Stand Up Guys (2012) was one of those movies that I was really excited to see when I first heard about it, but then I kind of forgot about it. So did most people I guess, because it didn’t do too well. The movie was pushed back from it’s opening […]
Christopher Walken
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Since the 1970s, Actor Christopher Walken has been playing eclectic, often daring roles that have made audiences happy. Early performances in movies like Annie Hall and The Deer Hunter (for which he won an Academy Award) were just the beginning of an amazing career. His unique style, voice and look […]
Seven Psychopaths (2012) was a movie that I had strongly anticipated. I wasn’t able to see it until recently, because unfortunately the movie had only a limited release, and wasn’t available anywhere near me. I was not disappointed, I was however surprised. I expected a fast paced action comedy film, what […]
Michael Cimino’s second film The Deer Hunter (1978) is his finest hour as a filmmaker. Unfortunately he would never again reach the same kind of critical acclaim he received from it. The story is an equally beautiful, haunting and tragic look at the effects war has on people’s lives. It’s very […]
The industrial steel town of Clairton, PA and the community of Slavic-Americans who reside there provide the primary backdrop for Michael Cimino’s existential war epic The Deer Hunter. The lives of the main characters are clearly repetitious. They work at the local steel mill, clock out, hit the bar, guzzle […]
This 1980 war film directed by John Irvin (Raw Deal, Hamburger Hill) and photographed by Jack Cardiff (Dark of the Sun) was based on a novel by Frederick Forsyth. The story follows a group of international mercenaries who are hired to remove an African president in the fictional country of […]
“This country spends $100 billion a year on getting high, and it’s not because of me. All that time I was wasting in jail, it just got worse. I’m not your problem. I’m just a businessman.”- Frank White In Abel Ferrara’s 1990 gangster film King of New York Christopher Walken […]