The Truth About Emanuel ★★☆☆☆ Dir: Francesca Gregorini Tribeca Films 96 minutes Released in select theaters January 10, 2014. DVD available on February 5, 2014. – “I’m just a girl,” Emanuel tells us in the opening narration, “a murderer without a motive.” This troubled teen (Kaya Scodelario) has grown up …
The Monster and the Ape #13 The Gorilla at Large For those playing The Monster and the Ape home game, Chapter 13 can be found here, with Spanish subtitles. We listen to our increasingly-less-enthusiastic narrator for a second, then pick up in the middle of the car chase we …
The Monster and the Ape #12 The Shadow of Destiny Our excitable narrator has apparently fueled up with a quick snack between the last chapter and this one, as he manages three or four sentences during the recap, which is not only more than usual, but actually helpful, considering …
The Monster and the Ape #11 The Mad Professor For those of you playing The Monster and the Ape home game, the Spanish-subtitled version can be found here. Though we are finally on the downslope of this serial when the excitement is ostensibly about to get more, well, exciting, this …
The Monster and the Ape #10 Forty Thousand Volts For those of you playing The Monster and the Ape home game, I have some sad news: OV Guide’s website has been updated and they no longer host the serial, and I can find no free streaming sites for it. …
My project to watch all the films on the They Shoot Pictures, Don’t They? Top 1000 list continues apace. Here are the films that I saw during the back half of 2013: 25. MAN WITH A MOVIE CAMERA, THE (Dziga Vertov / 1929 / USSR / 80m / BW) 84. …
S#x Acts (a.k.a. Six Acts) ★★☆☆☆ Dir: Jonathan Gurfinkel Tribeca Films 96 minutes North American release in select theaters on December 6, 2013. Available via On Demand and iTunes. Gili (Sivan Levy) is a pretty, dark-haired teen who has just transferred to a new high school, and is already …
On Tuesday, it was announced that Pulp Fiction (1994) was one of the 25 films added to the National Film Registry this year. Jason Bailey’s Pulp Fiction: The Complete Story of Quentin Tarantino’s Masterpiece, which hit the streets running in mid-November, tells you why. Still at university and a frequent …
The Monster and the Ape #9 The Secret Tunnel The story thus far: Robot salesman Ken, along with robot inventor Professor Arnold and his daughter Babs, are fighting against evil robot-coveting scientist Ernst, who has henchmen and a large gorilla named Thor. The possession of the robot and the wonder …
Today’s Warner Archive film review is slightly NSFW! That means it’s even more fun than usual! But it’s probably not something you want your boss catching you looking at. *** Sex Kittens Go To College! (1960) A few months ago, a friend asked if I knew where to get a …
