Sunday, 4 August 2019

Louise Brooks


The China Syndrome (1979)



A reporter finds what appears to be a cover-up of safety hazards at a nuclear power plant.

From memory: Solid, if a bit old-fashioned political thriller; suspenseful with a good ensemble, and it manages to deliver its message.

Halliwell***: "Topical thriller-with-a-moral, absorbingly done in the old style but perhaps in the end a shade too hysterical and self-congratulatory."

Maltin****: "Heartpounding drama...is as much a probe of television news as it is a story of nuclear power - and it scores bullseye on both fronts. There is no music score; story tension propels film by itself, along with solid performances by Fonda...,Douglas, and especially Lemmon as dedicated plant exec."


Keira Knightley


Asylum (1972)


In order to secure a job at a mental institution, a young psychiatrist must interview four patients inside the asylum.

From memory: Well made horror anthology with some nasty bits has the usual issue that the quality of the episodes differs quite a bit.
 Halliwell*: "Lively horror compilation with echoes of Caligari and Dead of Night. Gruesomeness sometimes overdone."

Maltin***: "Four fun chillers..."


Saturday, 3 August 2019

Hedy Lamarr


Visages villages (2017)



Director Agnes Varda and photographer/muralist J.R. journey through rural France and form an unlikely friendship.

Collaborative documentary is seemingly improvised with lightness and charm, but on its way it reveals depth, empathy and some surprsing insights about art and everyday life.

Chloe Moretz


(ph: Olivier Vigerie)

The Bad Batch (2016)



In a desert dystopia, a young woman is kidnapped by cannibals.

Title very well matches the tone of this above-average dystopian drama; extremely violent and unsavory, but worth the watch.


Friday, 2 August 2019

Nargis Fakhri

Ultraviolet (2006)



A beautiful hæmophage infected with a virus that gives her superhuman powers has to protect a boy in a futuristic world, who is thought to be carrying antigens that would destroy all hæmophages.

OK run-of-the-mill sci-fi actioner, mildly entertaining, but absolutely predictable.