In a white wintry abyss, the sounds of Ennio Morricone‘s ominous score plays as a stagecoach slowly comes into view. Sitting square in the path of the horse drawn buggy upon a heap of dead bodies is Major Marquis Warren (Samuel L. Jackson) an ex-Union officer turned bounty hunter. He […]
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The Wild West will be getting a whole lot wilder in Quentin Tarantino‘s upcoming thriller THE HATEFUL EIGHT. The first inglorious trailer for the movie gives us a visually striking and crackling dialogue filled introduction to QT’s rowdy rogues gallery of 18th century law abiders and breakers. Kurt Russell is […]
Quentin Tarantino‘s upcoming western thriller THE HATEFUL EIGHT caused quite a ruckus even before it began filming – but that’s just making us anticipate it all the more. By now you probably know the basic premise of the story but in furious film geek fashion we’ve gone a bit further […]
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 […]
Mike Newell’s 1997 mob classic Donnie Brasco is based on the true story of FBI agent Joe Pistone, a man who went undercover into the New York City mafia to help get evidence to indite members of the organization. Even though Newell wasn’t a veteran of crime cinema compared to […]
Sin City is based on the graphic novel series of the same name by Artist Frank Miller. Miller is most famous for Sin City but has done other stories like The Dark Knight Returns, 300 and Hard Boiled (unrelated to the John Woo film). I saw the movie before I […]