Mad Movies 355 - Decembre 2021
-En couverture, Matrix Resurrections : Lana Wachowski réalise en solo ce nouvel opus de la saga qui a changé, pour le meilleur et pour le pire, le visage de la SF moderne. Retour sur les enjeux qui entourent cette résurrection dans un dossier animé par quelques intervenants de choix, et analyse de la révolution visuelle qu’a constituée la franchise.
-SOS Fantômes : L'Héritage : le vrai retour des chasseurs de fantômes, le voilà ! Jason Reitman prend la relève de son paternel avec un film qui ressuscite l’esprit de l’original. Décryptage en compagnie de son réalisateur, et exploration de son univers visuel avec le production designer François Audouy.
-Hurlements : double actu, avec une ressortie salles en version restaurée et un Blu-ray 4K ! Nous avons discuté avec son réalisateur Joe Dante pour analyser le caractère précurseur de son mythique film de loups-garous.
-Steve Barron : de retour au genre de la mini-série de luxe avec Le Tour du monde en 80 jours, Steve Barron nous parle de son parcours avec, bien sûr, de gros morceaux de Tortues Ninja dedans !
-Franco Nero : de passage à la Cinémathèque française pour célébrer le cinéma australien, Phillip Noyce analyse sa période hollywoodienne, de Calme Blanc à Bone Collector en passant par les aventures musclées de Jack Ryan version Harrison Ford.
-SOS Fantômes : L'Héritage : le vrai retour des chasseurs de fantômes, le voilà ! Jason Reitman prend la relève de son paternel avec un film qui ressuscite l’esprit de l’original. Décryptage en compagnie de son réalisateur, et exploration de son univers visuel avec le production designer François Audouy.
-Hurlements : double actu, avec une ressortie salles en version restaurée et un Blu-ray 4K ! Nous avons discuté avec son réalisateur Joe Dante pour analyser le caractère précurseur de son mythique film de loups-garous.
-Steve Barron : de retour au genre de la mini-série de luxe avec Le Tour du monde en 80 jours, Steve Barron nous parle de son parcours avec, bien sûr, de gros morceaux de Tortues Ninja dedans !
-Franco Nero : de passage à la Cinémathèque française pour célébrer le cinéma australien, Phillip Noyce analyse sa période hollywoodienne, de Calme Blanc à Bone Collector en passant par les aventures musclées de Jack Ryan version Harrison Ford.
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- DirectorEduardo RodriguezStarsGwyneth GloverLeah LaurenNajarra TownsendA single mother and her young daughter are driving on a desolate road in a moonless desert. After meeting a young hitchhiker, the mother realizes her daughter is missing. As they search for her, a merciless force torments the two women.
- DirectorRoland EmmerichStarsHalle BerryPatrick WilsonJohn BradleyA mysterious force knocks the moon from its orbit and sends it hurtling on a collision course toward earth.
- DirectorTimo VuorensolaStarsGary GrahamDee WallaceTimo VuorensolaForced to travel with her boyfriend, Laine begins to experience premonitions associated with the urban myth of The Creeper. She believes that something supernatural has been summoned - and that she is at the center of it all.
- DirectorSteven GarbasChantelle HanStarsChantelle HanCharles BoylandMichael CopemanDuring a pandemic, a pregnant restaurateur tries to rob a priceless truffle from a reclusive veteran.
- DirectorBJ McDonnellStarsDave GrohlNate MendelPat SmearLegendary rock band Foo Fighters move into an Encino mansion steeped in grisly rock and roll history to record their much anticipated 10th album.
- DirectorDan TrachtenbergStarsAmber MidthunderDakota BeaversDane DiLiegroNaru, a skilled warrior of the Comanche Nation, fights to protect her tribe against one of the first highly-evolved Predators to land on Earth.
- DirectorJon WrightStarsHannah John-KamenDouglas BoothColm MeaneyMarried couple Maya and Jamie escape their urban nightmare to the tranquility of rural Ireland only to discover malevolent and murderous goblins lurking in the gnarled, ancient wood at the foot of their new garden.
- StarsLee Sun-kyunPark Hee-soonLee ElBrilliant brain scientist Sewon (Lee Sun-Kyun) suffers a horrific personal tragedy. Desperate to uncover what happened to his family, he conducts "brain syncs" with the dead to access their memories for clues.
- DirectorKen NinomiyaStarsAkinori AndôTasuku EmotoElaiza IkedaNagase Ren takes on the role of "I," a university student who moved to Tokyo and is living alone for the first time. I has no friends. I has no girlfriend. The lectures at the university were horribly boring, and I was always looking at Tokyo Tower on the way back from his laborious job. While being attracted to the ruthless, dignified and intelligent "Senior," played by Ikeda Elaiza, whom he meets in the "Hide and Seek Circle" that he secretly falls in love with. Meanwhile, I meets a man called "Black Suit," played by Emoto Tasuku, who is an extremely charismatic and mysterious person. Little did "I" know that the two people he met would bring excitement to his mundane, humdrum existence.
