Saturday, March 3, 2012

Scorsese Picks 85 You Must See

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Martin Scorsese, the director's director, names 85 films that you must see if you want to know anything about cinema. As you might expec...
Thursday, January 12, 2012

Sunny Place For Shady People: 'Noir' TV

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So Frank Darabont will be the guy who delivers an "L.A. Noir" pilot to TNT. It's going to be an interesting experiment to see...
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Monday, January 9, 2012

High School Noir: Crime is an Extracurricular Activity

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Brendan (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) makes a secret phone call in 'Brick' (2005). I t's remarkable how well life at a typical suburban...
Friday, November 25, 2011

'Snatch': A Well Oiled Machine About ... What?

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Turkish (Jason Statham), Mickey O;Neil (Brad Pitt)  and Tommy (Stephen Graham) in 'Snatch.' T he problem with "Snatch," Gu...
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Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Ellroy Outing Splashes Blood, Violence On Screen

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Rampart," with story and screenplay by James Ellroy, features Woody Harrelson as a dirty cop, Dave "Date Rape Dave" Brown, ba...
Monday, November 21, 2011

All Aboard Guy Ritchie's Quick-Cut, Malevolent Joy Ride

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Normally I write here about movies and TV shows I've seen. But two Netflix discs have been sitting unwatched on my coffee table for near...
Saturday, November 12, 2011

Forget About Plausibility, Just Entertain

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As I've maintained, I am a dedicated Hitchcock fan, despite what any of his detractors might say . The dude gave us decades of spine-tin...