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If you remember the gangster classic “Scarface” you will remember how awesome the results were for the director-star teaming up of Brian De Palma and Al Pacino. Now, 30 years later(!), they’re reuniting for another project. Which sadly isn’t a crime thriller, but might turn out to be no less watchable. Hopefully. Deadline today reportedContinue Reading

From acclaimed director Brian De Palma comes this erotic thriller about two women caught up in a game of power play and sexual manipulation…

In case you didn’t know, horror semi-classic “Carrie” is receiving the remake treatment. The 1976 Brian de Palma film was based on Stephen King’s first novel. The story centres on a socially awkward girl on the threshold of womanhood, who develops telekenetic powers. After relentless bullying by her schoolmates, she unleashes her powers on themContinue Reading

The term erotic thriller always gives a bit of a dodgy impression, like it’s a poor excuse just to put some boobies on screen. Most of the time, that’s true. Sometimes however, when a respected director is involved, we get something like “Passion”. This remake of a French thriller is the latest film from “TheContinue Reading

When you say “Scarface”, most of the time it elicits memories of the 1983 Brian De Palma film, starring Al Pacino. What most people don’t know is that it was a remake of a 1932 film by Howard Hawks, a very renowned director in his day. And that film was itself based on a novel by ArmitageContinue Reading

Brian De Palma, where have you been?? You’ve been missed. The American director has had a 4-decade-long career filled with films that ranged from the great, like “Scarface”, “Carrie” and “The Untouchables” to the good, like “Mission: Impossible”. But in the last decade, he’s been making fewer and fewer films, with diminishing quality. “Mission ToContinue Reading