize Wesley who wants to use Johnny as muscle in a robbery and asks for his help. Johnny has to choose between the love of Ruby (Debra Feuer) or the friendship of Wesley. Though only in his 20s, professional boxer Johnny Walker (Mickey Rourke) is on the downswing of his career and suffering from a mild form of brain damage. Resettling in the beachfront resort of Asbury Park, N.J., he falls in with shady promoter Wesley Pendergrass (Christopher Walken) and meets kindhearted boardwalk operator Ruby (Debra Feuer). When Wesley proposes cutting Johnny in on a criminal undertaking, Johnny must choose between a life of crime and a settled future with Ruby. Stream omline: https://amzn.to/2OplKpd Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp31homeboy.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp31homeboy.html Sun, 20 Mar 2011 01:00:00 GMT 4:19 clean DVD, Review, Movie Rentals, Cinema, eskimofinn, Mickey Rourke, Christopher Walken, Michael Seresin Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast Jennifer Jason Leigh stars as Tra La La a prostitute in Brooklyn who becomes disillusioned after spending time in Manhattan with one of her clients. Hubert Selby Jr.’s book of rape, violence, poverty, drug abuse and homosexuality comes to life on screen with a cast of performers who would then go on to make big names for themselves. A group of prostitutes, union workers, and drag queens all lead difficult lives within an existence of drugs, crime and violence in a working-class Brooklyn neighbourhood. Based on the 1964 novel by American author Hubert Selby Jr. The novel has become a cult classic because of its harsh, uncompromising look at lower class Brooklyn in the 1950s and for its brusque, everyman style of prose. Although critics and fellow writers praised the book on its release, Last Exit to Brooklyn caused much controversy because of its frank portrayals of taboo subjects, such as drug use, street violence, gang rape, homosexuality, transvestism and domestic violence. It was the subject of an important obscenity trial in the United Kingdom and was banned in Italy. 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Five Corners is a neighbourhood that the 50’s is very much trying to hold on to, but the sixties will not be denied its days of glory and as the civil rights movement moves in to town a ghost from the past threatens to drag everyone in to hell with it. The neighbourhood has been reasonably quiet since the incarceration of Heniz the local psychopath, but when he is released his former victims engage their brains in order to come up with a plan to protect themselves from him with fatal results. This unusual film follows the unhinged Heinz (John Turturro), a rapist who has been released from prison, as he attempts to court Linda (Jodie Foster), a young woman whom he previously attacked. Coming to Linda's aid is Jamie (Todd Graff), her disabled boyfriend, while Harry (Tim Robbins), her protector from the earlier incident, is preoccupied with joining the civil rights movement. As Heinz' behaviour grows increasingly bizarre, the offbeat tale moves towards its dramatic conclusion. 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Monster is a 2003 crime drama film about serial killer Aileen Wuornos a former prostitute who was executed in Florida in 2002 for killing six men (she was not tried for a seventh murder) in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Wuornos is played by Charlize Theron and her semi-fictionalized lover, Selby Wall (based on Wuornos' real-life girlfriend Tyria Moore), was played by Christina Ricci. Shortly after moving to Florida, longtime prostitute Aileen Wuornos (Charlize Theron) meets young and reserved Selby Wall (Christina Ricci) and a romance blossoms. When a john (Lee Tergesen) attempts to brutalize Aileen, she kills him and resolves to give up prostitution. But supporting herself and her new girlfriend through legitimate means proves extremely difficult, and she soon falls back on old ways. More johns die, and Selby can't help but think her new friend is responsible. Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer - In this documentary, filmmaker Nick Broomfield follows the saga of Aileen Wuornos, a prostitute who has been accused of committing a brutal series of murders. Broomfield conducts interviews with Wuornos herself, and his crew films her trial as well as her interactions with religious fanatic Arlene Pralle, who gives Wuornos dubious advice and legally adopts her. The cameras also roll as the accused's attorney ignores the case at hand to negotiate a deal to sell his client's story. Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer - British documentarian Nick Broomfield creates a follow-up piece to his 1992 documentary of the serial killer Aileen Wuornos, a highway prostitute who was convicted of killing six men in Florida between 1989 and 1990. Interviewing an increasingly mentally unstable Wuornos, Broomfield captures the distorted mind of a murderer whom the state of Florida deems of sound mind -- and therefore fit to execute. Throughout the film, Broomfield includes footage of his testimony at Wuornos' trial. Watch Monster: https://amzn.to/2Xlv1nA Watch Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer: https://amzn.to/2xfoOi5 Watch Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer: https://amzn.to/34mMsWk Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp28monster.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp28monster.html Sun, 27 Feb 2011 01:00:00 GMT 6:45 clean DVD, Review, Movie Rentals, Cinema, eskimofinn, Patty Jenkins, Charlize Theron, Christina Ricci, Bruce Dern, Nick Broomfield, Joan Churchill Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast This 1988 TV documentary co-produced by the BBC is an insightful investigation in to the death of one of Hollywood’s greatest sex symbols. Marilyn Monroe’s former housekeeper and friends come together to be interviewed predominantly about her final day of life and the events leading up to and surrounding her death. Also interviewed are members of the police and ambulance services and members of the mafia and F.B.I. The documentary is fleshed out with details of mob connections, MM's affairs with both Kennedy brothers, and lots of archive footage. Each puzzle piece is substantiated by modern interviews conducted with: Eunice Murray - MM's housekeeper, Walter Schaefer - ambulance owner, Sgt. Jack Clemons - first LAPD respondent, Arthur James / Bob Slatzer - MM's friends, Jeanne Carmen - MM's neighbor, Joan Greenson - daughter of MM's psychiatrist, Tom Richter - LA Police Chief Sam Yorty - LA mayor, Bill Romer - FBI agent, Chuck O'Brien - aide to Jimmy Hoffa, Fred Otash / John Danoff - PI wiretappers hired by Hoffa, Peter Summers - JFK aide, George Smathers - Senator and Frank Saunders - Joe Kennedy's chauffeur. Other interviewees include house guests of Peter Lawford, also his ex-wife Deborah Gould, and an LA DJ who met with a despondent MM shortly before she died. Only Sgt. Clemons flatly declares that Monroe was murdered, but his "irrefutable proof" is shown to be erroneous-- a strong case for non-bias on the part of the show's creators. What's undeniable here is that in the final summer of her life, Marilyn Monroe was unemployed, hooked on barbiturates and talking to several people about an imminent death. Her fears (or predictions) became reality in the early hours of August 5th, 1962. SAY GOODBYE TO THE PRESIDENT is a 1988 British documentary that was, at the time of its release, quite controversial. Although potentially dismissible as mere "conspiracy theory," the cumulative effect of its many modern interviews with dozens of people directly and peripherally involved in events leading up to Marilyn Monroe's death create an air of believability. The most serious claim is that on the night in question, Monroe's housekeeper found the star ALIVE sometime around midnight. The 82-year-old lady herself here changes long-held testimony that she found MM quite dead and is backed up by owner of the responding ambulance. The revised story: a comatose Marilyn is removed to Santa Monica Hospital, and either dies there or during the ambulance ride. Next, Bobby Kennedy is given time to leave town, Peter Lawford (the last person to speak to MM on the phone) goes to her home and destroys a suicide note, then Monroe's body is returned to her bed. LAPD receives a call some four hours after all this began to unfold. Stream online: https://amzn.to/2XkSQMe Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp27marilynandthekennedys(saygoodbyetothepresident).html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp27marilynandthekennedys(saygoodbyetothepresident).html Sun, 20 Feb 2011 01:00:00 GMT 3:14 clean DVD, Review, Movie Rentals, Cinema, eskimofinn, Marilyn Monroe, John F. Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, FBI, Mafia Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast Marilyn Monroe plays a divorcee who comes together with her landlady and three cowboys in Reno, Nevada to drink and tell stories of their lives of hard knocks. Shot in black and white this film is a precursor to what would be some of the best films of the decade. The Misfits is a 1961 American drama film written by Arthur Miller, directed by John Huston, and starring Clark Gable, Marilyn Monroe and Montgomery Clift. The supporting cast features Thelma Ritter, Eli Wallach and Kevin McCarthy. It marked the last completed film of Gable and Monroe. For Gable, the film was posthumously released, while Monroe died the following year. The plot centers on a recently divorced woman (Monroe) and her time spent with a cowboy (Gable) and his rodeo-riding friend (Clift) in the Western Nevada desert in the 1960s. The film was a commercial failure at the time of its release, but received positive critical comments for its script and performances, and is highly regarded today. While filing for a divorce, beautiful ex-stripper Roslyn Taber (Marilyn Monroe) ends up meeting aging cowboy-turned-gambler Gay Langland (Clark Gable) and former World War II aviator Guido Racanelli (Eli Wallach). The two men instantly become infatuated with Roslyn and, on a whim, the three decide to move into Guido's half-finished desert home together. When grizzled ex-rodeo rider Perce Howland (Montgomery Clift) arrives, the unlikely foursome strike up a business capturing wild horses. 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One of the wealthiest men in the world, Jean-Marc Clement (Yves Montand) is rich in money but lacking in love. While seeking someone who adores him for his personality rather than his fortune, Clement learns that he is the subject of a satirical theatre production. Unrecognized as he visits the play's set, Clement is offered the part as himself by the show's unwitting producers, and he takes the gig to be close to the gorgeous yet down-to-earth actress Amanda Dell (Marilyn Monroe). Stream online: https://amzn.to/2XkQcpM Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp25letsmakelove.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp25letsmakelove.html Sun, 13 Feb 2011 01:28:00 GMT 4:32 clean DVD, Review, Movie Rentals, Cinema, eskimofinn, Marilyn Monroe, Tony Randall, Yves Montand, Frankie Vaughan Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast Marilyn Monroe stars in this comedy as Cherie a young girl running away from a cowboy who is infatuated with her. Bus Stop is a 1956 American romantic comedy film directed by Joshua Logan for 20th Century Fox, starring Marilyn Monroe, Don Murray, Arthur O'Connell, Betty Field, Eileen Heckart, Robert Bray and Hope Lange. Unlike most of Monroe's movies, Bus Stop is neither a full-fledged comedy nor a musical, but rather a dramatic piece; it was the first film she appeared in after studying at the Actors Studio in New York. Monroe does however sing one song: "That Old Black Magic" by Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer. Bus Stop was based on two plays by William Inge, People in the Wind and Bus Stop. The inspiration for the play Bus Stop came from people Inge met in Tonganoxie, Kansas. Marilyn Monroe stars a young bar singer who catches the eye of an inexperienced and stubborn cowboy who insists on taking her back to his ranch and marrying her. The movie is based on a successful play. The original Broadway production of "Bus Stop" by William Inge opened at the Music Box Theater in New York on March 2, 1955, ran for 478 performances and was nominated for the 1956 Tony Award for the Best Play. 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Jed pursues Nell, initially thinking she's a woman of means, but comes to learn that she is actually a babysitter when her child charge, Bunny Jones (Donna Corcoran), interrupts a conversation between the two. Soon Jed becomes worried about Nell's mental stability when it appears the woman is physically threatening Bunny. 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This film is based on the novel The 25th Hour by David Benioff, who also wrote the screenplay for this film. In New York City in the days following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, Monty Brogan (Edward Norton) steels himself for a lengthy jail term. Brogan is a convicted drug dealer about to start a seven-year prison sentence, and his final hours of freedom are devoted to hanging out with his closest buddies (Philip Seymour Hoffman, Barry Pepper) and trying to prepare his girlfriend, Naturelle Riviera (Rosario Dawson), for his extended absence. 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This fact is very important to him considering that he is being haunted by the ghost of the first person that he feels responsible for loosing; a young girl by the name of Rose. After a disheartening and haunting career wears him down, New York City paramedic Frank Pierce (Nicolas Cage) begins to collapse under the strain of saving lives and witnessing deaths. Through the course of a few nights, three co-workers (John Goodman, Ving Rhames, Tom Sizemore) accompany Pierce as he grasps for sanity and pushes to be fired. Before Pierce falls off the edge, he still has a hope when he forms a friendship with a victim's daughter (Patricia Arquette). Stream online: https://amzn.to/3bTtGZ4 Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp21bringingoutthedead.