NEW YORK STORIES - Skky’s video pick of the week

New York Stories (1989)directed byMartin ScorseseFrancis Ford CoppolaWoody AllenIts a wonderful thing to see a collaborative effort from a diverse group of great filmmakers, each contributing a small ...
Posted by on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:12:00 GMT

7 GRANDMASTERS - Skkys video pick of the week

7 Grandmasters (1978) directed byJoeseph Kuo Most martial arts films will only have a few fight scenes, trying to build up towards a great fight scene as the end. The difference with this one is that...
Posted by on Thu, 17 Apr 2008 19:52:00 GMT

A LETTER TO THREE WIVES - Skky’s video pick of the week

A LETTER TO THREE WIVES (1949) directed byJoseph L. Mankiewicz Aside from Kirk Douglas, the film has no real stars in it, which is a rarety for a golden era film ( Not having mutiple big names present...
Posted by on Sun, 06 Apr 2008 17:04:00 GMT

SUSPIRIA - Skkys video pick of the week

SUSPIRIA (1977)directed byDario Argento As with any Dario Argento film, the thing that gets people’s attention is the graphic death scenes ( And there are a few in this one ) but what I found mo...
Posted by on Mon, 24 Mar 2008 18:52:00 GMT

WHATS UP DOC - Skkys video pick of the week

What's Up Doc (1972)directed byPeter Bogdanovich Barbara Streisand is one of the very few people in the past 40 years or so who could flawlessly deliver a huge amount of dialog at a rapid pace ( In th...
Posted by on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 04:39:00 GMT

THE MONSTER SQUAD - Skkys Video Pick of the Week

The Monster Squad (1987)directed byFred DekkerI rag on the eighties a lot for being the worst decade for films ( And it is...by far ). But what it did produce were the greatest "made for children, but...
Posted by on Thu, 07 Feb 2008 20:31:00 GMT

THREE EXTREMES - Skky’s video pick of the week

Three Extremes (2004)directed by Fruit ChanTakashi Miike Chan-wook Park It is very difficult to remake a foreign film that is successful and try to repackage it for a different audience. As can be wi...
Posted by on Fri, 25 Jan 2008 17:26:00 GMT

Dancer in the Dark - SKKY’S video pick of the week

Dancer in the Dark (2000)The story of a woman ( Bjork ) who is slowly becoming blind and who's son is suffering from the same affliction. In order to save her son from a similar fate, she frantically ...
Posted by on Thu, 03 Jan 2008 17:04:00 GMT

THEY CALL HER ONE EYE - SKKYS video pick of the week

THEY CALL HER ONE EYE (1974)One of the better ( If not the best ) of the female revenge films. A young girl, who was molested as a child and is now mute, gets a ride from a charming stranger that take...
Posted by on Thu, 13 Dec 2007 14:49:00 GMT

HAIR : SKKYS video pick of the week

Hair (1979) Did this once before where I suggested an awful film, for balance. Such is the feeling behind this week's pick. I credit this film as the one that destroyed an entire genre of film, ( Or a...
Posted by on Fri, 30 Nov 2007 15:14:00 GMT