The title of this movie, which translate to something like The forbidden pictures of a reputable lady, might lead you to believe it is rather…
CIPC #421: State secret
With State secret — released in the USA as The great manhunt — we go back to 1950 It’s a classical action movie with solid…
CIPC #414: Alice through the looking glass
You’d think if I ever can’t think of something to write about on this blog, I could always go to the long, long list of…
CIPC #409: Oddity
I’ve discussed one or two horror thrillers on this blog, but this one is a bit of an oddity. I don’t mean the plot which…
CIPC #405: Holiday in handcuffs
Last week’s movie about the sadistic serial killer was kind of fun, but this one is really disturbing. When in Copycat someone goes around gleefully…
CIPC #404: Copycat
There is an old aphorism that claims reality is weirder than fiction but, like most aphorisms, it is mostly bullshit. Take, for example, our subject…
CIPC #398: Ghostbusters: Frozen empire
The last time we met the Ghostbusters, they were a few young teenagers busting ghosts in a small Midwestern town. Now they are a couple…
CIPC #395: Gretel & Hansel
This is a bizarre film. It’s obviously based on the Grimm brothers fairytale, but it has very little to do with it. There’s no evil…
CIPC #389: The boy in the plastic bubble
Before Saturday night fever, before Grease, and only a couple of days after Carrie hit theatres, John Travolta had already been the star in his…
CIPC #388: Chromophobia
If there is one thing that Belgium is worse at than chess, it’s probably directing films. But like we have Colle and O’Kelly, so do…