Saturday, December 12, 2009

Young Frankenstein (1974)

Director - Mel Brooks
Writers - Gene Wilder, Mel Brooks, Mary Shelley

Gene Wilder - Dr. Frankenstein
Peter Boyle - The Monster
Marty Feldman - Igor
Cloris Leachman - Frau Blücher
Teri Garr - Inga

Rating - PG

5/5

Sunday, December 06, 2009

Billy Liar (1963)

Director - John Schlesinger
Writers - Keith Waterhouse, Willis Hall

Tom Courtenay - William Terrance "Billy" Fisher
Wilfred Pickles - Geoffrey Fisher
Mona Washbourne - Alice Fisher
Finlay Currie - Duxbury
Gwendolyn Watts - Rita
Helen Fraser - Barbara
Julie Christie - Liz

Rating - NR

3/5

Tuesday, December 01, 2009

November Books Read













Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8: Retreat Part 3 (#28) by Jane Espenson
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8: Retreat Part 4 (#29) by Jane Espenson
Dates From Hell by Various

Saturday, November 28, 2009

Son of Rambow (2007)

Director - Garth Jennings
Writer - Garth Jennings

Neil Dudgeon - Joshua
Bill Milner - William Proudfoot
Jessica Hynes - Mary Proudfoot
Will Poulter - Lee Carter
Jules Sitruk - Didier Revol

Rating - PG-13

4.5/5

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Shaun of the Dead (2004)

Director - Edgar Wright
Writers - Simon Pegg, Edgar Wright

Simon Pegg - Shaun
Kate Ashfield - Liz
Nick Frost - Ed
Lucy Davis - Dianne
Dylan Moran - David
Peter Serafinowicz - Pete
Bill Nighy - Phillip
Jessica Hynes - Yvonne
Penelope Wilton - Barbara

Rating - R

5/5

Saturday, November 21, 2009

Run Fatboy Run (2007)

Director - David Schwimmer
Writers - Michael Ian Black, Simon Pegg

Simon Pegg - Dennis Doyle
Thandie Newton - Elizabeth Olivia "Libby" Odell
Hank Azaria - Whit
Dylan Moran - Gordon
Harish Patel - Mr. Goshdashtidar
India de Beaufort - Maya G. Das
Matthew Fenton - Jake

Rating - PG-13

4/5

Sunday, November 08, 2009

Buffy the Vampire Slayer 5.19

Tough Love

Director - David Grossman
Writer - Rebecca Rand Kirshner

Notable Guests
Clare Kramer - Glory
Charlie Weber - Ben
Troy Blendell - Jinx
Amber Benson - Tara Maclay
Todd Duffey - Murk

Buffy the Vampire Slayer 5.18

Intervention

Director - Michael Gershman
Writer - Jane Espenson

Notable Guests
Clare Kramer - Glory
Adam Busch - Warren Mears
Troy Blendell - Jinx
Amber Benson - Tara Maclay
Todd Duffy - Murk

Saturday, October 31, 2009

The Fall (2006)

Director - Tarsem Singh
Writers - Dan Gilroy, Nico Soultanakis, Tarsem Singh, Valteri Petrov

Catinca Untaru - Alexandria
Justine Waddell - Nurse Evelyn/Sister Evelyn
Lee Pace - Roy Walker/Blue Bandit
Kim Uylenbroek - Doctor/Alexander the Great
Aiden Lithgow - Alexander's Messenger
Sean Gilder - Walt Purdy
Ronald France - Otto

Rating - R

4/5

Monday, October 26, 2009

Deep Red (1975)

Director - Dario Argento
Writers - Dario Argento, Bernardino Zapponi

David Hemmings - Marcus Daly
Dario Nicolodi - Gianna Brezzi
Gabriele Lavia - Carlo

Rating - UR

4.5/5

Monday, October 12, 2009

Scanners (1981)

Director - David Cronenberg
Writer - David Cronenberg

Jennifer O'Neill - Kim Obrist
Stephen Lack - Cameron Vale
Patrick McGoohan - Dr. Paul Ruth
Lawrence Dane - Braedon Keller
Michael Ironside - Darryl Revok
Rober A. Silverman - Benjamin Pierce

Rating - R

4/5

Monday, October 05, 2009

The Wicker Man (1973)

Director - Robin Hardy
Writers - Anthony Shaffer, David Pinner

Edward Woodward - Sergeant Howie
Christopher Lee - Lord Summerisle
Diane Cilento - Miss Rose
Britt Ekland - Willow
Ingrid Pitt - Librarian

Rating - R

4.5/5

Thursday, October 01, 2009

September Books Read













Living with the Dead by Kelley Armstrong (Women of the Otherworld series #9)
Micah by Laurell K. Hamilton (Anita Blake series #13)
The Menstruating Mall by Carlton Mellick III

