Hollywoodland Easily the biggest mistake director Allen Coulter made here was that he did NOT take a page from the book of Orson Welles when he made Citizen Kane: Whereas Welles made the character of the reporter covering the story of Kane into an almost faceless entity, here Coulter tries way too hard to make […]
Holy Mountain Bizarre, absurdist, surreal avant garde cinema is a form of filmmaking that is truly and only for the most artistically brave, perhaps because it runs the greatest risk when standing up to audience scrutiny (and dismissal) than the more run of the mill mainstream movies out there. Arguably first pioneered by Luis Bunuel […]
Hondo There are many who marvel at the legend of John Wayne, a guy who was always 100% right on the money and gave a great performance whenever he played John Wayne. Sometimes, when the Wayne persona was put into a film which was exceptionally well written and directed (The Searchers), the results were incredible. […]
Horse Feathers With their fourth film on their march to cinematic immortality, The Marx Brothers were not only hitting their stride, but were now fully settled into their screen personas that they effortlessly could bring out whenever they were in front of a camera. Groucho and Harpo were already pretty well established with Groucho’s wisecracking […]
Hot Fuzz This 2007 film by the same crew that brought us Shaun Of The Dead is a worthy follow-up even if it doesn’t feature the comedic high points of the earlier release. This time, we get a send-up of high-octane action films encapsulated within a perfectly subversive storyline. Simon Pegg plays a highly decorated […]
House Of 1000 Corpses Taken as an obvious homage to Tobe Hooper’s Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Rob Zombie’s first directing effort can almost be looked at as an artsy-fartsy European style take on the material, with its bright colors, disorienting narrative style, and intricate set design. However, where Hooper’s approach as a filmmaker was from a […]
House Of Whipcord The women-in-prison genre, while not the most reputable, has always had the potential for a fun, exploitative good time. In this film from British director Pete Walker, we get perhaps the most BORING example of what the genre has to offer, with minimum nudity, no substantial Ilsa-style torture scenes, and not even […]
House On The Edge Of The Park In 1973, Wes Craven made a stunning debut with his Last House On The Left, a crudely shot, poorly made film that nonetheless succeeded (to a point) of portraying Craven’s stated goal of showing real life horror and violence as unleashed by everyday human beings on each other […]
Howling This 1981 werewolf horror movie (released around the same time as the masterpiece An American Werewolf In London) certainly floats around some ideas that are quite potent (the idea that lycanthropy can be the ultimate form of breaking away from all repression), but for the most part misses the mark with some blown opportunities […]
127 Hours Adrenaline junkies are among the most odd type of people, those who take their lives in their own hands (and sometimes lose it) all for the sake of a rather ridiculous, unnecessary thrill. Oftentimes movies about such characters can be a bit obnoxious, but this 2010 release by director Danny Boyle is nearly […]