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Reviews & Commentary by Adam Groves
IVAN VASILIEVICH CHANGES HIS PROFESSION
This is, quite simply, THE Soviet time travel comedy
NAKED TANGO
An ambitious 1990 production you probably didn’t see
THIS IS ME…NOW
In which the 54-year-old Jennifer Lopez, a.k.a. J.Lo, celebrates herself and her new album
FAMINE ’33
A chronicle of the Holodomor, or Artificial Famine, that afflicted Ukraine in 1932-33, engineered by Stalin to (it’s been claimed) crush Ukrainian resistance to Soviet rule
ROLLING THUNDER
One of the finest action films of ithe seventies, offering up naturalistic drama and brutal action in equal doses
DINNER AT DEVIANT’S PALACE
A post-apocalyptic fantasy with a difference
GOLEM
Horror ficiton trash about the legendary golem. Don’t expect much.
BLOOD: A TALE
A four-part comic book saga that appeared in 1987, a boom time for adult comics
GEORGE’S RUN: A WRITER’S JOURNEY THROUGH THE TWILIGHT ZONE
A graphic novel that dramatizes the life of writer George Clayton Johnson, of OCEAN’S ELEVEN, THE TWILIGHT ZONE, STAR TREK and LOGAN’S RUN.
COMMITTAL CHAMBER
A horror novel? Not quite, although COMMITTAL CHAMBER is a dark and macabre piece of work
BAD BOY BUBBY
Here’s something I say we all definitely need: a book about Rolf de Heer’s 1993 cinemutation BAD BOY BUBBY
JOHN FRANKENHEIMER: A CONVERSATION WITH CHARLES CHAMPLIN
A lively film-related biography structured entirely as a long conversation
MADE MEN
You simply cannot go wrong with this book, which explores Martin Scorsese’s GOODFELLAS
GEOFF MURPHY: A LIFE ON FILM
An engaging memoir, and certainly one of most interesting and underrated film books of the 2010s
SWIMMING AMONG SHARKS–THE STORY BEHIND THE MAKING OF GRIZZLY II: REVENGE
This book offers conclusive proof that every movie, no matter how worthless, has a story behind it
Performer Profile: Bridget Fonda
A reclusive figure nowadays, back in the nineties Bridget was one of the brightest stars on the scene, and scion of one of Hollywood’s most prestigious dynasties
TV Flashback: MANUEL ON THE ISLAND OF WONDERS
A “children’s film” that’s less-than-childish in its orientation
2021: Bedlam in Print
The latest installment of my annual overview of the previous year’s Bedlam Files-friendly publications
2021: The Year in Bedlam
The latest edition of my Year in Bedlam overview of the movie releases of the previous twelve months
2021: A Look Back in Bedlam
Anyone doubting that we’re currently living in Bizarro World need only take a look at the entertainment field of 2021