- DirectorRyûichi HirokiStarsTatsuya FujiwaraKen'ichi MatsuyamaRyunosuke KamikiShishikari is a remote island, which is behind the times. The island suffers from a decreasing population and declining industries. Keita Izumi begins to produce black fig on Shishikari Island. Because of his well received product, the island is close to receiving a 5 billion yen grant from the government, which is part of the government's policy to reinvigorate rural economy. The residents of the island are excited, but their peaceful days changes by the appearance of Mutsuo Omisaka. Keita and his friends Jun Tanabe and rookie police officer Shinichiro Moriya are suspicious about him. One night, Keita's daughter goes missing. Due to that, Keita, Jun and Shinichiro happen to kill Mutsuo. They decide to hide Mutsuo's murder to protect the future of the island and their families. It turns out Mutsuo was a psycho killer. Police officers come to Shishikari Island to catch Mutsuo.
- DirectorAlexis LangloisStarsJustine LangloisLioNana BenamerDorothy's a film director and a bit of a loser. One night, fueled up on Heineken, she lets loose on her script when a call from her producer kills her buzz: enough with the queer comedies, it's time to start making mainstream films. To avoid sinking to the deepest depths of despair, Dorothy seeks comfort in her favorite TV show Romy the Vampire Slayer. Unfortunately, her own demons show up.
- DirectorScott CooperStarsKeri RussellJesse PlemonsJeremy T. ThomasIn an isolated Oregon town, a middle-school teacher and her sheriff brother become embroiled with her enigmatic student, whose dark secrets lead to terrifying encounters with an ancestral creature.
- DirectorEdgar WrightStarsThomasin McKenzieAnya Taylor-JoyMatt SmithAspiring fashion designer Eloise is mysteriously able to return to 1960s London, where she encounters dazzling wannabe singer Sandie. But the glamour is not as it seems, and the dreams of the past crack and splinter into something darker.
- DirectorJae-Hoon ChoiStarsJang HyukKim Hyeon-sooJoe TaslimThree different swordsmen -- a swordsman who is going blind, the best swordsman in Joseon Dynasty, and the best swordsman in Qing Dynasty who aspires to be the best even in the Joseon Dynasty -- meet each other for their own reasons.
- DirectorIvan KavanaghStarsAndi MatichakEmile HirschLuke David BlummWhen a young boy contracts a mysterious illness, his mother must decide how far she will go to protect him from terrifying forces in her past.
- DirectorRobert LiebermanStarsD.B. SweeneyRobert PatrickCraig ShefferAn Arizona logger mysteriously disappears for five days in an alleged encounter with a flying saucer in 1975. His co-workers endure ridicule and contempt as they are wrongly accused of murder.
- DirectorM.J. BassettStarsRebecca RomijnPhilip WinchesterIsabel BassettJack Halsey takes his wife, their adult kids, and a friend for a dream vacation in Kenya. But as they venture off alone into a wilderness park, their safari van is flipped over by an angry rhino, leaving them injured and desperate.
- DirectorAdrian LangleyStarsSimon PhillipsMichael SwattonJulie MainvilleA family of sadistic butchers has dug into the back country and, from the deep freeze of winter to the dog days of summer, anyone who crosses their path is dead meat.
- DirectorAlister GriersonStarsBen O'TooleMeg FraserCaroline CraigA man with a mysterious past flees the country to escape his own personal hell - only to arrive somewhere much, much worse.
- DirectorMiguel SapochnikStarsTom HanksCaleb Landry JonesMarie WagenmanOn a post-apocalyptic Earth, a robot, built to protect the life of his creator's beloved dog learns about life, love, friendship and what it means to be human.
- DirectorMarc FouchardStarsKévin MischelAurélia PoirierGeneviève CasileA shy man who works as a taxi driver because he can't afford to live as a musician, meets a deaf girl dancer who is attracted to him despite his trouble communicating.
- DirectorJean-Jacques DenisAnthony RouxStarsLila LacombeKaycie ChaseJérémie CovillaultBristle is a little girl raised by dragons. But when her father, Dragon, has to pay the Sorcerog using his second most valuable asset, he offers her Bristle - Throwing her into an infinite sadness and forcing her to flee the family cave. Bristle then embarks on a journey to discover the world of men.
- DirectorBartosz M. KowalskiStarsJulia Wieniawa-NarkiewiczMichal LupaWiktoria GasiewskaA group of technology-dependent teenagers goes to offline camp and faces a deadly danger lurking in the woods.
- DirectorKevin LewisStarsNicolas CageEmily TostaBeth GrantA quiet drifter is tricked into a janitorial job at the now condemned Willy's Wonderland. The mundane tasks suddenly become an all-out fight for survival against wave after wave of demonic animatronics. Fists fly, kicks land, titans clash -- and only one side will make it out alive.
- DirectorLana WachowskiStarsKeanu ReevesCarrie-Anne MossYahya Abdul-Mateen IIReturn to a world of two realities: one, everyday life; the other, what lies behind it. To find out if his reality is a construct, to truly know himself, Mr. Anderson will have to choose to follow the white rabbit once more.
