Until you start watching killer rat movies, you don’t realize how few killer rat movies there are. It’s not a sub-genre that sparked off franchises (does Willard and its sequel Ben count? Let me know) or inspired Funko toys, but rather has films strewn here and there throughout horror history. Today we’re scurrying back to my particular turf for Deadly Eyes (1982), Golden Harvest’s Canadian-lensed attempt to move over from Kung Fu to Rodent Fu. (Sorry Joe Bob Briggs, I couldn’t resist.)
Released in October by Golden Harvest (the Honk Kong based studio with nearly 300 production credits) in Canada and stateside by Warner Brothers the following April, Deadly Eyes (aka Night Eyes) laid droppings all over the place according to critics and audiences alike, and was quickly relegated to clamshell heaven. Was it a film ahead of its time? God no. But Deadly Eyes is way more fun than I remembered,...
Released in October by Golden Harvest (the Honk Kong based studio with nearly 300 production credits) in Canada and stateside by Warner Brothers the following April, Deadly Eyes (aka Night Eyes) laid droppings all over the place according to critics and audiences alike, and was quickly relegated to clamshell heaven. Was it a film ahead of its time? God no. But Deadly Eyes is way more fun than I remembered,...
- 10/28/2017
- by Scott Drebit
- DailyDead
As we creep along to the midway point of Summer, this can only mean one thing at the multiplex (aside from added matinees): another installment of a big studio franchise (formerly a series) will be occupying several screens. We’ve already had a new Alien, and another Depp pirate pic as the Planet Apes and Transformers wait in the wings, along with that wall-crawling wonder. I suppose we’re due for an animated sequel, but this one’s from the most celebrated studio of the last couple of decades, Pixar. Aside from Toy Story, they avoided follow-ups to their other hit films until 2011 when the Cars gang refueled for Cars 2. Then one of the other hits got a prequel, Monster University, and another spawned last year’s box office smash, Finding Dory. Now here’s the automotive, track-burnin’ “hat trick” as good ole’ number 95, Lightning McQueen roars back...
- 6/16/2017
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
With respect to those most Righteous of Brothers, this new film could’ve been title, “They’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin””. Yes, it’s an “anti-rom-com.”. It covers what happens long after the “meet cute”, the “mis-communications”, and the “reconciliations after the misunderstandings” that lead right to the fade-out proposal or nuptials (or both). These two have definitely “hit the skids”, but instead of “turning into said skid”, they take an unusual detour. Rather than undergoing major marriage “surgery”, like a gold band extraction, they believe that the way to heal old emotional may only require a simple Band Aid.
Married thirty-somethings (er…late thirty-somethings) Anna (Zoe Lister-Jones) and Ben (Adam Pally) seem to be stuck into a deep, deep, rut. A failed writer, Anna earns a buck now by being a Uber driver (cue the montage of zany, obnoxious passengers), while Ben designs company logos and corporate art from home on his laptop (ah,...
Married thirty-somethings (er…late thirty-somethings) Anna (Zoe Lister-Jones) and Ben (Adam Pally) seem to be stuck into a deep, deep, rut. A failed writer, Anna earns a buck now by being a Uber driver (cue the montage of zany, obnoxious passengers), while Ben designs company logos and corporate art from home on his laptop (ah,...
- 6/16/2017
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Yes, we’re knee-deep in bombastic Summer blockbusters, but that doesn’t mean film goers can’t grab a breath and take in a thought-provoking, very relevant, drama that was honored with lots of awards and critical praise during the last months of 2016. It even stirred up some political debate across the pond. There have been lots of articles about the smooth-running government social services in England (particularly the health care system). Well, veteran film maker Ken Loach (The Wind That Shakes The Barley) begs to differ. In his latest film to finally reach our shores, he takes dead aim at the public assistance bureaucracy by presenting the story of one determined, beleaguered “every man”, a bloke who’s tired of being just another case number. He makes a very strong declaration with I, Daniel Blake.
We first hear Mr. Blake (Dave Johns) as he is pelted with the same...
We first hear Mr. Blake (Dave Johns) as he is pelted with the same...
