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MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO 1991
I'm a connoisseur of roads. I've been tasting roads my whole life. This road will never end. It probably goes all around the world.
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Al Pacino, Johnny Depp, Michael Madsen, Bruno Kirby and James Russo photographed on the set of "Donnie Brasco", 1997
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My MCM aka Movie Crush Monday based on a story and Mafia film classic starring Al Pacino and Johnny Depp in Donnie Brasco
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Gangster Lefty Ruggiero takes a streetwise punk under his wing, unaware that his protégé is really an FBI agent out to bust the New York mob.
#MCM #MovieCrushMonday #AJBMCM #DonnieBrasco #AlPacino #JohnnyDepp #MichaelMadsen #BrunoKirby #JamesRusso #AnneHeche #ZeljkoIvanek #RobertMiano #BrianTarantina #GretchenMol #PaulGiamatti #GerryBecker #MafiaMovies #GreatFilm
#my mcm#mcm#AJBMCM#Movie Crush Monday#Donnie Brasco#Johnny Depp#al pacino#based on a true story#mafia movies#michael madsen#bruno kirby#james russo#anne heche#Zeljko Ivanek#Gerry Becker#Robert Miano#Brian Tarantina#Rocco Sisto#Zach Grenier#Gretchen Mol#Katie Sagona#Paul Giamatti#teresa giudice
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Condition of Return trailer released
Stonecutter Media is excited to announce the North American theatrical and TVOD release of Tommy Stovall’s Faustian drama, Condition of Return. Directed by Stovall from a script by John Spare, the slow burn character study tells the story of a churchgoing schoolteacher’s descent into darkness, and the lengths she’ll go to reclaim her life. Stonecutter Media will release Condition of Return in…
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#my own private idaho#river phoenix#keanu reeves#james russo#william richert#rodney harvey#michael parker#flea#chiara caselli#udo kier#gus van sant#1991
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Panther (1995) - M. Emmet Walsh as Dorsett
#Panther#american actor#James Russo#M. Emmet Walsh#eye glasses#suit & tie#sitting#movie#screenshots#actor
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China Girl, Abel Ferrara
#china girl#abel ferrara#1987#80s#1980s#james russo#usa#american#chinese american#film#movie#cinema#cinematography#screencaps#stills#grunge
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Among Wolves
Among Wolves (2023)
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Jahr: 2023 (Oktober)
Genre: Action / Western
Regie: Justin Lee
Hauptrollen: Trace Adkins, Jeff Fahey, Victoria Pratt, Spencer Locke, James Russo, Tome Berenger, Edward Finlay, Paul Bloom, Chris James Rivera, Carson Rapsilver, Blaize Naasz, William Chandler, John Scott, William Hiney Jr., Bill Fortenberry, John Radspinner, Robert Clark …
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Horror Movie Review: The Ninth Gate (1999)
A rare book dealer is hired to find the last two copies of a text that holds the key to summoning the devil. However, things change when he finds himself at the heart of paranormal events.
The Ninth Gate is a 1999 neo-noir horror thriller film directed, produced, and co-written by Roman Polanski. An international co-production between the United States, Portugal, France, and Spain, the film is loosely based upon Arturo Pérez-Reverte’s 1993 novel The Club Dumas.
Dean Corso, a New York City rare book dealer, is hired by wealthy collector Boris Balkan. Balkan has acquired a copy of…
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#Allen Garfield#Barbara Jefford#Catherine Benguigui#Emmanuelle Seigner#Frank Langella#Jack Taylor#Jacques Collard#Jacques Dacqmine#James Russo#Johnny Depp#José López Rodero#Lena Olin#Roman Polanski#Satanic#The Devil#The Ninth Gate#Willy Holt
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PIG KILLER - Review
DISTRIBUTOR: Breaking Glass Pictures
SYNOPSIS: “Based on the terrifying true story of Robert 'Willy' Pickton, the pig farmer turned prolific lady killer whose horrific crimes shocked the world. With his herculean hog, Balthazar, by his side, Willy and his menagerie of colorful cohorts terrorized Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside for almost two decades until his 2002 arrest that uncovered the most bizarre series of murders that included rape, torture, slaughter, and dismemberment of almost fifty womenCanada has ever seen.”
- Publicity Materials
REVIEW: Chad Ferrin’s film can be hit or miss. For me, I found PIG KILLER a big miss.
It’s not the cast, which feels like the line-up for a genre convention, but some of the production values and the script.
I’m not sure if the script is fully to blame or if some of it might also be the directing. This is a fictionalized account of true events and it feels like some of the time it's venturing into dark comedy. At its best it feels awkward and at its worst uncomfortable. I didn’t find anything in the least bit funny, or remotely so. There are many off color comments, and this is a serial killer film so I get it. However, they attempt to backpedal on some of their remarks, for example about the Asian remarks, which feels kind of compounded by Bai Ling’s cliched and outdated performance. Then there are the scenes between Ginger Lynn and Jake Busey. Again, I get it but there is just something about the execution that feels like sophomoric exploitation.