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp21bringingoutthedead.html Sun, 16 Jan 2011 01:28:00 GMT 5:04 clean DVD, Review, Movie Rentals, Cinema, eskimofinn, Nicolas Cage, Patricia Arquette, John Goodman, Ving Rhames, Tom Sizemore, Marc Anthony, Mary Beth Hurt, Cliff Curtis Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast Cop thriller starring: Denzel Washington, Ethan Hawke, Scott Glenn, Tom Berenger, Raymond J. Barry, Cliff Curtis, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Macy Gray, Eva Mendes. Police drama about a veteran officer who escorts a rookie on his first day with the LAPD's tough inner-city narcotics unit. "Training Day" is a blistering action drama that asks the audience to decide what is necessary, what is heroic and what crosses the line in the harrowing gray zone of fighting urban crime. Does law-abiding law enforcement come at the expense of justice and public safety? If so, do we demand safe streets at any cost? Jake Hoyt and Det. Alonzo Harris spend the best part of a day in a modified car in the ghettos of Los Angeles. This is Jake's training day to see if he is up for being promoted from beat cop to nark; but what occurs instead is a rude awakening. The story follows them over a 24-hour period in the gang-ridden neighborhoods of the LAPD Rampart Division and South Central Los Angeles. The film was released on October 5, 2001 and grossed $104 million worldwide. Washington's performance as Detective Alonzo Harris, a departure from his usual roles, was particularly praised and earned him an Oscar for Best Actor at the 74th Academy Awards. His co-star Ethan Hawke was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as rookie cop, Officer Jake Hoyt. 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Politically correct they are not and I am sure that they will have many a feminist fuming, but they are classics and as such have earned their place in this podcast. Hanzo the Razor (かみそり 半蔵? Kamisori Hanzō) is a fictional character featured in the trilogy of Japanese chanbara films of the same name. The films star Shintaro Katsu as the title character. He also produced the trilogy through his own Katsu Productions. After the decline of Daiei at the end of the 1960s, Shintaro Katsu established his own independent production company in 1967 called Katsu Productions. In 1972, Katsu Productions released the chanbara film triology with the Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice based on a gekiga by Koike Kazuo. The series is about a law enforcer, during the Edo who interrogates female victims with his large penis. 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The title of this film refers to electronic voice phenomena (EVP), where voices, which some believe to be from the "other side", can be heard on audio recordings. The film is not related to the postmodern novel White Noise by Don DeLillo. Stream online: https://amzn.to/2wmIS1B Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp18whitenoise.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp18whitenoise.html Sun, 26 Dec 2010 01:28:00 GMT 6:54 clean DVD, Review, Movie Rentals, Cinema, White Noise, 2005, Geoffrey Sax, Niall Johnson, Michael Keaton, Chandra West, Deborah Kara Unger, Ian McNeice Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast A science fiction film about the coming of the Messiah, set in a world ruled by machines. Mr Thomas Anderson works a nine to five job with a large computer software company and supplements his income with a little hacking on the side. His place in the world is a rather awkward one and he reaches out over the internet to try and find out why. Science fiction films written and directed by The Wachowskis, starring Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, and Joe Pantoliano. They depict a dystopian future in which reality as perceived by most humans is actually a simulated reality called "the Matrix", created by sentient machines to subdue the human population, while their bodies' heat and electrical activity are used as an energy source. Computer programmer "Neo" learns this truth and is drawn into a rebellion against the machines, which involves other people who have been freed from the "dream world." Stream The Matrix online: https://amzn.to/2URi6b0 Stream The Matrix Reloaded online: https://amzn.to/2V9w4nP Stream The Matrix Revolutions online: https://amzn.to/2RldBmV Stream The Animatrix online: https://amzn.to/2x1xSqZ Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp17thematrixtrilogyandtheanimatrix.