Sunday, September 27, 2009

Cabaret (1972)

Director - Bob Fosse
Writers - Joe Masteroff, John Van Druten, Christopher Isherwood, Jay Presson Allen

Liza Minnelli - Sally Bowles
Michael York - Brian Roberts
Helmut Griem - Maximilian von Heune
Joel Grey - Master of Ceremonies
Fritz Wepper - Fritz Wendel

Rating - PG

4.5/5

Some Like It Hot (1959)

Director - Billy Wilder
Writers - Robert Thoeren, Michael Logan, Billy Wilder, I. A. L. Diamond

Marilyn Monroe - Sugar Kane Kowalczyk
Tony Curtis - Joe/Josephine/Junior
Jack Lemmon - Jerry/Daphne
Joe E. Brown - Osgood Fielding III

Rating - NA

5/5

Saturday, September 26, 2009

Whip It (2009)

Director - Drew Barrymore
Writer - Shauna Cross

Ellen Page - Bliss Cavendar
Alia Shawkat - Pash
Macia Gay Harden - Brooke Cavendar
Daniel Stern - Earl Cavendar
Carlo Alban - Birdman
Landon Pigg - Oliver
Jimmy Fallon - "Hot Tub" Johnny Rocket
Kristen Wiig - Maggie Mayhem
Zoe Bell - Bloody Holly
Eve - Rosa Sparks
Drew Barrymore - Smashley Simpson
Andrew Wilson - Razor
Juliette Lewis - Iron Maven

Rating - PG-13

4/5

Monday, September 07, 2009

Casshern (2004)

Director - Kazuaki Kiriya
Writers - Kazuaki Kiriya, Dai Sato, Shotaro Suga, Tatsuo Yoshida

Yusuke Iseya - Tetuya Azuma/Casshern
Kumiko Aso - Luna Kozuki
Akira Terao - Dr. Kotaro Azuma
Kanako Higuchi - Midori Azuma
Fumiyo Kohinata - Dr. Kozuki

Rating - R

3/5

Death Proof (2007)

Director - Quentin Tarantino
Writer - Quentin Tarantino

Kurt Russell - Stuntman Mike
Zoe Bell - Herself
Rosario Dawson - Abernathy
Tracie Thomas - Kim
Mary Elizabeth Winstead - Lee

Rating - UR

4.5/5

Tuesday, September 01, 2009

August Books Read













Hotter Than Hell by Various Authors
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Omnibus, Vol. 7 by Various Authors
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8: Retreat Part 2 (#27) by Jane Espenson
Pure by Rebecca Ray

Sunday, August 30, 2009

Evil Dead II (1987)

Director - Sam Raimi
Writers - Sam Raimi, Scott Spiegel

Bruce Campbell - Ashley "Ash" J. Williams
Sarah Berry - Annie Knowby
Dan Hicks - Jake
Kassie Wesley - Bobbie Joe
Ted Raimi - Possessed Henrietta
Denise Bixler - Linda
Richard Domeier - Ed Getley

Rating - UR

5/5

Saturday, August 29, 2009

Buffy the Vampire Slayer 5.17

Forever

Director - Marti Noxon
Writer - Marti Noxon

Notable Guests
David Boreanaz - Angel
Clare Kramer - Glory
Charlie Weber - Ben
Troy Blendell - Jinx
Amber Benson - Tara Maclay
Joel Grey - Doc
Todd Duffy - Murk

Buffy the Vampire Slayer 5.16

The Body

Director - Joss Whedon
Writer - Joss Whedon

Notable Guests
Randy Thompson - Dr. Kriegel
Amber Benson - Tara Maclay
Kristine Sutherland - Joyce Summers

Friday, August 28, 2009

Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)

Director - Jim Sharman
Writers - Richard O'Brien, Jim Sharman

Tim Curry - Dr. Frank-N-Furter
Susan Sarandon - Janet Weiss
Barry Bostwick - Brad Majors
Richard O'Brien - Riff Raff
Patricia Quinn - Magenta
Nell Campbell - Columbia
Jonathan Adams - Dr. Everett V. Scott
Peter Hinwood - Rocky Horror
Meat Loaf - Eddie
Charles Gray - The Criminologist

Rating - R

5/5

Thursday, August 20, 2009

All In (2006)

Director - Nick Vallelonga
Writers - Loren Comitor, Brenton Goulding, Richard Goulding, Ronald Kirk Goulding

Dominique Swain - Ace
Michael Madsen - Seal
Louis Gossett Jr. - Caps
James Russo - Dr. Pennington

