Shoot the Glass

After having lived in Ireland for a number of years, I was not completely unfamiliar with the history of the Irish Civil War, and the years leading up to it. I knew about Michael Collins, about Eamon de Valera, and had a fair grasp of what happened.
I am always a bit apprehensive when viewing a [...]

How does one go about reviewing a movie like this? Well, let me first start by saying that is was the first Werner Herzog / Klaus Kinski collaboration I’ve seen. It’s also their first, and I was more than a little nervous.
The opening shot is one of the most fantastic opening shots I’ve ever seen; [...]

Franz Anton Mesmer was an intriguing man, who lived in 18th century Vienna. He believed that everything in the world was in balance, except man. He performed unusual studies on ill people, believing he could heal them, and in the process discovered something he called “animal magnetism“.
The plot itself is an interesting one, and its [...]