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp17thematrixtrilogyandtheanimatrix.html Sun, 19 Dec 2010 01:28:00 GMT 5:42 clean DVD, Review, Movie Rentals, Cinema, Matrix, 1999, 2003, Animatrix, Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski, Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, Peter Chung, Andy Jones, Yoshiaki Kawajiri, Takeshi Koike, Mahiro Maeda, Kôji Morimoto, Shinichirô Watanabe Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast Based on the controversial non-fiction book The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail (Which you will find in the Montage Film Reviews Amazon Book Store) this is a story about the rush to unearth the true bloodline of Jesus Christ and his modern day descendants. Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou, Ian McKellen, Jean Reno, Paul Bettany, Alfred Molina star in this movie about secret societies and their vain claims to be the messengers of Christ. A 2003 mystery-detective novel by Dan Brown. It follows symbologist Robert Langdon and cryptologist Sophie Neveu after a murder in the Louvre Museum in Paris, when they become involved in a battle between the Priory of Sion and Opus Dei over the possibility of Jesus Christ having been a companion to Mary Magdalene. The title of the novel refers, among other things, to the finding of the first murder victim in the Grand Gallery of the Louvre, naked and posed similar to Leonardo da Vinci's famous drawing, the Vitruvian Man, with a cryptic message written beside his body and a pentacle drawn on his chest in his own blood. 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The screenplay, based on P. D. James' 1992 novel of the same name, was credited to five writers, with Clive Owen making uncredited contributions. The film takes place in 2027, where two decades of human infertility have left society on the brink of collapse. Illegal immigrants seek sanctuary in the United Kingdom, where the last functioning government imposes oppressive immigration laws on refugees. Owen plays civil servant Theo Faron, who must help a refugee (Clare-Hope Ashitey) escape the chaos. 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Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp14estamira.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp14estamira.html Sun, 28 Nov 2010 01:28:00 GMT 03:15 clean DVD, Review, Movie Rentals, Cinema, Documentary, Marcos Prado Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast The documentary feature film based on the autobiography of Philippe Petit who walked across a tightrope tied between the twin towers of the World Trade Centre in 1974. Using actual footage from the event seamlessly mingled with new re-enactments, filmmaker James Marsh masterfully recreates high-wire daredevil Philippe Petit's 1974 stunt: performing acrobatics on a thin wire strung between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center. This documentary is based on Petit's book, To Reach the Clouds, released in paperback with the title Man on Wire. The title of the film is taken from the police report that led to the arrest (and later release) of Petit, whose performance had lasted for almost one hour. The film is crafted like a heist film, presenting rare footage of the preparations for the event and still photographs of the walk, alongside re-enactments (with Paul McGill as the young Petit) and present-day interviews with the participants, including Barry Greenhouse, an insurance executive who served as the inside man. 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Released in Paris in April 1985, Shoah won critical acclaim and several prominent awards, including the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Non-Fiction Film and the BAFTA Award for Best Documentary. Simone de Beauvoir hailed it as a "sheer masterpiece", while documentary maker Marcel Ophüls called it "the greatest documentary about contemporary history ever made". The film was not well-received in Poland; the Polish government complained that it accused Poland of "complicity in Nazi genocide". Stream Shoah (First Era) online: https://amzn.to/2xA04Ro Stream Shoah (Second Era) online:: https://amzn.to/2xAn6aQ Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp12shoah.