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When it comes to female empowerment films, this 1991 crime drama/road adventure directed by Ridley Scott stands above the rest. The story focuses on best friends Thelma (Geena Davis) a housewife and Louise (Susan Sarandon) a waitress. After planning a weekend getaway in the mountains the two pals pack their things and take off. They stop at a country music bar where a man starts hitting on Thelma but the [read...] 
When I was told about the Howard Hawks Blogathon by my friend Ratnakar of Seetimaar – Diary of a Movie Lover I was really happy because Hawks is a filmmaker I’ve been a fan of for many years now. I think what made Hawks’ work appealing to me was the fact he could take any genre and entertain you through his mastery of it. Whether it was comedy, adventure, western [read...] 
Donnie Yen is a highly accomplished Hong Kong action star. He’s made many acclaimed action films such as Ip Man and Hero and is among the ranks of Jackie Chan and Jet Li and yet I’d never seen one of his films. I’ve made it my mission to see a handful of them. I had already seen most of Ip Man so I decided to start with Flash Point and [read...] 
During the Great Depression young Addie Loggins (Tatum O’Neal) has been orphaned after her mother dies. At the funeral, Moses Pray (Ryan O’Neal) one of her mother’s ex-lovers, pays his respects. Addie seems to think that he could be her father, but he insists he’s not even though they’ve “got the same jaw”. Addie now has to go live at her Aunt’s home in St Joseph, Missouri so Moze kindly [read...] 
Brian DePalma and Screenwriter Oliver Stone’s 1983 update of the Howard Hawks gangster classic is one of our favorite furious films (READ OUR FULL REVIEW). The poster we’ve chosen is the alternate Australian design which recalls the illustrated kinds that were very popular in the 70s. We’ve also included the original iconic black and white poster that is an 80s New Wave spin on the film noir gangster aesthetic. [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...] 
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...] 
Recently I discovered a film called City of Industry (1997) directed by John Irvin whose credits include The Dogs of War (1981), Raw Deal (1986) and Hamburger Hill (1987). At first I wasn’t sure what the movie was about, from the title I thought it might be a story about factory workers or something to that effect. When I found out it was in fact a crime film (or to [read...] 
BURBANK, Calif., March 11, 2013 – As part of the studio’s 90th Anniversary celebration, eight of Warner Bros. Pictures’ greatest gangster films – from Edward G. Robinson’s 1931 classic Little Caesar to Martin Scorsese’s Oscar®-winning masterpiece The Departed– will now be available in two Blu-ray™ sets May 21. Released to coincide with Father’s Day gift-giving, the WB genre greats, along with one of Paramount’s best gangster films, will be offered [read...] |
    
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