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My Movie Song Of The Week #256

“Fly Like An Eagle” by Seal (from SPACE JAM) – Bede Jermyn

[Bea’s Ranting Reviews] Escape from LA [1996] by Bea Harper

Dir.: John Carpenter Starring: Kurt Russell, Cliff Robertson, Stacy Keach, Valeria Golino, Steve Buscemi, Peter Fonda, Bruce Campbell, Pam Grier, Georges Corraface and AJ Langer While spanked like that red-haired stepchild you keep under the stairs and only let out at night, Escape From LA was a joke that nobody quite got upon its released … Continue reading →

Bede’s MIFF 2015 Video Reviews #5: Heaven Knows What and Gayby Baby

HEAVEN KNOWS WHAT and GAYBY BABY In this 5th edition of my 2015 MIFF video reviews, I share my thoughts on the indie drug addict drama HEAVEN KNOWS WHAT and the Australian documentary GAYBY BABY. For more of my experiences at MIFF, follow me at http://www.twitter.com/BedeJermyn for my daily random thoughts and first reactions to all the films at the festival. … Continue reading →

[Bea’s Ranting Reviews] They Live [1988] by Bea Harper

Dir.: John Carpenter Starring: Roddy Piper, Keith David, Meg Foster, Peter Jason and George ‘Buck’ Flower This is what happens when try to push your staunch political ideologies down Carpenter’s throat; you get a cinematic knuckle sandwich. After the terrible reception of Big Trouble In Little China, Carpenter was rather down on his luck and … Continue reading →

Bede’s MIFF 2015 Video Reviews #4: Goodnight Mommy and Finders Keepers

GOODNIGHT MOMMY and FINDERS KEEPERS In this 4th edition of my 2015 MIFF video reviews, I share my thoughts on the acclaimed Austrian horror film GOODNIGHT MOMMY and the documentary FINDERS KEEPERS. For more of my experiences at MIFF, follow me at http://www.twitter.com/BedeJermyn for my daily random thoughts and first reactions to all the films at the festival. – Bede Jermyn

[Bea’s Ranting Reviews] Escape From New York [1981] by Bea Harper

Dir.: John Carpenter Starring: Kurt Russell, Donald Pleasence, Lee Van Cleef, Adrienne Barbeau, Isaac Hayes (the DUKE of New York), Harry Dean Stanton and Ernest Borgnine When John Carpenter is mad or upset, that is arguably when he is at his finest. When it comes to giving his opinion, Carp ain’t one to mince his works … Continue reading →

Bede’s MIFF 2015 Video Reviews #3: He Never Died and The Overnight

HE NEVER DIED and THE OVERNIGHT In this 3rd edition of my 2015 MIFF video reviews, I share my thoughts on the horror/comedy HE NEVER DIED and the indie sex comedy THE OVERNIGHT. For more of my experiences at MIFF, follow me at http://www.twitter.com/BedeJermyn for my daily random thoughts and first reactions to all the films at the festival. … Continue reading →

[Bea’s Ranting Reviews] Mimic [1997] by Bea Harper

Dir.: Guillermo Del Toro Starring: Mira Sorvino, Jeremy Northam, Josh Brolin, Charles Dutton and F. Murray Abraham A trial by fire was Del Toro’s very first Western science fiction thriller that while valiant at the core failed due to studio insistence that Western audiences were a bunch of gurgling, mentally-defective trilobites thereby giving us what … Continue reading →

Bede’s MIFF 2015 Video Reviews #2: Turbo Kid and Mississippi Grind

TURBO KID and MISSISSIPPI GRIND In this 2nd edition of my 2015 MIFF video reviews, I share my thoughts on the 80s throwback sci-fi/action film TURBO KID and the gambling comedy/drama MISSISSIPPI GRIND. For more of my experiences at MIFF, follow me at http://www.twitter.com/BedeJermyn for my daily random thoughts and first reactions to all the films at the festival. … Continue reading →

Bede’s MIFF 2015 Video Reviews #1: The Spiderwebhouse and The Lobster

THE SPIDERWEBHOUSE and THE LOBSTER Welcome to the 1st edition of my 2015 Melbourne International Film Festival (a.k.a. MIFF) video reviews. In this 1st one, I share my thoughts on the German B&W coming-of-age drama THE SPIDERWEBHOUSE and DOGTOOH director Yorgos Lanthimos’ latest film THE LOBSTER. For more of my experiences at MIFF, follow me at http://www.twitter.com/BedeJermyn for … Continue reading →

My Movie Song Of The Week #255

“Stay Gold” by Stevie Wonder (from THE OUTSIDERS) – Bede Jermyn

[Video Review] Ruben Guthrie (2015) by Bede Jermyn

Dir: Brendan Cowell Starring: Patrick Brammall, Alex Dimitriades, Abbey Lee, Harriet Dyer, Jeremy Sims, Brenton Thwaites, Robyn Nevin, Jack Thompson. IMDb Synopsis: Life is good for ad man Ruben Guthrie – he leads a party boy lifestyle, has a model fiancée and lives in a house on the water. He’s at the top of his game, until some … Continue reading →

[Bea’s Ranting Reviews] Pacific Rim [2013] by Bea Harper

Dir.: Guillermo Del Toro Starring: Rinko Kikuchi, Idris Elba, Charlie Hunam, Charlie Day, Burn Gorman and Ron Perlman We get near-apocalyptic in Del Toro’s affectionate love letter to battle mechs and ornery kaiju in one of 2013’s big blockbuster films that shows you that bigger can sometimes be better, in fact it is encouraged. If … Continue reading →

Bede’s Bad Movie Tweet-A-Thon Special Edition: Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!

Hey everyone! Welcome to a very special edition of my Bad Movie Tweet-A-Thon series. If you remember from around this time last year, I decided to do a special edition version of my article on SHARKNADO 2: THE SECOND ONE, a highly anticipated SyFy/Asylum-produced sequel to their hugely successful mockbuster SHARKNADO. Now with the 3rd installment of the series SHARKNADO … Continue reading →