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For over 50 years Director William Friedkin has had his share of highs and lows. While reading his new book The Friedkin Connection – A Memoir I found myself riveted as if it were a pulp adventure story. The themes that kept resurfacing throughout were his fearlessness and determination to bring his work to fruition. There were also reflective moments in which he described how his own wreckless attitude had [read...] 
Man Bites Dog is a film that I had been trying to find for a while. A DVD eluded my grasp but I was pleasantly surprised to find the film available on YouTube. You can watch it there if a DVD is not available. I really like the title, “Man Bites Dog”. It’s obscure and peaks the interest of any potential viewers, and it has great relevance to the film, [read...] 
John Woo’s 1993 furious action classic HARD TARGET marked his debut as an American filmmaker and was my introduction his work. I remember reading about the film when it was released and my curiosity was stirred when star Jean Claude Van Damme referred to Woo as “the Martin Scorsese of Hong Kong”. The opening of the film gets the action rolling fast as we witness a high stakes game of [read...] 
The first film I ever saw by David Cronenberg was his reimagining of the sci fi film The Fly. I knew after that visceral experience he was an incredibly daring filmmaker with a dark, thought provoking style all his own. 10 years later he made CRASH (1996), based on the novel by J.G. Ballard which took ideas he had previously explored to a new psycho-sexual level. James Spader plays James [read...] 
I think that most horror fans would agree that Sam Raimi’s 1981 ultra-low budget horror film The Evil Dead stands as one of the scariest and most influential efforts within the horror genre. The very idea of trying to remake the film for modern audiences was absolutely blasphemous. For years, Hollywood threatened to dig out the Book of the Dead and even Raimi himself hinted that he might return to [read...] 
Martin Scorsese’s The King of Comedy (1983) is a film that has often been overlooked by many critics and average movie watchers. Yet those of us who are fans and know it well consider it one of his very best works. Robert DeNiro stars as Rupert Pupkin, an aspiring stand up comedian. When we first meet him he’s waiting in line to catch a glimpse of the popular Johnny Carson-esque [read...] 
This week (March 25th) marked 30 years since The Outsiders was released theatrically. In tribute to this American classic directed by Francis Ford Coppola we would like to present our review. Stay Gold by Stevie Wonder on Grooveshark Based on the best selling novel by S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders tells the story of the Curtis brothers: Pony Boy (C. Thomas Howell) Soda Pop (Rob Lowe) and Darry (Patrick Swayze) all [read...] 
One of the all time greatest war films, John Sturges’ THE GREAT ESCAPE (1963) is coming to Blu Ray May 7th. Based on a true story, the action packed adventure takes place in 1943 during World War II behind the fences of a German Stalag where British, American, Polish and Australian prisoners of war are being held. This particular prison was made specifically to prevent breakouts but what the Nazis [read...] 
Today is the birthday of one of cinema’s most iconic and legendary stars: Steve McQueen (1930-1980). Throughout the 60s and 70s he made his mark in Hollywood playing fast living rebellious characters (The Cooler King, Frank Bullitt, Doc McCoy, Papa Thorton etc) but he was also able to be funny and most importantly bring a sense of realism and humanity to his many roles. This is what audiences picked up [read...] 
For over 40 years Clint Eastwood has had a truly illustrious film career both in front of and behind the camera. On June 4th, Warner Home Video will be releasing a 20 film retrospective Blu Ray box set of some of the very best of his work. This will be a great opportunity for all the longtime Furious Eastwood fans who haven’t already bought these films separately to get them [read...] |
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