Samuel Fuller's first picture under his Fox contract is a fine Korean War 'suicide squad' tale, filmed on a sound stage but looking quite authentic. Richard Basehart leads a fine cast. Lots of cigars get chomped, and Gene Evans is actually named Sgt. Rock. Plus an excellent commentary from Trailers from Hell's new guru Michael Schlesinger. Fixed Bayonets! Blu-ray Kl Studio Classics 1951 / B&W / 1:37 flat full frame / 92 min. / Street Date September 20, 2016 / available through Kino Lorber / 29.95 Starring Richard Basehart, Gene Evans, Michael O'Shea, Richard Hylton, Craig Hill, Skip Homeier, Neyle Morrow, Wyott Ordung, John Doucette, George Conrad Cinematography Lucien Ballard Art Direction George Patrick, Lyle Wheeler Film Editor Nick DeMaggio Original Music Roy Webb Written by Samuel Fuller from a novel by John Brophy Produced by Jules Buck Directed by Samuel Fuller
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
Sam Fuller's third independent film The Steel Helmet was a risky proposition...
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
Sam Fuller's third independent film The Steel Helmet was a risky proposition...
- 8/30/2016
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
I’m noticing more and more a theme in postwar (especially American) cinema concerning pacifists turning towards violence. A character will introduce him- or herself as someone unable and morally opposed to weapons in general or harming another human being specifically, only to be put in a situation in which violence is presented as the only way out. We’ve covered (at least) two such films on this very website – Shane and Violent Saturday – and, having just seen it, I can add the considerably odd Frank Sinatra vehicle Suddenly to this list.
It’s not hard to see why American filmmakers and moviegoers would be interested in this subject at this time. Many of them had recently returned from war, where they did awful things for a greater good; those who didn’t go to war themselves certainly knew somebody who had. On a much larger scale, the use of...
It’s not hard to see why American filmmakers and moviegoers would be interested in this subject at this time. Many of them had recently returned from war, where they did awful things for a greater good; those who didn’t go to war themselves certainly knew somebody who had. On a much larger scale, the use of...
- 5/12/2016
- by Scott Nye
- CriterionCast
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Sunday was April Fool’s Day and the internet lit up with clearly false news stories and parody websites. Most of the jokes were kind of lame (Etsy buys Portland) or a recycled version of an old joke (Hulu’s in the year 1996 page, which like Brigadoon, exists for one day and then vanishes for a year). But Funny or Die managed to do something special, all the video on the main page purportedly comes from Charlize Theron’s hacked phone. She may be the coolest chick in Hollywood right now. She’s definitely the creepiest.
Charlize Theron’s Kinky Sex Tape from Charlize Theron Improv Everywhere creates another clever video with their Quadruplets piece. Go to improveverywhere.com to see how they managed to pull it off,...
Sunday was April Fool’s Day and the internet lit up with clearly false news stories and parody websites. Most of the jokes were kind of lame (Etsy buys Portland) or a recycled version of an old joke (Hulu’s in the year 1996 page, which like Brigadoon, exists for one day and then vanishes for a year). But Funny or Die managed to do something special, all the video on the main page purportedly comes from Charlize Theron’s hacked phone. She may be the coolest chick in Hollywood right now. She’s definitely the creepiest.
Charlize Theron’s Kinky Sex Tape from Charlize Theron Improv Everywhere creates another clever video with their Quadruplets piece. Go to improveverywhere.com to see how they managed to pull it off,...
- 4/3/2012
- by Megan Lehar
- The Scorecard Review
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