- 6/9/2017
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
So the big Summer movie season is a couple of weeks old, and we’ve gotten several of the big action/sci-fi/fantasy blockbusters and a raunchy R-rated buddy comedy (well mom and daughter). What other warm weather genre’s left? Those “family friendly” CGI animated features will be here shortly, but in the meantime here’s another flick culled from the “young adult” section of the library or bookstore (or online lit source). It’s not part of a series like those Hunger Games or Divergent, no teens saving the planet in a dystopian future. This is a “one-off” romance, much like the surprise (to studio execs) hit from three years ago, The Fault In Our Stars. We’ve got yet another pair of young lovers falling in love while the “grim reaper” lurks close by (Gr’s a busy dude between this and the usual onslaught of horror...
- 5/19/2017
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The celebrated Zsa Zsa Gabor — long credited with being the first media personality who was famous simply for being famous — died Sunday, her rep confirms to People. She was 99.
” I am pleased that she is finally out of her misery,” her rep Ed Lozzi said in a statement. “For the past five years, Zsa Zsa has suffered chronic dementia, locked away in her mansion laying in a hospital bed being fed through tubes in her naval, not able to speak, see, write or hear. Nor knowing who she was or how famous she was.”
The once-sparkling Hungarian-American socialite had been...
” I am pleased that she is finally out of her misery,” her rep Ed Lozzi said in a statement. “For the past five years, Zsa Zsa has suffered chronic dementia, locked away in her mansion laying in a hospital bed being fed through tubes in her naval, not able to speak, see, write or hear. Nor knowing who she was or how famous she was.”
The once-sparkling Hungarian-American socialite had been...
- 12/18/2016
- by jodiguglielmi
- PEOPLE.com
Elia Kazan's third picture is a hard-hitting noir, a true story that honors the efforts of a noble States' Attorney when confronted with a murder case that was a little too open-and-shut. But a close read of the movie uncovers a miasma of social criticism, hiding behind the self-congratulating official narration. A great show. Boomerang! Blu-ray Kl Studio Classics 1947 / B&W / 1:37 flat full frame / 88 min. / Street Date November 15, 2016 / available through Kino Lorber / 29.95 Starring Dana Andrews, Jane Wyatt, Lee J. Cobb, Sam Levene, Arthur Kennedy, Cara Williams, Ed Begley, Taylor Holmes, Robert Keith. Cinematography Norbert Brodine Art Direction Richard Day, Chester Gore Film Editor Harmon Jones Original Music David Buttolph Written by Richard Murphy from an article in The Reader's Digest by Anthony Abbot (Fulton Oursier) Produced by Louis De Rochemont, Darryl F. Zanuck Directed by Elia Kazan
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
In just his second movie, director...
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
In just his second movie, director...
- 11/15/2016
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
The International Animated Film Society, Asifa-Hollywood, has announced the nominations for the 43rd Annual Annie Awards and "Inside Out" and "The Good Dinosaur," both Pixar movies, led the pack! "Inside Out" received fourteen nominations while "The Good Dinosaur" got nine.
My pick of the year for best animated feature is "Inside Out" but I love Charlie Kaufman's "Anomalisa" as well which picked five noms.
We'll find out the winners of the Annie Awards on February 6th!
Here is the full list of nominees in all categories of the 43rd Annie Awards:
Best Animated Feature
Anomalisa
Paramount Pictures
Inside Out
Pixar Animation Studios
Shaun the Sheep The Movie
Aardman Animations
The Good Dinosaur
Pixar Animation Studios
The Peanuts Movie
Blue Sky Studios, Twentieth Century Fox Animation
Best Animated Special Production
Elf: Buddy.s Musical Christmas
Warner Bros. Animation
He Named Me Malala
Parkes-MacDonald / Little Door
I Am A Witness
Moonbot...
My pick of the year for best animated feature is "Inside Out" but I love Charlie Kaufman's "Anomalisa" as well which picked five noms.
We'll find out the winners of the Annie Awards on February 6th!
Here is the full list of nominees in all categories of the 43rd Annie Awards:
Best Animated Feature
Anomalisa
Paramount Pictures
Inside Out
Pixar Animation Studios
Shaun the Sheep The Movie
Aardman Animations
The Good Dinosaur
Pixar Animation Studios
The Peanuts Movie
Blue Sky Studios, Twentieth Century Fox Animation
Best Animated Special Production
Elf: Buddy.s Musical Christmas
Warner Bros. Animation
He Named Me Malala
Parkes-MacDonald / Little Door
I Am A Witness
Moonbot...