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp12shoah.html Sun, 14 Nov 2010 01:28:00 GMT 14:16 yes DVD, Review, Movie Rentals, Cinema, Documentary, WWII, Europe, Claude Lanzmann, Shoah, Holocaust Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast This is the story of Jacqueline Kennedy's favourite aunt and cousin in their declining years. The pair live as virtual recluses with very little money in their once grand house in the Hamptons which is now overrun by cats and racoons. The 1975 Documentary that has since been made in to a hit Broadway musical and film depicting the everyday lives of two reclusive, formerly upper class women. Favourite Quote: "What time is it chickens?" - This film depicts the everyday lives of two reclusive, formerly upper class women, a mother and daughter both named Edith Beale, who lived in poverty at Grey Gardens, a derelict mansion at 3 West End Road in the wealthy Georgica Pond neighborhood of East Hampton, New York. The film was screened at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival but was not entered into the main competition. Stream online: https://amzn.to/33UYupr Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp11greygardens.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp11greygardens.html Sun, 7 Nov 2010 01:28:00 GMT 3:39 yes DVD, Review, Movie Rentals, Cinema, Documentary, Edith Bouvier Beale, The Maysles Brothers Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast A gruesome horror set in and around a catholic church, where a young girl is brutally murdered on the day of her first communion. In a catholic family the rivalry that existed between two sisters has been passed on to their children in more ways than one. Karen and Alice vie for their mother’s attention and the attention of the local priest. Karen the younger of the two seems to be winning. That is of course until she is murdered. The film premiered at the Chicago International Film Festival under the title Communion in November 1976, and was released theatrically as Alice, Sweet Alice in 1978. It was re-released a third time as Holy Terror in 1981, marketing upon the popularity of Brooke Shields after her notorious performance in Louis Malle's Pretty Baby (1978). The film ranked #89 on Bravo's The 100 Scariest Movie Moments for the scene when Alice scares Karen in the warehouse. In 1977 there was a book adaptation of the film titled Communion by Frank Lauria. 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Originally rated NC-17 in the U.S. for strong graphic violence, a few graphic shots were cut from the final version of the U.S. release in order to secure an R rating (the original NC-17 cut was released in some theaters), and the film was dubbed for commercial appeal. However, the original cut (referred to as an unrated version) is available on Blu-ray and DVD. Stream online: https://amzn.to/2xy3B2K Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp9hautetension.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp9hautetension.html Sun, 24 Oct 2010 01:28:00 GMT 4:12 yes DVD, Review, Movie Rentals, Cinema, Horror, Alexandre Aja, Cécile De France, Maïwenn Le Besco, Philippe Nahon Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast Three horror movies following the rise and fall of the antichrist. Damien Thorn is the son of the ambassador to the court of St. James and heir to the Thorn millions. The ambassador and his wife are a loving couple but the ambassador hides a secret from his wife and that is that the child is not really theirs. Their child died shortly after delivery and the ambassador agreed to swap the dead child with this one – the son of the devil. Through this first deception the family has opened the door to evil and sealed its fate. The Omen is a British-American horror film franchise beginning in 1976. The story was originally written by David Seltzer, who chose not to continue the series after the first novel. The second novel was then written by Joseph Howard; the third novel was done by Gordon McGill. Stream online: https://amzn.to/2xDedxd Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp8theomentrilogy.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp8theomentrilogy.html Sun, 17 Oct 2010 01:28:00 GMT 5:40 clean DVD, Review, Movie Rentals, Cinema, Horror, Richard Donner, Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, David Warner, Billie Whitelaw, Harvey Stephens, Graham Baker, Sam Neill, Rossano Brazzi, Lisa Harrow, Barnaby Holm, Don Taylor, William Holden, Lee Grant, Jonathan Scott-Taylor, Lance Henriksen, Elizabeth Shepherd, Lucas Donat Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast A modern day vampire trilogy. Blade was born a vampire but only just. His mother was bitten when he was still in the womb and although she died, he survived the attack, living as a normal child until puberty hits and the thirst for blood overtakes him. The other vampires call him the day walker, a vampire anomaly with all of their strengths and none of their weakness. He hates them and they fear him. Between them it is all out war. The Blade films are based on the fictional Marvel Comics character of the same name, portrayed by Wesley Snipes. They were written by David S. Goyer, based on the comics by Marv Wolfman, and Gene Colan. The three films were directed by Stephen Norrington, Guillermo del Toro and Goyer respectively, and distributed by New Line Cinema. Stream online: https://amzn.to/2QVHcmN Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp7bladetrilogy.