Oscar Bataille (Fernando Rey) is a French prosecutor who specializes in violent crimes, pleading punishments for murderers and fiends to the full extent of the law. He’s been a big proponent of the guillotine death penalty. Over his career, Bataille has killed dozens in this way, saving society from the burden of supporting monsters for […]
Read more "Not So Violent Blood Bath: Penalty of Death (1974)"Margot (Anya Taylor-Joy) is attending an exclusive dining engagement with the overeager food enthusiast Tyler (Nicholas Hoult), even though she has no real interest in this stuff. The other guests are high end customers, however, including a movie star (John Leguizamo) and his fed up mistress Felicity (Aimee Carrero), an elderly couple Richard (Reed Birney) […]
Read more "You Will Eat Less Than You Desire, But More Than You Deserve: The Menu"This week marks the end of this month’s series of four articles appreciating Larry Fessenden’s directorial work. As with the first two movies we looked at, this final film has a personal resonance for me. I’m currently employed by the oil and gas industry for my day job as part of an R&D team for […]
Read more "And Hope Dies: The Last Winter"Synopsis: Rose (Laura Vandervoort) has a passion for fashion, her designs are impeccable, but she lacks the necessary interpersonal skills to excel in the high demand fashion industry. Somehow she has lucked into a job working under the equally passionate and often verbally abusive Gunter (Mackenzie Gray), however her days there are numbered even before […]
Read more "O Rose, Thou Art Sick: Rabid"Synopsis: Fifteen years after escaping from abusive tormentors, Lucie (Mylene Jampanoi) finds the sadists who held her captive and executes them. She is a woman tormented by her past and haunted by a nearly-human creature that causes her harm and might be a manifestation of her own broken psychology. A friend she made in the […]
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