- 12/2/2015
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
BBC Two has commissioned a new gardening competition show.
The Great Chelsea Garden Challenge will see budding garden designers compete to have their creations feature in this year's Rhs Chelsea Flower Show.
The six designers will have four days to build gardens to several different briefs. They will be mentored by Gardeners' World contributor Joe Swift.
Rhs judge James Alexander Sinclair and gold medal winning garden designer Ann-Marie Powell will be judging the competition.
The designers will be judged on how well they have interpreted the idea, their horticultural knowledge, design skill and the sense of theatre their garden brings.
The winner will get to design and build a garden feature on Main Avenue at the Rhs Chelsea Flower Show 2015.
The six designers chosen from hundreds of entries are: Gillian Potts, Jo Manfredi-Hamer, Paul Harris, Rob Dawson, Sean Murray and Steph Humes.
The Great Chelsea Garden Challenge will see budding garden designers compete to have their creations feature in this year's Rhs Chelsea Flower Show.
The six designers will have four days to build gardens to several different briefs. They will be mentored by Gardeners' World contributor Joe Swift.
Rhs judge James Alexander Sinclair and gold medal winning garden designer Ann-Marie Powell will be judging the competition.
The designers will be judged on how well they have interpreted the idea, their horticultural knowledge, design skill and the sense of theatre their garden brings.
The winner will get to design and build a garden feature on Main Avenue at the Rhs Chelsea Flower Show 2015.
The six designers chosen from hundreds of entries are: Gillian Potts, Jo Manfredi-Hamer, Paul Harris, Rob Dawson, Sean Murray and Steph Humes.
- 4/18/2015
- Digital Spy
Scream Factory recently gifted us genre fans a double dose of creature feature terrors with their Blu-ray releases of the killer rat flick Deadly Eyes and George P. Cosmatos’ hugely underrated deep sea horror film Leviathan. While both films aren’t necessarily well-known amongst more casual fans, it’s great to see Scream put such great effort into their presentations for each of these cult classics.
For those who haven’t seen it before, Deadly Eyes (or Rats)is a rather ridiculous (but wonderfully so) early ‘80s nature-run-amok story that plays up the concerns and dangers of modern urban society by way of roided-out killer rat infestations that have a penchant for human flesh. The film takes its premise very seriously, but it’s the use of Daschunds in rat costumes that has given Deadly Eyes something of an unintentional comedic spin, making for a rather uneven horror film.
But...
For those who haven’t seen it before, Deadly Eyes (or Rats)is a rather ridiculous (but wonderfully so) early ‘80s nature-run-amok story that plays up the concerns and dangers of modern urban society by way of roided-out killer rat infestations that have a penchant for human flesh. The film takes its premise very seriously, but it’s the use of Daschunds in rat costumes that has given Deadly Eyes something of an unintentional comedic spin, making for a rather uneven horror film.
But...
- 9/6/2014
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
It's likely you've never seen or even heard of the animal known as a 'Sea Mouse,' due to the fact that they dwell at underwater depths of around 6,000 feet. Found in the North Atlantic, the North Sea, the Baltic Sea and the Mediterranean Sea, the sea mouse is essentially a giant 12-inch worm covered in rodent-like fur, and they're normally buried headfirst in the sand, at the very bottom of the sea - where they feed on the dead animals that rain down on them.
As reported by the Dorset Echo, a sea mouse was found last week washed up on a beach in Dorset, England, which is a pretty rare occurrence, given how far beneath the surface these little guys live. The find was made by biomedical scientist Paul Harris, who didn't even realize what he had discovered, until he looked it up in a book.
Sea mice...
As reported by the Dorset Echo, a sea mouse was found last week washed up on a beach in Dorset, England, which is a pretty rare occurrence, given how far beneath the surface these little guys live. The find was made by biomedical scientist Paul Harris, who didn't even realize what he had discovered, until he looked it up in a book.
Sea mice...
- 3/10/2014
- by John Squires
- FEARnet
Today was a busy day for some of the smaller guilds with the Visual Effects Society, the Cinema Audio Society, and the Makeup and Hairstylists Guilds all announcing their nominations for 2013.
