Renny Harlin directs Aaron Eckhart and Ben Kingsley in a plane-crash meets sharks movie.
Two paramedics stumble upon treasure in an old basement. They accidentally open a dimensional portal, unleashing a cosmic horror-a creature determined to reclaim its gold at any cost.
Distributor Arrow has released its fourth boxset of Shaw Brothers films. The previous three were mentioned here in the Pretty Packaging articles, and this one looks very, VERY similar to them. So I wondered: should I put up an article for this release? I mean, look at them…you might be forgiven in thinking that three is enough. The thing is… this might be my favorite one yet, and that has to do with the contents. The Shaw Brothers studios released a lot of weird horror films in the seventies and eighties, absurdly entertaining films of a unique flavor. And while the earlier Shawscope boxsets focused on Martial Arts and historical swordplay, this one goes for the horror. From Black Magic (1+2) to Hex, to its…
Plus: ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2,’ ‘Two Pianos,’ ‘That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: Tears of the Azure Sea,’ ‘The Million Dollar Bet,’ ‘Salt Along the Tongue,’
Peter Weller gets a new body in Paul Verhoeven’s first Hollywood film, nicely detailed in the Criterion Channel’s out-of-print edition.
Alfonso Herrera and Nicole Wallace star in the generation-spanning series.
Directed by Zhang Xinyang, the film combines the suffering of people with the charm they display while enduring it.
Tony Leung stars in his first European production, directed by Ildiko Enyedi. Léa Seydoux also stars.
Didier Konings’ folk horror film stars Anneke Sluiters, Len Leo Vincent, and Reinout Bussemaker.
