Reviews – Page 34 – The Wild Eye

November 17, 2008

Stateline Motel

Fresh out of jail for car theft, American lowlife Floyd (Fabio Testi) is given 48 hours to get out of Canada, which gives him just enough time to hook up with his old cellmate, Joe (Eli Wallach), and rob a jewelry store.

November 11, 2008

Dagon

Dagon is a 2001 horror film from Stuart Gordon, filmed in Spain and produced by Brian Yuzna’s Fantasy Factory, aka Filmax, the prolific company who have essentially revuneated Catalan genre filmmaking (credits include the likes of KM31, REC, The Machinist etc etc etc)

October 30, 2008

We Are No Angels

We Are No Angels continues in much the same vein as Gainfranco Parolini’s previous film, This Time I’ll Make You Rich, which also featured an odd couple of protagonists caught up in a slapstick adventure.

October 20, 2008

Middletown

Middletown is another film from the increasingly prolific Irish Film Board / Bórd Scannán na hÉireann who have, in recent years, put money into the likes of Isolation, Shrooms, Becoming Jane, Breakfast on Pluto and The Wind That Shakes the Barley.

October 17, 2008

Violent Rome

Although by no means the first Italian crime film, Marino Girolami’s Violent Rome was the one that really crystallized the format, setting down a template that would be followed countless times over the next few years…

October 13, 2008

Sacred Heart

Although the plot of Sacred Heart may not sound particularly promising, the film itself is rather involving, and the two hours running time, although overlong, passes pleasingly enough.

October 7, 2008

Patrick Still Lives

Patrick Still Lives is a piece of trashy nonsense from the Gabriele Crisanti production stable. Crisanti was a former production designer – on films such as No Diamonds for Ursula – who turned his hands to producing after working for and learning from Fortunato Misiano