Brace yourself for this emotionally riveting story about the dark side of success in Hollywood. Based on the highly praised autobiography of the same name, the story of a hot television writer who learns the high cost of fame first hand.
Ben Stiller in the only serious role i can recall him in. I don't really know how real this whole story is due the fact that Ben Stiller, who plays the part of a writer for the show Alf, is using heavy drugs and abusing everything but still comes out the good guy. Very well acted though and with this strong of a cast i am surprised this movie slipped through until now.
6/10
videodrome
The president of Civic TV Channel 83, Max Renn, is always looking for new cheap and erotic movies for his station. When his employee, Harlan, decodes a pirate video broadcast showing torture, murder, and mutilation called "Videodrome," Max becomes obsessed to get this series for his channel. He contacts his supplier, Masha, and asks her to find the party responsible for the transmission. A couple of days later, Masha tells that "Videodrome" is real snuff movies. Max's sado-masochistic girlfriend Nicki Brand decides to travel to Pittsburgh, where the show is based, to audition. Max investigates further, and through a video by the media prophet Brian O'Blivion, he learns that that TV screens are the retina of the mind's eye, being part of the brain, and "Videodrome" transmissions create a brain tumor in the viewer, changing the reality through video hallucination.
Another great movie from Cronenburg. Taking the strange and grotesque perversions of people to an extreme very successfully. Some very strange gore and some amazing stuff in Max's hallucinations make this easily my favorite Cronenburg. A must see. Long live the new flesh
9/10
Three Days of Condor
His name is Joe Turner -- code name, Condor. In the next 24 hours, everyone he trusts will try to kill him. Robert Redford stars as the CIA researcher who returns from lunch to find all his co-workers murdered. Double-crossed and forced to go underground, he kidnaps a young woman (Faye Dunaway) and holds her hostage as he unravels the mystery. Conspiracy films don't come any better.
a solid spy movie that doesn't rely on explosions. Robert Redford was the real deal in the 70s
7/10
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