In terms of the production values, the thing that annoyed me the most was the excessive use of Gerard McMahon’s songs. There are 22 songs by him in the film, plus there is a line in the film about him playing Piggy’s Powwow. As mayhem is breaking out on the farm McMahon and his band are performing. Some of the songs are poorly edited into the film and a few times simply cut off. It’s not that I don’t like his music, it just feels like a square peg shoved into a round hole here and does not feel to fit the 2002 period of the story. But hey, who knows what they were listening to in Canada back then.
I get putting a scene in the credits or at the end of the credits to give the audience a bit extra. However, there is a five minute scene at the end of the credits that should have been edited into the main body of the narrative. It feels like an important scene to the story and not something I would consider a bonus scene. It’s the only time actor James Russo shows up in the film. During most of the scene Busey is eating, scraping a disposal plate with a plastic fork that is maddening and I can’t see what purpose it serves to the scene.
PIG KILLER is one of filmmaker Chad Ferrin’s s;pectacular train wrecks. There are numerous elements that make this an off-putting viewing experience, but like a glorious traffic accident we can’t help but slow down and stare in horror. As a die-hard horror/gore fan there was nothing likable for me here. From the language to the gore and nudity, this is an adult film. You’ve been warned.
CAST: Jake Busey, Kate Patel, Bai Ling, Ginger Lynn, Michael Paré, James Russo, Gerard McMahon, and Lew Temple.
CREW: Director/Screenplay/Producer - Chad Ferrin; Producers - Robert Miano & Robert Rhine; Cinematographer/Visual Effects - Jeff Billings; Score - G Tom Mac (Gerard McMahon); Editor- Jahad Ferif; Production Designer - Matt Rumer; Costume Designer - Viktoriia Vlasenko; Special Effects Makeup - Kurt Bonzel, Jake Porath, Angie Shell; Special Effects & Gore Designer - Joe Castro.
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RELEASE DATE: In theaters Nov. 17th , and also available on Blu-ray & digital Nov. 21st, 2023.
**Until we can all head back into the theaters our “COVID Reel Value” will be similar to how you rate a film on digital platforms - 👍 (Like), 👌 (It’s just okay), or 👎 (Dislike)
Reviewed by Joseph B Mauceri
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Hbomberguy did a pretty good job pointing out how Somerton has tried to take up the air of modern queer creators, stealing the works they made to little or no money or exposure, and using them to bolster his own fame. It's a truly reprehensible act.
But I feel like it's also important to briefly touch on what he stole from the past.
The Celluloid Closet is a backbone text on queerness and cinema. Like, if you're at all interested in the subject, please read the book, and watch the doc. Yes, the language will be outdated. It was written in 1981 and the doc published in 1995. Language evolves. I was fortunate enough to both read the book and see the documentary in the early 2000s, when I attended university.
It was written by Vito Russo, who held a Masters in film and a desire to fight for queer rights after witnessing the Stonewell riots. The Celluloid Closet was first a live lecture presentation, then a book. He would try to get the book made into a documentary in the early years, and after he died, others picked up that torch to carry on his work and to pay respect to the man.
Vito Russo was also one of the co-founders of GLAAD. He was a co-founder of ACT UP. You may have, if you've watched documentaries or seen news stories about the AIDS crisis, seen parts of his speech, Why We Fight. He protested, advocated, and educated even as people he knew and loved died, and he himself was dying.
As Hbomberguy notes in his doc, he would go on to pass in 1990. This was a man who fought his ass off, even while dying, for a better tomorrow and better representation.
The fact that Somerton stole his work is beyond insulting to the queer history, and queer film history, that he purports to give a shit about.
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Blu-ray review: “Broken Trail” (2006)
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#bluray#bluray review#Broken Trail#Broken Trail bluray#Broken Trail bluray review#Broken Trailreview#Chris Mulkey#Donald Fong#Greta Scacchi#Gwendoline Yeo#James Russo#Robert Duvall#Rusty Schwimmer#Scott cooper#Thomas Haden Church#Walter hill#western
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Bad Girls (1994)
In today's review, I find that a woman's world may lay out west. As I attempt a #positive review of the 1994 western, Bad Girls
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The Old West is filled with complicated legends of pioneers, of mighty men with chequered pasts, carving out chequered futures. However, even then the full story of life in the West isn’t represented, from its realities to its legends. You don’t get as many as you did during its heyday, with modern standards reevaluating the genre. In 1994, a Wild West tale about four women, avoiding persecution…
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#1994#action#Andie MacDowell#Beulah Quo#Cooper Huckabee#Dermot Mulroney#Drew Barrymore#film#films#Harry Northup#James LeGros#James Russo#Jim Beaver#Madeleine Stowe#Mary Stuart Masterson#Movies#Nick Chinlund#positive#review#Robert Loggia#Rodger Boyce#romance#Western
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My Own Private Idaho (1991)
My ★★★★ review of My Own Private Idaho
#Film #Cinema #LGBT #review
My Own Private Idaho (1991)
Plot – Two best friends living on the streets of Portland as hustlers embark on a journey of self-discovery and find their relationship stumbling along the way – My Own Private Idaho
Director – Gus Van Sant
Starring – River Phoenix, Keanu Reeves, James Russo
Genre – Drama
Released – 1991
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Rating: 4 out of 5.
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#1990s Cinema#★★★★#cinema#Drama#Film#film review#Gus Van Sant#James Russo#Keanu Reeves#lgbt#movie review#My Own Private Idaho#River Phoenix#William Richert
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