First, we have the Ves, whose main category to look at is “Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Feature Motion Picture,” where we find Gravity and four other nominees that are just going to have to be happy with the fact that they got nominated. This is perhaps the easiest category to call in the entirety of awards season, and I don’t mean just here, but for the Oscar as well (Last year’s winner, Life of Pi, easily took this category before going on to claim the Oscar). It’s true that films like The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug and Star Trek Into Darkness had outstanding effects as well, but nothing even came close to the amazing,...
First, we have the Ves, whose main category to look at is “Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Feature Motion Picture,” where we find Gravity and four other nominees that are just going to have to be happy with the fact that they got nominated. This is perhaps the easiest category to call in the entirety of awards season, and I don’t mean just here, but for the Oscar as well (Last year’s winner, Life of Pi, easily took this category before going on to claim the Oscar). It’s true that films like The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug and Star Trek Into Darkness had outstanding effects as well, but nothing even came close to the amazing,...
- 1/15/2014
- by Jeff Beck
- We Got This Covered
Rubberneck
Written by Garth Donovan and Alex Karpovsky
Directed by Alex Karpovsky
USA, 2013
Lena Dunham isn’t the only filmmaker who also appears in front of the camera on the HBO series Girls. Alex Karpovsky (who plays Ray on the show) is a director in his own right, having directed the micro-indies The Hole Story and Woodpecker around the same time that Dunham was directing her earliest efforts. His new film Rubberneck is much like the characters in Girls: not completely together, but intriguing and well-intentioned.
Karpovsky himself plays Paul Harris, a scientist in Boston who is a rubberneck in many ways. In a few scenes he is literally rubbernecking on the side of a highway, which is maybe a too literal way to illustrate that he’s also rubbernecking at the people around him, watching them go by without being able to make any real connection. He thinks...
Written by Garth Donovan and Alex Karpovsky
Directed by Alex Karpovsky
USA, 2013
Lena Dunham isn’t the only filmmaker who also appears in front of the camera on the HBO series Girls. Alex Karpovsky (who plays Ray on the show) is a director in his own right, having directed the micro-indies The Hole Story and Woodpecker around the same time that Dunham was directing her earliest efforts. His new film Rubberneck is much like the characters in Girls: not completely together, but intriguing and well-intentioned.
Karpovsky himself plays Paul Harris, a scientist in Boston who is a rubberneck in many ways. In a few scenes he is literally rubbernecking on the side of a highway, which is maybe a too literal way to illustrate that he’s also rubbernecking at the people around him, watching them go by without being able to make any real connection. He thinks...
- 2/26/2013
- by Mark Young
- SoundOnSight
Chances are, if the movie doesn't feature a dolphin with a prosthetic tail on the poster and it carries "inspired by true events" disclaimer, then it's going to be something about murder, mayhem or the decades-long search for the Zodiac killer. So by announcing that your movie is inspired by true events, what could have been an unsettling reveal instead becomes a waiting game: who is going to get killed, how long is it going to take, and why have you never read about it before? It may add a slight bit of tension, but it's at the cost of almost everything else. Such is the case with "Rubberneck," written, directed and starring Lena Dunham confederate Alex Karpovsky, which has an intriguing-enough true crime premise but ends up coming across like something you'd stumble upon on Lifetime one Sunday afternoon (but without all the laughs of, say, "Drew Peterson: Untouchable"). "Rubberneck" focuses on Paul Harris.
- 2/22/2013
- by Drew Taylor
- The Playlist
Alex Karpovsky’s Paul Harris is doing pretty well for himself. He’s got a stable job at a small research facility and even gets lucky with an attractive co-worker. Trouble is, Danielle (Jaime Ray Newman) prefers to leave it as a one-time fling whereas Paul is desperate for a serious relationship. Even when Danielle very clearly hits it off with a new employee, Paul won’t give up and his desperation for her approval and affection makes him increasingly unhinged. Karpovsky pulls double duty, both directing and starring in “Rubberneck.” While the large majority of the film is rather mellow and focuses on Paul’s low-key life, Karpovsky still manages to create such [ Read More ]
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- 2/21/2013
- by Perri Nemiroff
- ShockYa
It's not an easy thing to keep an audience suspended between sympathy and revulsion for a character, but writer-director Alex Karpovsky (best known for his recurring role on HBO's Girls) and co-screenwriter Garth Donovan do just that in the unsettling, tough-minded Rubberneck. The film kicks off with an almost meditative feel as it introduces us to Paul Harris, who works in a science lab, and Danielle (Jamie Ray Newman), the new coworker with whom he has a one-night stand. A low-flame tension and sense of dread kicks in when Danielle makes it clear that nothing more is to come of the hookup, and Paul immediately becomes unhinged. Initially his response is just creepy and discomfiting, but when Danielle begins an affair with another colleague, a married man, Paul's jealous...
