Absolute Shambles

This week finds the  film friends diving into the sleazy, slick, kinda fun and very 80s world of Gary Sherman's LISA from 1989 starring Staci Keanan, D. W. Moffett, Cheryl Ladd, and Jeffrey Tambor.

There's a sexual predator, synths, one of the best lil' brats we've seen thus far, antiquated plot devices and an intense violent climax. The film's pretty good too.

Next up: THE ICEMAN COMETH, 1973

Meat, meat, and more meat! And human trafficking! AND a load of craic!!

That's right, it's PRIME CUT starring Lee Marvin, Gene Hackman and Sissy Spacek, directed by Michael Ritchie and featuring the first attempted stabbing with a sausage on screen we, and surely you, have ever seen.

There's also mad tonal shifts, classic 70s female scripting and a combine harvester/people chase scene. Unreal.

Next show: LISA, 1989

New Year, Same Shambles... new chat! About PHASE IV! Saul Bass! Ant VS Man!

If you need more than that, then here's some names. Michael Murphy. Nigel Davenport. Lynne Frederick. Dick Bush!!

Also hive-mind-killer ants, "science", societal/political commentary and a sprinkling of body horror. Mup.

Next show: PRIME CUT, 1972.

It's here, what you've all been waiting for, the Very Absolute Shambles CHRISTmas Absolute Spectacular! Under investigation is JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, 1973, directed by Norman Jewison, based on the rock opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, starring Ted Neeley and Carl Anderson (among myriad other wonderfully hairstyled folks).

Yes, teeechnically it's more of an Easter story than Christmas but who gives a feic? Re-fill that glass and join the fellas for some absolute pontification on this movie, musicals, the bible, faith in general and 70's Rock Screeching. Merry Secular Week one and all!

Next up, next year: PRIME CUT, 1972

Under the microscope and the macroscope: Sidney Lumet's adaption of the play by Ira Levin, starring Michael Caine, Christopher Reeve, Dyan Cannon and Irene Worth. A fantastically entertaining Who's Gonna Do It full to the brim with twists. Needless to say, spoilers galore. Because our discussion goes beyond scene 3.

Next episode will be a very special Christmas Special!

Get ready for intrigue, thrills, chills and maybe even kills! It's Leave Her To Heaven, technicolour noir/drama/whatever genre it damn well wants to be classic directed by John M Stahl and starring the quality quartet of Gene Tierney, Cornel Wilde, Jeanne Crain and Vincent Fucking Price. 

Next movie: DEATHTRAP, 1982.

Into the snow we go for an expedition into the dark and murky goings on of Snow Hill. The players: Jean Louis Trintignant, Klaus Kinski, Vanetta McGee. The brains: Sergio Corbucci. The big sexy score: Ennio Morricone. Need we say more. No is the answer. 

Next movie show: LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN, 1945

Greetings o ghouls and gangly ghosts from  b e y o n d....! As in the internet ooOoOOoo!! This special bonus Hallowe'en episode finds the lads worming their way around the mysteries and wonders of HOUSE, Nobuhiko Obayashi's demented, deranged, delicious and delirious masterpiece. You even find out what takeaway Ryan and Kieran would pair with it. We are treating y'all tonight!

Next week; back to normal with THE GREAT SILENCE, 1968.

Under discussion this week is this gorgeous bit of absolute  c i n e m a  ; the second film by director Bi Gan starring Tang Wei and Jue Huang. Dreamlike, beautiful, technically off the chain, jaysus what's not to love?

Next filmy: THE GREAT SILENCE, 1968

French Brendan Fraser and his trusty multi-ethnicity companion Mani hunt for a killer superwolf in 1700s France, along the way encountering Monica Belluci, a very naughty Vincent Cassel and one or two questionable cinematic choices. 

Join your favourite movie-dork trio for a great laugh of a discussion about this fantastic slice of early 2000s fantasty/adventure good time.

Next up: Long Day's Journey Into Night (2018)