I’ve never managed to review a François Ozon film without speaking, at length, about how he is one of the few truly chameleonic directors working. And, unfortunately for those of you crying out for me to offer any original insight, that isn’t going to be changing here, as the director who followed his sleazy De…
The Temple of Antoninus and Faustina was a Roman temple located in the area now known as the Roman Forum, a large archaeological site in the middle of the city of Rome. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonConstruction on the temple began around 141 CE by Emperor Antoninus Pius to celebrate the…
October is defined in Webster’s Dictionary as “31 days of horror.” Don’t bother looking it up; it’s true. Most people take that to mean highlighting one horror movie a day, but here at FSR, we’ve taken that up a spooky notch or nine by celebrating each day with a top ten list. This article, about…
The beautiful, yet small, heritage houses of Madeira are made from wood and thatch. Originally, they were constructed by farmers and other rural inhabitants during the settling of the island. Each house consists of just one or two rooms where a single-family could live. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonDespite being composed…
One of three churches named Holy Trinity in York (with the other two being Micklegate and the former King’s Court), Goodramgate is thought to be the oldest. It’s estimated that the church’s earliest building date was around 1250. Most of the structure was completed during the 15th-century. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho…
The ladies have to save the day in The 355, the latest from co-writer and director Simon Kinberg. We all know this story. There’s a fancy new weapon that could take out the world, it falls into the wrong hands, an elite group of spies has to get it back. Cool, we got it, get on…
Lemgo is a small town in northwestern Germany known for witch hunts that took place between 1583 and 1681. A total of 254 people, both men and women, were executed during this period. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonOne of the most famous buildings in the town is the Hexenbürgermeisterhaus, a 16th-century townhouse famous…
The city of Vienna is a wonderful place known for its beautiful palaces, coffee houses, and its amazing history. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonA segment of that history often overlooked is the founding of the city by the Roman Empire. Vienna, known during the days of the Roman Empire as Vindobona,…
Directed by: Brandon Cronenberg Written by: Brandon Cronenberg Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonStarring: Andrea Risborough, Christopher Abbott, Sean Bean, ,,Film Review by Robert Stayte Read moreRobert Stack Finally Solves a Mystery in ‘The Strange and Deadly Occurrence’Nepotism is often seen in an overly negative light, even though it is often the…
The name’s Bond. Bondathon. With twenty-four official James Bond films to conquer before No Time To Die hits theaters, Bond fan Anna Swanson and Bond newbie Meg Shields are diving deep on 007. Martinis shaken and beluga caviar in hand, the Double Take duo are making their way through the Bond corpus by era, so hang up your hats and pay…
“America’s Forgotten” packs a considerable punch, but it rope-a-dopes for the first few rounds. Director Namrata Singh Gujral spends too much time clearing her narrative throat. Once done, though, the documentary offers a blistering rebuke to outlets that soft-pedal the dangers lurking along the U.S.-Mexico borders. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonAnd…
October is defined in Webster’s Dictionary as “31 days of horror.” Don’t bother looking it up; it’s true. Most people take that to mean highlighting one horror movie a day, but here at FSR, we’ve taken that up a spooky notch or nine by celebrating each day with a top ten list. This article, about…
Filmmaker interview by Jason Knight For those who haven’t seen it yet, what is Dual Action about? Dual Action is a short story about a dying gangster, confronted by two mysterious figures in his final moments. It’s sort of a Reservoir Dogs meets Christmas Carol type of story, where the main character is forced to…
“Show some respect, he’s an icon!” “Respect?! We just dug him up!” OutThere McFilms & High Octane Ent. have released an official UK trailer for a crime comedy titled Stealing Chaplin, inspired by real events. Two wacky Las Vegas-based con men dig up and steal the corpse of comedian Charlie Chaplin in order to ransom…
Barry Levinson’s “Young Sherlock Holmes,” a prequel story about the legendary detective’s student years, never graduated to true cult movie status and it’s a wonder why. Released in 1985, when producer Steven Spielberg had his name and influence on every project that bared his moniker (the first onscreen title is “Steven Spielberg Presents”), it was…
With her flaming red hair and lush figure, Rhonda Fleming was one of the most beautiful women in movies in the 1950s. She was sometimes known, like her fellow redhead Maureen O’Hara, as the Queen of Technicolor, a label she found limiting, though Fleming herself said that she preferred color to the black and white…
October is defined in Webster’s Dictionary as “31 days of horror.” Don’t bother looking it up; it’s true. Most people take that to mean highlighting one horror movie a day, but here at FSR, we’ve taken that up a spooky notch or nine by celebrating each day with a top ten list. This article about…
★★★★★ Directed by: #ShelbyBaldock Written by: #NoahCLekas Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonStarring: #RonGephart Short Film Review by: Corey Bulloch Read moreRobert Stack Finally Solves a Mystery in ‘The Strange and Deadly Occurrence’“I’ll be damned if the good Lord didn’t put me here to be more than a notebook” A beautiful fire of…
★★★ Directed by #KennethVazquez Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonWritten by #ZayRodriguez Starring ,#ColinGaffney, #AshanDowling Read moreRobert Stack Finally Solves a Mystery in ‘The Strange and Deadly Occurrence’,,Film Review by ,,Lawrence Bennie https://youtu.be/KDPRWEqM1OE Nobody likes nuisance phone-calls. They’re intrusive, insensitive and, more often than not, totally irrelevant. But what if the constant…
★★★★ Directed by: Thomas Vinterberg Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonWritten by: Thomas Vinterberg and Tobias Lindholm Starring: Mads Mikkelson, Thomas Bo Larsen, Lars Ranthe, Magnus Millang. Read moreRobert Stack Finally Solves a Mystery in ‘The Strange and Deadly Occurrence’,,Film Review by Robert Stayte Thomas Vinterberg is probably Denmark’s most well-known director,…
★★★ Written and Directed by: #ToddMontesi Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonStarring: #ToddMontesi, #KenzieKlem and #JosephLewisDixon Short film review by: Brian Penn Read moreRobert Stack Finally Solves a Mystery in ‘The Strange and Deadly Occurrence’With a myriad of digital platforms at our fingertips it’s all too easy for hidden gems to slip…