- 2/20/2013
- Village Voice
Chennai, Feb 10: Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap, who recently lauded Tamil period-drama "Paradesi", about affliction of tea plantation workers in southern India, after watching it at a private screening, now wants to promote the film in the northern region of the country.
Set in pre-independent India, "Paradesi", based on Paul Harris Daniel's English novel "Red Tea", has been directed by Bala Pazhanisaamy.
It was originally scheduled to release in December last year, but was later called off. Now, it is coming out Friday.
"Anurag Kashyap wants to release the film ('Paradesi') with English and Hindi subtitles in central.
Set in pre-independent India, "Paradesi", based on Paul Harris Daniel's English novel "Red Tea", has been directed by Bala Pazhanisaamy.
It was originally scheduled to release in December last year, but was later called off. Now, it is coming out Friday.
"Anurag Kashyap wants to release the film ('Paradesi') with English and Hindi subtitles in central.
- 2/10/2013
- by Lohit Reddy
- RealBollywood.com
Chennai, Feb 8: Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap said he was "absolutely blown" by Tamil period-drama "Paradesi", which he watched at a private screening.
"Just saw Bala's 'Paradesi'. Absolutely blown by it. His best yet," tweeted Kashyap, known for his offbeat Hindi films.
"Paradesi", based on English novel "Red Tea" by Paul Harris Daniel, is directed by Bala Pazhanisaamy.
Set in pre-independent India, the movie narrates the problems of tea plantation workers in southern India. It stars Adharvaa Murali, Vedhika Kumar, Dhansika and Uma Riyaz Khan.
"Paradesi" was originally scheduled to release in December 2012, but.
"Just saw Bala's 'Paradesi'. Absolutely blown by it. His best yet," tweeted Kashyap, known for his offbeat Hindi films.
"Paradesi", based on English novel "Red Tea" by Paul Harris Daniel, is directed by Bala Pazhanisaamy.
Set in pre-independent India, the movie narrates the problems of tea plantation workers in southern India. It stars Adharvaa Murali, Vedhika Kumar, Dhansika and Uma Riyaz Khan.
"Paradesi" was originally scheduled to release in December 2012, but.
- 2/8/2013
- by Smith Cox
- RealBollywood.com
He left encrypted messages after each of his chilling murders. Now a movie has sparked new interest in the brutal story of the serial killer who stalked the West Coast in the Sixties - and who has never been brought to justice. By Paul Harris
The tiny island lies just off the western shoreline of Lake Berryessa, north of San Francisco. It is an idyllic spot, perfect for relaxation underneath the lone tree that provides shade from the sun. Last week, as people sunbathed and barbecued yards away, there was no clue to the evil that happened there. No clue except in the name locals now give the place: Zodiac Island.
That name was coined on 27 September 1969, when Cecelia Shepard, 22, and Bryan Hartnell, 20, chose the island as a spot to spend a last lovers' afternoon before they headed off to different colleges. They relaxed in each other's company, taking advantage...
The tiny island lies just off the western shoreline of Lake Berryessa, north of San Francisco. It is an idyllic spot, perfect for relaxation underneath the lone tree that provides shade from the sun. Last week, as people sunbathed and barbecued yards away, there was no clue to the evil that happened there. No clue except in the name locals now give the place: Zodiac Island.
That name was coined on 27 September 1969, when Cecelia Shepard, 22, and Bryan Hartnell, 20, chose the island as a spot to spend a last lovers' afternoon before they headed off to different colleges. They relaxed in each other's company, taking advantage...
- 4/15/2007
- by Paul Harris
- The Guardian - Film News
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