When you watch a lot of films, hopefully more often than not you’ll come across little gems that you always remember. Tom DiCillo’s Box Of Moonlight (1996) is one of those for me. One day while I was tuning into one of my favorite cable channels I saw this movie […]
John Turturro
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Today is the hottest day not only in the history of Thailand where I live, but probably some other countries out there as well. Let’s face it, nobody likes extremely hot weather. It causes many problems and conflicts. I mean, it’s an indirect cause…but it heats up (no pun intended) […]
In New York City, 1941 we are introduced to successful playwright Barton Fink (John Turturro) an idealistic artist who is inspired to forge a new kind of theater by telling grand stories about “the common man”, his stock in trade. When Capitol Pictures in Hollywood gets word of his genius, […]
With spring-summer approaching, I’ve been recently thinking about the many movies that take place in that warm time of the year. After going over the titles I could cover, I realized it would be a perfect opportunity to look back on the first film I ever saw by one of […]
In Martin Scorsese’s The Color of Money (1986), the sequel to The Hustler, we meet up with Fast Eddie Felsen (Paul Newman) 25 years after he walked away from the game he was so extraordinary at. Eddie is now a liquor salesman and he’s done well for himself, bringing the […]
The Big Lebowski (1998) went from sleeper hit to a full fledged cult classic spawning all kinds of fan clubs and even a Lebowski Fest held every year where attendees come dressed as their favorite characters. It is one of my personal favorite films of the 90s. It has an […]