Rating - R

2/5

Saturday, August 08, 2009

School of the Holy Beast (1974)

Director - Norifumi Suzuki
Writers - Masahiro Kakefuda, Norifumi Suzuki

Yumi Takigawa - Maya Takigawa
Emiko Yamauchi - Matsuko Ishida
Yayoi Watanabe - Hisako Kitano

Rating - NR

4/5

Saturday, August 01, 2009

July Books Read












Shakespeare's Counselor by Charlaine Harris (Lily Bard mysteries #5)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8: Retreat Part 1 (#26) by Jane Espenson

Sunday, July 12, 2009

Psycho (1960)

Director - Alfred Hitchcock
Writers - Joseph Stefano, Robert Bloch

Anthony Perkins - Norman Bates
Vera Miles - Lila Crane
John Gavin - Sam Loomis
Martin Balsam - Milton Arbogast
John McIntire - Deputy Sherrif Al Chambers
Janet Leigh - Marion Crane

Rating - R

5/5

Saturday, July 11, 2009

Return of the Living Dead (1985)

Director - Dan O'Bannon
Writers - Dan O'Bannon, Rudy Ricci, John Russo, Russell Streiner

Clu Gulager - Burt
James Karen - Frank
Don Calfa - Ernie
Thom Mathews - Freddy
Beverly Randolph - Tina
John Philbin - Chuck
Jewel Shepard - Casey
Miguel Nunez - Spider
Brian Peck - Scuz
Linnea Quigley - Trash
Mark Venturini - Suicide

Rating - R

4/5

Rear Window (1954)

Director - Alfred Hitchcock
Writers - Cornell Woolrich, John Michael Hayes

James Stewart - L.B. "Jeff" Jefferies
Grace Kelly - Lisa Carol Fremont
Wendell Corey - Det. Lt. Thomas J. Doyle
Thelma Ritter - Stella
Raymond Burr - Lars Thorwald

Rating - PG

4.5/5

Friday, July 10, 2009

Dead Alive (1992)

Director - Peter Jackson
Writers - Stephen Sinclair, Fran Walsh, Peter Jackson

Timothy Balme - Lionel Cosgrove
Diana Penalver - Paquita Maria Sanchez
Elizabeth Moody - Vera Cosgrove
Ian Watkin - Uncle Les

Rating - UR

4.5/5

Sunday, July 05, 2009

Hell on Wheels (2007)

Director - Bob Ray

Rating - NR

4/5

Saturday, July 04, 2009

Angel 2.15

Reprise

Director - James Whitmore Jr.
Writer - Tim Minear

Notable Guests
Christian Kane - Lindsey McDonald
Andy Hallett - Lorne
Stephanie Romanov - Lilah Morgan
Sam Anderson - Holland Manners
Brigid Brannagh - Virginia Bryce
Elisabeth Rohm - Detective Kate Lockley
Julie Benz - Darla

Angel 2.14

The Thin Dead Line

Director - Scott McGinnis
Writers - Shawn Ryan, Jim Kouf

Notable Guests
Elisabeth Rohm - Detective Kate Lockley
Julia Lee - Anne Steele

Wednesday, July 01, 2009

June Books Completed













Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Tales of the Vampires - The Thrill by Becky Cloonan
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks

Monday, June 29, 2009

The Shining (1980)

Director - Stanley Kubrick
Writers - Stephen King, Stanley Kubrick, Diane Johnson

Jack Nicholson - Jack Torrance
Shelley Duvall - Wendy Torrance
Danny Lloyd - Danny Torrance
Scatman Crothers - Dick Hallorann

Rating - R

4.5/5

Saturday, June 27, 2009

Devil Hunter Yohko episode 3

Director - Hisashi Abe
Writer - Katsuhisa Yamada

Devil Hunter Yohko episode 2

Director - Hisashi Abe
Writer - Hisaya Takabayashi

Devil Hunter Yohko episode 1

Director - Katsuhisa Yamada
Writers - Jyuzo Mutsuki, Sukehiro Tomita

Friday, June 12, 2009

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995)

Director - Beeban Kidron
Writer - Douglas Carter Beane

Wesley Snipes - Noxeema Jackson
Patrick Swayze - Vida Boheme
John Leguizamo - Chi-Chi Rodriguez

Rating - PG-13

4/5

Monday, June 08, 2009

The Host (2006)

Director - Joon-ho Bong
Writers - Chul-hyun Baek, Joon-ho Bong, Jun-won Ha

Kang-ho Song - Gang-du Park
Hie-bong Byeon - Hie-bong Park
Hae-il Park - Nam-il Park
Du-na Bae - Nam-joo Park
Ah-sung Ko - Hyun-seo Park

Rating - R

4/5