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp7bladetrilogy.html Sun, 10 Oct 2010 01:28:00 GMT 3:08 yes DVD, Review, Movie Rentals, Cinema, Blade, Wesley Snipes, Stephen Norrington, Stephen Dorff, N'Bushe Wright, Kris Kristofferson, Donal Logue, Udo Kier, Guillermo del Toro, Ron Perlman, Luke Goss, David S. Goyer, Jessica Biel, Ryan Reynolds, Parker Posey Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast Three horror action movies chronicling the infinite war between vampires and their former slaves, lycans (werewolves). Underworld is a trilogy of films about a secret war ragging against vampires and lycans aka werewolves in Europe. It borrows heavily from The Matrix for its imagery with a British and Eastern European twist. The final film ‘Underworld – Rise of them Lycans’ is a prequel which means that these films can easily be watched in a loop. A forth film is currently in production at the time of this podcast going to press. Underworld is a series of action horror films directed by Len Wiseman, Patrick Tatopoulos, Måns Mårlind, Björn Stein and Anna Foerster. The first film, Underworld, was released in 2003. It tells the story of Selene (Kate Beckinsale), a vampire who works as a Death Dealer, killing the lycans (Werewolves) who allegedly slaughtered her family. The second film, Underworld: Evolution, was released in 2006. In this film, Selene takes Michael Corvin, a lycan/vampire hybrid, to a vampire safehouse and plans to return to Viktor's estate to awaken another elder Markus, whom they discover is the first Vampire and a powerful enemy. The third film, Underworld: Rise of the Lycans, is the prequel to the series, chronicling the origins of the vampire-lycan war (it was released on January 23, 2009). Stream online: https://amzn.to/2UqVQ7E Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp6underworldtrilogy.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp6underworldtrilogy.html Sun, 3 Oct 2010 01:28:00 GMT 6:18 clean DVD, Review, Movie Rentals, Cinema, Kate Beckinsale, Scott Speedman, Michael Sheen, Shane Brolly, Erwin Leder Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast A South Korean film about stalking, gossip, suicide and revenge. Dae-su Oh is man with a drinking problem who suddenly disappears outside a phone booth on a rainy day. His best friend had attended the police station to collect him after his arrest for being drunk and disorderly. Nobody knows where he has disappeared to and in his absence his wife is murdered and his child given to foster parents. Dae-su Oh is charged with the murder in his absence but what the police don’t know is that he is being held prisoner by a criminal gang. His release fifteen years later sets him on a quest to find out exactly why he was imprisoned in the first place much to the delight of his watching former jailer. Oldboy (Hangul: 올드보이; RR: Oldeuboi; MR: Oldŭboi) is a 2003 South Korean mystery thriller neo-noir film directed by Park Chan-wook. It is based on the Japanese manga of the same name written by Nobuaki Minegishi and Garon Tsuchiya. Oldboy is the second installment of The Vengeance Trilogy, preceded by Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance and followed by Sympathy for Lady Vengeance. Stream online: https://amzn.to/2xBfc0R Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp5oldboy.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp5oldboy.html Sun, 26 Sep 2010 01:28:00 GMT 3:22 yes DVD, Review, Movie Rentals, Cinema, Hye-jeong Kang, Dae-han Ji, Dal-su Oh, Byeong-ok Kim, Seung-shin Lee, Jin-seo Yoon, Dae-yeon Lee, Kwang-rok Oh, Tae-kyung Oh, Yeon-Seok Yoo, Il-han Oo, Su-hyeon Kim, Seung-jin Lee, Su-kyeong Yun, Myeong-shin Park, Dae-han Chi, Yi Yong, Joe Cappelletti, Min-sik Choi, Ji-tae Yu Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast A Spanish language film about revenge in a small town. A group of potholers visit a remote Spanish village when one of the locals discovers a new cave opening after a mudslide. Unfortunately this happens to be the same time as a serial rapist and murderer, who makes his living as a travelling salesman of industrial vacuum cleaners. After attacking one of the visiting group the salesman leaves a whirlwind of revenge and bribery in his wake. While a speleologist is exploring a cave near a village in the north of Spain, his girlfriend is attacked in the nearby woods. His reaction leads to a tragic chain of events. Stream online: https://amzn.to/2JAM3Gd Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp4lanochedelosgirasoles.