- DirectorValdimar JóhannssonStarsNoomi RapaceHilmir Snær GuðnasonBjörn Hlynur HaraldssonA childless couple discovers a mysterious newborn on their farm in Iceland.
- DirectorJason ReitmanStarsCarrie CoonPaul RuddFinn WolfhardWhen a single mom and her two kids arrive in a small town, they begin to discover their connection to the original Ghostbusters and the secret legacy their grandfather left behind.
- DirectorJoe DanteStarsDee WallacePatrick MacneeDennis DuganAfter a bizarre and near deadly encounter with a serial killer, a television newswoman is sent to a remote mountain resort whose residents may not be what they seem.
- DirectorJoe DanteEric GoldbergStarsBrendan FraserJenna ElfmanSteve MartinThe Looney Tunes search for a man's missing father and the mythical Blue Monkey diamond.
- DirectorJoe DanteStarsBeau BridgesJoanna CassidyPhil HartmanA simple immigration issue spins wildly out of control for those involved, ranging from the President of the United States, to a news producer.
- CreatorJules VerneStarsDavid TennantIbrahim KomaLeonie BeneschGentleman adventurer Phileas Fogg sets out on a quest to travel around the world and back home in a period of 80 days.
- StarsSam NeillHelena Bonham CarterJohn GielgudLegendary wizard Merlin tells his story of his war against Queen Mab of the Sidhe and his creation of Camelot.
- StarsBarnaby KayElijah WoodMadhur MittalIn 1765, young English boy Jim Hawkins gets involved with buccaneers during his quest to find pirate Captain Flint's treasure buried on a secret island.
- StarsYoo Ah-inKim Hyun-jooPark Jeong-minUnearthly beings deliver bloody condemnations, sending individuals to hell and giving rise to a religious group founded on the idea of divine justice.
- DirectorPhillip NoyceStarsNicole KidmanSam NeillBilly ZaneAfter a tragedy, John Ingram and his wife Rae are spending some time isolated at sea, when they come across a stranger who has abandoned a sinking ship.
- CreatorMike KelleyStarsMadeleine StoweEmily VanCampGabriel MannAn emotionally troubled young woman sets out to exact revenge against the people who wronged her father.
- DirectorBob SwaimStarsRob LoweMeg TillyKim CattrallA recently orphaned heiress meets a young racing yacht captain in the Long Island Hamptons. He shows interest in her, but love may not be the reason.
- DirectorJill GevargizianStarsNajarra TownsendBrea GrantJennifer SewardA lonely hair stylist becomes obsessed with the lives of her clients and descends into murderous madness.
- DirectorBertrand MandicoStarsElina LöwensohnPaula LunaVimala PonsA chimeric future on After Blue, a planet from another galaxy, a virgin planet where only women can survive in the midst of harmless flora and fauna. The story is of a punitive expedition.
- DirectorLucile HadzihalilovicStarsPaul HiltonRomane HemelaersRomola GaraiA 50-year-old caretaker is employed to look after 10-year-old girl. His most important task is to maintain her dentures that are made of ice and must be changed several times a day.
- DirectorAvery CrounseStarsDennis LipscombGuy BoydRebecca StanleyA preacher is accused of adultery, and he and his followers are chased out of town. They become stranded in an isolated forest, which is haunted by the spirits of French colonists controlled by evil.
- DirectorJamil DehlaviStarsPeter FirthSuzan CrowleyStefan KaliphaA musician searches for the Master Flautist, a supernatural creature who is planning to blow up the world.
- DirectorRon OrmondStarsJudy CreechCecil ScaiffeGene McFallBased on the preachings of Reverend Estus W. Pirkle, this film warns what will happen to America if the citizens do not give up their depraved ways and turn to God and Jesus for salvation. Communist infiltrators, the "footmen," will pave the way for an all-out invasion by weakening our will through TV, rock music, dancing, and alcohol. Once the invasion begins, the new Communist government will proceed to round up all Christians and either execute them or force them to undergo re-education. Only by putting their faith in the Bible where it belongs, says Reverend Pirkle, can America resist the coming Red Menace.
- DirectorLucy HarveyDanielle KummerStarsJason HillLydia HaywardJacqui RoeA very amateur dramatics group of Dorset Bus Drivers spent a year creating a serious stage adaptation of the sci-fi, horror film, Alien. With wobbly sets, awkward acting and special effects requiring more luck than judgement.
- DirectorJoe BadonStarsKali RussellAngela AbadieLucas BoffinAnne Hutchinson's troubled relationship with her missing sister is under alien tribunal. Meanwhile, her new roommate's mysterious illness causes her to go on a cannibalistic killing spree.
- DirectorSeijun SuzukiStarsJô ShishidoKôji WadaYumiko NogawaAn injured thief on the run finds sanctuary within a brothel of united, ruthless women.
- DirectorJesús FrancoStarsJames DarrenBarbara McNairMaria RohmA jazz trumpeter becomes obsessed with a beautiful woman whose corpse he discovers on a beach, after which she seemingly returns to life to take revenge on those responsible for her death.