'Ramones we're outta here' (1997) – Kevin Kerslake.

Engaging, candid, heartfelt, exhilaratingly loud and intermittently melancholy documentary on hugely influential Rock N' Roll siblings 'The Ramones' is a damn fine tribute to the iconic band.

'It was fun, but it sucked at the same time!' - Joey Ramone.

 

 

 

 

'Savage' (2011) – Jordan Blum. 

As an avid Big Foot fetishist, I have long been aware that truly bodacious Big Foot fright flicks are no less elusive than 'in-focus' Foot-age of the famously camera shy, sour stinkin' cryptid king himself! But if y'all wanna sasquatch one killer cryptid creature feature make sure its 'Savage', as this is one blood-thirsty yeti y'all won't soon forgetti! - Weirdlingwolf.

 

 

 

'The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things' (2005) – Asia Argento.

While a multitude of films deal with violence in a glib, unsophisticated way, all too few filmmakers have the courage to so brutally expose the unbearably sordid realities of child abuse and the inexorable downward spiral into spiritual, moral and physical degradation. In no way an easy watch, Asia Argento's excruciatingly unfiltered drama 'The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things' draws you remorselessly into, Jeremiah's (Jimmy Bennet) torturous childhood, never once flinching from exploring the more profane aspects of his addict mother's toxic hedonism and arbitrary cruelty. 

Shorn of sentimentality, the devastating impact of, Asia's brutalist drama is a credit to the bravura performances of her fearless cast. Exposing depths hitherto unseen, the visceral, disturbingly realistic portrayal of an abusive degenerate mother by a hot-wired, Asia Argento frequently provides some profoundly unsettling sequences. Like any exemplary example of downer art, reality and fiction become inextricably conjoined to create a mesmerizingly vivid tableau. With raw sequences that linger unpleasantly in the mind long after the abrasive film has run its roughly hewn course, 'The Heart is A Deceitful Above All Things' makes 'Kids' look like a Condé Nast fluff piece!

'In a truly revelatory performance, the electrifying, Asia Argento dominates the screen in her deliriously downbeat drugged-out melodrama 'The Heart is A Deceitful Above All Things'. While relentlessly grim, and unflinchingly cruel, you couldn't prise my eyes away from the ugliness with a greasy spoon!!!' - Weirdlingwolf.

 

 

'Alien Nation' (1988) - Graham Baker.

Graham Baker's inventive 80s cop drama 'Alien Nation' strikingly remains an engaging admixture of 48 hrs and The Outer Limits. The memorable performances, Rockne S. O'Bannon's lively text and, Baker's zippy direction give this eminently watchable Sci-actioner a little more depth than one might expect. 

 

 

 

 

 

'Bigfoot' (1995) - Corey Michael Eubanks. 

Huzzah!!! I only just recently discovered a new Bigfoot movie to ill advisedly gush over!!! With abundant charm, breathtaking scenery, and wonderful practical FX, this disarming creature feature about the burgeoning friendship betwixt a cherubic young lad and a kindly sasquatch proved to be a genuinely warmly fuzzy delight, and David 'Sledge Hammer!' Rasche is all the way Billy Drago nasty as obsessed billionaire trophy hunter Chaz Frederick! An absolute must-see for avid cryptid fans!

 

 

 

 

 'Live it up!' (1963) – Lance Comfort.

By no immodest margin versatile filmmaker, Lance Comfort's ludicrously likeable 'Live it up!' remains one of the perkiest, pop-tastic teen movie rave-ups Britain ever produced! This pop-packed 60s gem is given additional lustre by the presence of future Giallo icon, David Hemmings, hard rocking Humble Pie legend, Steve Marriot, and Ed 'Skippy' Deveraux delivers a credible performance as the stolid, fair minded patriarch of twitchy, pop-seeking son, Dave (David Hemmings). The score is exemplary, featuring outstanding contributions from, Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen, Sounds Incorporated, Gene Vincent, Patsy Ann Noble, The Outlaws, and bottle blonde rocker, Joe Meek protégé, Heinz Burt is in fine voice for the 'Smart Alecs' rousingly toe-tapping theme 'Live it up!'.

Remarkably well acted, with supremely engaging performances from, David Hemmings as the avid music fan, GPO delivery boy, wannabe rocker, Dave Martin and his adorably gobby cockney Sparra chum, Steve Marriott is a hoot! While dramatically sound, the real buzz of 'Live it up!' is the undeniably fabulous, eminently frug-worthy, wall-to-wall spaced-out echo-delic sounds of eccentric D.I.Y music impresario, Joe Meek. I strongly predict future cult status for the fiendishly frothy, exhilarating 'Live it up!'. It would be remiss of me if I failed to highlight, David Bauer's mesmeric turn as the serially scheming Mephistophelean producer, Mark Watson, who makes Kevin Spacey's sadistic, Buddy Ackerman in 'Swimming With Sharks' look like a timorous tadpole!