Eyes Of Laura Mars (1978) – Director: Irvin Kershner – 4/10 (passable/mediocre) The motion picture is cumbered with two crucial shortcomings: firstly, the storyline does not feature any character development and most of it heavily relies on jump scares as well as implausible turnabouts intended to secrete the overarching scripting […]
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“I’m as mad as hell…and I’m not going to take it anymore!” – Howard Beale That is one of the most famous quotes in the history of cinema. It expresses the anger and frustration of all humans feel towards oppressive things in their life and it’s been heavily referenced over […]
“No money, no job, no rent. Hey, I’m back to normal.” Barbet Schroeder’s 1987 booze soaked drama BARFLY is based on a screenplay by the late great poet/author Charles Bukowski. Mickey Rourke stars as Henry Chinaski (Bukowski’s alter ego) a down n’ outer who extolls virtues in between getting soused. […]
An old fashioned sepia toned Paramount Pictures logo at the start of Roman Polanski’s 1974 Neo Noir masterpiece Chinatown acts as a cinematic portal that sends us back into the past. The romantic horns of “Love Theme From Chinatown (The Main Title) by composer Jerry Goldsmith are enchanting as the […]
One of my personal favorite movies from the 1970s, Roman Polanski’s crime-mystery neo-noir Chinatown is hitting Blu Ray April 3rd! Set in the late 1930s, Jack Nicholson plays J.J. “Jake” Gittes, a Los Angeles gumshoe who is hired to keep tabs on Hollis Mulwray an engineer for the cities’ Department […]