Barry Collins Movies
- 2012
- R
Determined to grow as both a human being and an artist, hip-hop icon Snoop Dogg takes a spiritual pilgrimage to Jamaica as filmmaker Andy Capper captures his gradual metamorphosis into Snoop Lion over the course of one profoundly transformational month. For as long as Snoop can remember, he's been rapping, but upon turning 41, the hustler lifestyle begins to take its toll on the man who turned out such hits as "Murder Was the Case," and who has seen the lives of too many friends taken by violence. While visiting Trench Town, Snoop seeks the wisdom of the Nyabinghi community elders in finding a new direction, and reflects on the past and future while immersing himself in Rastafarian culture. Later, in the wake of a deeply affecting meeting with the legendary Bunny Wailer, Snoop Dogg embraces his new identity as Snoop Lion. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
- 1980
- PG
Peter Sellers gets to play both hero and bad guy at the same time in this comedy variation on Sax Rohmer's infamous stories of Asian super-villian Fu Manchu. The 168-year-old Fu Manchu (Sellers) is starting to run out of the youth-preserving formula that has kept him alive and kicking for the past eight or so decades, and he decides it's high time he made up some more. However, the list of ingredients includes a few items you can't usually get at your corner drug store, and Fu and his minions become a crime wave of their own as they attempt to steal an ancient Egyptian mummy and the Crown Jewels of England. (In the meantime, Fu keeps his heart beating by administering himself the occasional electric shock.) When word gets out that the evil Fu Manchu is back, his long-time nemesis, Scotland Yard's Nayland Smith (also played by Sellers), is put on the case, but like Fu, Smith isn't quite the man he used to be after all these years. Peter Sellers also contributed to the screenplay of The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu without credit, and is said to have briefly taken over as director, though the results lack the snap of his best work; sadly, it would prove to be the great comic's last film. Sid Caesar, Hellen Mirren, and David Tomlinson also appear in the supporting cast. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Starring:
- Peter Sellers, Helen Mirren, (more)
- 1962
In this drama, a wandering religious fanatic accidentally witnesses the rape and murder of a black woman. The crime was committed by a farm boy, and later the murderous lad's father tries to blame the drifter. He then tries to get his son to kill the vagabond and another witness, the dead woman's mute son. Fortunately, the two victims flee. Unfortunately, they are pursued by the father, son, and town sheriff. During a final stand off, the drifter kills the murderer, but is in turn wounded by the irate father. The wound gets infected and during the ensuing delirium, the fellow begins reliving his past. Flashbacks reveal that he was on the plane that dropped the A-bomb on Hiroshima. Later the mute boy brings a doctor who swears that he will turn the drifter in. As the boy and the drifter exchange a final embrace the father shows up again, hoping to finish them off. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Starring:
- John Heffernan, Barry Collins, (more)
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