On the JoBlo Movies YouTube channel, we will be posting one full movie every other day throughout the week, giving viewers the chance to watch them entirely free of charge. The Free Movie of the Day we have for you today is the comedy Interviewing Monsters and Bigfoot, starring Tom Green. You can watch it over on the YouTube channel linked above, or you can just watch it in the embed at the top of this article.
Written and directed by Thomas Smugala, the film has the following synopsis: Cory Mathis, a respected college professor, claims a mythical forest creature killed his wife transforming him into a man haunted by obsession and revenge. He partners up with legendary Big Foot hunter Fran Andersen who is out to collect the Nat Geo 10 million dollar bounty for capture of the creature. Unfortunately, by-the-book forest ranger, Billy Teal, a covert government agency and...
Written and directed by Thomas Smugala, the film has the following synopsis: Cory Mathis, a respected college professor, claims a mythical forest creature killed his wife transforming him into a man haunted by obsession and revenge. He partners up with legendary Big Foot hunter Fran Andersen who is out to collect the Nat Geo 10 million dollar bounty for capture of the creature. Unfortunately, by-the-book forest ranger, Billy Teal, a covert government agency and...
- 5/15/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
The next big things in comedy, theatre, dance, art, film and music feature in a packed programme
Every September the Melbourne Fringe festival lurches over the horizon. Last year, 3400 independent artists mounted shows in more than 147 venues across Melbourne, ranging across visual arts, film, music and every kind of performance you could shake a stick at. And then there's the after-show parties at the Fringe Club and the Warren. Between now and 6 October, you need never go home.
The Fringe is proudly open access, so make it part of your schedule to see some artists you've never heard of before: they might be the next big thing. Choosing among hundreds of acts is tough, but I screwed up my courage, plunged into the programme and excavated some promising acts. Here, in no particular order, are my top 10 picks.
Yes Dance
Choreographer Rennie McDougall is one of the up-and-coming talents of the Melbourne dance scene.
Every September the Melbourne Fringe festival lurches over the horizon. Last year, 3400 independent artists mounted shows in more than 147 venues across Melbourne, ranging across visual arts, film, music and every kind of performance you could shake a stick at. And then there's the after-show parties at the Fringe Club and the Warren. Between now and 6 October, you need never go home.
The Fringe is proudly open access, so make it part of your schedule to see some artists you've never heard of before: they might be the next big thing. Choosing among hundreds of acts is tough, but I screwed up my courage, plunged into the programme and excavated some promising acts. Here, in no particular order, are my top 10 picks.
Yes Dance
Choreographer Rennie McDougall is one of the up-and-coming talents of the Melbourne dance scene.
- 9/19/2013
- by Alison Croggon
- The Guardian - Film News
As predicted last week, Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter didn’t last long at the top of the Box Office and dropped down to sixth place in its second week with Prometheus being the main beneficiary as it moved back up into second spot.
“But Rob, what was in first place?” I hear you all cry. Well dear readers, it’s a little animated number called Ice Age 4: Continental Drift. “But wait, you didn’t include that film in your comprehensive cinema guide last week!” I hear you splutter in shock. You are right there folks and that’s because Ice Age 4 : Continental Drift doesn’t open in England and Wales until the 13th July, but it has already opened in Scotland and Northern Ireland. Sales in those areas alone were enough to send it to the top of the cinematic pile, but as a result, Continental Drift...
“But Rob, what was in first place?” I hear you all cry. Well dear readers, it’s a little animated number called Ice Age 4: Continental Drift. “But wait, you didn’t include that film in your comprehensive cinema guide last week!” I hear you splutter in shock. You are right there folks and that’s because Ice Age 4 : Continental Drift doesn’t open in England and Wales until the 13th July, but it has already opened in Scotland and Northern Ireland. Sales in those areas alone were enough to send it to the top of the cinematic pile, but as a result, Continental Drift...
- 7/6/2012
- by Rob Keeling
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: March 27, 2012
Price: DVD $29.95, Blu-ray $39.95
Studio: Criterion
British director Roy Ward’s unforgettable rendering of Walter Lord’s book A Night to Remember is arguably the finest dramatization of the sinking of the great ship ‘Titanic’ ever put on film. Yes, there are even many who feel that it’s more effective and memorable than James Cameron’s Titanic from 1997.
Starring such familiar British actors as Kenneth More, Ronald Allen, Robert Ayres and Honor Blackman, the classic 1958 action-drama A Night to Remember offers a sensitive and subtle but nonetheless grand depiction of the ship’s final hours.
Criterion released a DVD edition of A Night to Remember back in 1998. This latest DVD version, released alongside the film’s Blu-ray debut to acknowledge the 100-year memorial of the sinking , will include a bunch of bonus features not seen on the original DVD.
Here’s a list of features...
Price: DVD $29.95, Blu-ray $39.95
Studio: Criterion
British director Roy Ward’s unforgettable rendering of Walter Lord’s book A Night to Remember is arguably the finest dramatization of the sinking of the great ship ‘Titanic’ ever put on film. Yes, there are even many who feel that it’s more effective and memorable than James Cameron’s Titanic from 1997.
