Film on the Internet: THE VERDICT
If a film is directed by Sidney Lumet, written by David Mamet, and starring Paul…
Film on the Internet: THE SPANISH PRISONER
Sleek, cool, and composed, The Spanish Prisoner depends on getting every detail precisely right. It…
Year Of The Month – Heist
“Your man does good work.” “That’s why I use him.” The first shot of Heist…
Blind Reads: Wilson by David Mamet
Blind Reads: in which Avathoir and wallflower read each other’s favorite books without knowing a…
Film on the Internet: THE UNTOUCHABLES (1987) on Amazon Prime
“I have become what I beheld and I am content that I have done right.”…
Film on the Internet: GREAT EXPECTATIONS (1998) on Netflix
The same year Gus Van Sant pissed on Psycho (vague connection to horror achieved!), Alfonso Cuaron,…
The Cadences of Ownage: SPARTAN (2004)
David Mamet’s Spartan was released five months before Michael Mann’s Collateral and they have a…
Film on the Internet: RONIN (1998) on Amazon Prime
Like Sneakers, Ronin feels like a 1970s movie that somehow got made in the 1990s. The plot…
What Is Ownage?
You had to act, because no one else would. (James Ellroy) Ownage is fast and…
THE SHIELD, season 3, eps. 11-12: “Strays”/”Riceburner”
“Have you ever killed something before?” Although he didn’t write the script (Glen Mazzara gets…