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp4lanochedelosgirasoles.html Sun, 19 Sep 2010 01:28:00 GMT 2:21 clean DVD, Review, Movie Rentals, Cinema, Carmelo Gomez, Celso Bugallo, Judith Diakhate, Manuel Moron, Mariano Alameda Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast A Spanish language film about luck - yours and stealing other people’s. A young thief (Tomás) gets on a plane from Spain to the Caribbean with his ill gotten cash strapped to his stomach hoping to dodge the police, but the plane crashes. He is the only survivor and is put under arrest at the hospital. Ironically he bought insurance before he boarded the flight and therefore now has some illegitimate money. In return for helping Tomás escape from the hospital, the insurance company employee asks him to use the cash as stake in a game of luck. This supernatural thriller is rooted in magical realism. The film depicts an underground trade in luck, where fortune flows from those who have less to those who have more; the premise purports that luck can be amassed and transferred as any other commodity. The story follows several participants as they engage in literal games of chance, each one more risky than the last, to eliminate the unlucky. Stream online: https://amzn.to/39oEOvr Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp3intacto.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp3intacto.html Sun, 12 Sep 2010 01:28:00 GMT 3:53 clean DVD, Review, Movie Rentals, Cinema, Max von Sydow, Eusebio Poncela, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Mónica López, Antonio Dechent, Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, Andrés M. Koppel, Gustavo Fuertes, Enrique López Lavigne, Fernando Bovaira, Ghislain Barrois, Ignacio Salazar-Simpson Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast A Japanese anime television series produced by Madhouse A young character designer by the name of Tsukiko Sagi is attacked by a schoolboy with a baseball bat. The policemen assigned to the case Detective Mitsuhiro Maniwa and Detective Kellchi Ikari suspect that the attack is figment of her imagination considering the stress that she is under at work. Her last character design won awards but she has been unable to repeat this success. However once a second victim appears they are forced to take the case more seriously. Paranoia Agent (妄想代理人? Mōsō Dairinin) is a Japanese anime television series created by director Satoshi Kon and produced by Madhouse about a social phenomenon in Musashino, Tokyo caused by a juvenile serial assailant named Lil' Slugger (the English equivalent to Shōnen Batto, which translates to "Bat Boy"). The plot relays between a large cast of people affected in some way by the phenomenon; usually Lil' Slugger's victims or the detectives assigned to apprehend him. As each character becomes the focus of the story, details are revealed about their secret lives and the truth about Lil' Slugger. Stream online: https://amzn.to/345BKDv Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp2paranoiaagent.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp2paranoiaagent.html Sun, 05 Sep 2010 01:28:00 GMT 9:50 yes DVD, Review, Movie Rentals, Cinema, Mamiko Noto, Toshihiko Seki, Haruko Momoi, Shōzō Iizuka, Anime Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews SDRSPodcast A Book End The Montage Film Reviews Sunday DVD Rental Suggestion Podcast (SDRSP) is an audio podcast, that began life running for the first Sunday in September to the last Sunday in May. Subsequently, there is no set schedule as posting is dependent on availability. However, any new episodes are always released on a Sunday. SDRSP is designed to help you discover the best movies to rent whatever your genre preference. Therefore, if it is listed in this feed it is way above average. Those titles considered to be exceptional are highlighted as masterpieces. The overall focus of Montage Film Reviews is literature, animation, world cinema, TV and vintage. Vintage is defined as anything prior to 1980 and world cinema is defined as non-English language. Welcome – I hope that you will enjoy listening to the podcast and renting the suggested titles. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @MFRBooksandFilm. Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/mfrbooksandfilm?fan_landing=true https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp1introduction.html https://www.montagefilmreviews.com/sdrsp1introduction.html Tue, 03 Aug 2010 19:00:00 GMT 5:44 clean DVD, Review, Movie Rentals, Cinema, Film, Vintage, TV, Animation, Books, Literature, Streaming, Anime, Manga, Superheroes, Job Vacancies, Events, Chetrinity for Montage Film Reviews