Starring such familiar British actors as Kenneth More, Ronald Allen, Robert Ayres and Honor Blackman, the classic 1958 action-drama A Night to Remember offers a sensitive and subtle but nonetheless grand depiction of the ship’s final hours.
Criterion released a DVD edition of A Night to Remember back in 1998. This latest DVD version, released alongside the film’s Blu-ray debut to acknowledge the 100-year memorial of the sinking , will include a bunch of bonus features not seen on the original DVD.
Here’s a list of features...
- 12/27/2011
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
It's always nice when a film comes along that succinctly reviews itself.
Take, for example, "The Ugly", a most unpleasant, heavy-handed psychological thriller that wears its obvious, stitched-together influences -- "The Silence of the Lambs", "Night of the Living Dead" and "Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer" come immediately to mind -- like a blood-spattered quilt.
It might have made half-decent camp, but first-time feature writer-director Scott Reynolds has evident auteur aspirations that keep spoiling the potential fun.
As a result, "The Ugly" lacks any kind of inspired through-line that would earn it the kind of theatrical cult following it is seeking. Expect a hasty trip to the video counter, where it can take its place alongside the titles it tried so hard to emulate.
Reynolds' flashback-happy story is set in the creepy, near-empty mental hospital that is home to Simon Cartwright (Paolo Rotondo), a baby-faced serial killer whose best friend has always been his straight razor.
Enter Dr. Karen Schumaker (Rebecca Hobbs), a psychiatrist whose unorthodox methods and short skirts have often put her in the news for winning clemency for some of the biggest murderers around. As she begins to systematically chip away at Cartwright's tortured past -- under the watchful, sinister eye of resident psychiatrist Dr. Marlowe (Roy Ward) -- she slowly becomes caught up in the killer's psychoses and is ultimately haunted by his demons.
A protege of fellow New Zealand-bred filmmaker Peter Jackson -- whose earlier works, particularly "Dead Alive" and "Bad Taste", can be added to the influence pile -- Reynolds does have a quirky visual sense that's big on jittery jump cuts, flickering fluorescent lighting and washed-out exposures, effectively creating a squirmy mood. His writing is another story, populated by characters who would have been more at home in "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" and cliche-ridden situations that wish to be taken seriously.
Maybe next time he'll leave the annoyingly derivative stuff behind and tell a story that's as interesting as some of his technical ideas. Meanwhile, genre fans will be sticking to the real thing.
THE UGLY
Trimark Pictures
Director-screenwriter: Scott Reynolds
Producer: Jonathan Dowling
Director of photography: Simon Raby
Editor: Wayne Cook
Production designer: Grant Major
Music: Victoria Kelly
Color/stereo
Cast:
Simon Cartwright: Paolo Rotondo
Dr. Karen Schumaker: Rebecca Hobbs
Evelyn Cartwright: Jennifer Ward-Lealand
Dr. Marlowe: Roy Ward
Running time -- 85 minutes
No MPAA rating...
Take, for example, "The Ugly", a most unpleasant, heavy-handed psychological thriller that wears its obvious, stitched-together influences -- "The Silence of the Lambs", "Night of the Living Dead" and "Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer" come immediately to mind -- like a blood-spattered quilt.
It might have made half-decent camp, but first-time feature writer-director Scott Reynolds has evident auteur aspirations that keep spoiling the potential fun.
As a result, "The Ugly" lacks any kind of inspired through-line that would earn it the kind of theatrical cult following it is seeking. Expect a hasty trip to the video counter, where it can take its place alongside the titles it tried so hard to emulate.
Reynolds' flashback-happy story is set in the creepy, near-empty mental hospital that is home to Simon Cartwright (Paolo Rotondo), a baby-faced serial killer whose best friend has always been his straight razor.
Enter Dr. Karen Schumaker (Rebecca Hobbs), a psychiatrist whose unorthodox methods and short skirts have often put her in the news for winning clemency for some of the biggest murderers around. As she begins to systematically chip away at Cartwright's tortured past -- under the watchful, sinister eye of resident psychiatrist Dr. Marlowe (Roy Ward) -- she slowly becomes caught up in the killer's psychoses and is ultimately haunted by his demons.
A protege of fellow New Zealand-bred filmmaker Peter Jackson -- whose earlier works, particularly "Dead Alive" and "Bad Taste", can be added to the influence pile -- Reynolds does have a quirky visual sense that's big on jittery jump cuts, flickering fluorescent lighting and washed-out exposures, effectively creating a squirmy mood. His writing is another story, populated by characters who would have been more at home in "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" and cliche-ridden situations that wish to be taken seriously.
Maybe next time he'll leave the annoyingly derivative stuff behind and tell a story that's as interesting as some of his technical ideas. Meanwhile, genre fans will be sticking to the real thing.
THE UGLY
Trimark Pictures
Director-screenwriter: Scott Reynolds
Producer: Jonathan Dowling
Director of photography: Simon Raby
Editor: Wayne Cook
Production designer: Grant Major
Music: Victoria Kelly
Color/stereo
Cast:
Simon Cartwright: Paolo Rotondo
Dr. Karen Schumaker: Rebecca Hobbs
Evelyn Cartwright: Jennifer Ward-Lealand
Dr. Marlowe: Roy Ward
Running time -- 85 minutes
No MPAA rating...
- 5/15/1998
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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