Posted by Notcot on Jul 4, 2012 in
Cult Film 
“The Rough Guide to Cult Movies” offers a blend of essential trivia and informed opinion as it takes you on a tour of the most compellingly weird – and weirdly compelling – films in the world. Whether you’re a paid-up member of The Big Lebowski fan club or just looking for a night in with an interesting DVD, “The Rough Guide to Cult Movies” is the ultimate guide to the world’s most memorable films. “The Rough Guide to Cult Movies” selects cinema’s most compelling triumphs: films that are brilliant, intriguing or just plain bizarre; from action flicks to zombie films, by way of nuns, yakuza, musicals and mutations. You’ll find expert, pithy reviews of over 1500 movies, with forgotten legends like Charlie Chan and the Opera or contemporary classics like “There Will Be Blood”, plus filmmakers’ picks of their favourite cult movies, in their own words. There are good movies and there are bad movies and then there are cult movies.
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Posted by Notcot on May 12, 2010 in
Cult Film 
Average Rating: 4.5 / 5 (80 Reviews)
Amazon.co.uk Review
The Crow set the standard for dark and violent comic-book movies (like Spawn or director Alex Proyas’s superior follow-up, Dark City), but it will forever be remembered as the film during which star Brandon Lee (son of martial arts legend Bruce Lee) was accidentally killed on the set by a loaded gun. The filmmakers were able to digitally sample what they’d captured of Lee’s performance and piece together enough footage to make the film releasable. Indeed, it is probably more fascinating for that post-production story than for the tale on the screen. The Crow is appropriately cloaked in ominous expressionistic shadows, oozing urban dread and occult menace from every dank, concrete crack, but it really adds up to a simple and perfunctory tale of ritual revenge. Guided by a portentous crow (standing in for Poe’s raven), Lee plays a deceased rock musician who returns from the grave to systematically torture and kill the outlandishly violent gang of hoodlums who murdered him and his fiancée the year before. The film is worth watching for its compelling visuals and genuinely nightmarish, otherworldly ambience. –Jim Emerson
The Crow
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Posted by Notcot on Mar 28, 2010 in
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