Film on the Internet: GANGS OF NEW YORK (2002) on Amazon Prime
“It would be like no one even knew we was ever here.” Think of Gangs…
Film on the Internet: RESERVOIR DOGS (1992) on Amazon Prime
I could talk about what’s good and what’s bad about this film; I’m sure we’ll…
Scenic Route: SMILEY’S PEOPLE (1982)
In thrillers, exposition is a necessary challenge; even the tightest of them (Escape from New…
Forgotbusters: the Early Years | THE TRAIN (1965)
Why The Train Shouldn’t Be Forgotten, or 10 Things Action Filmmakers Need to Remember John…
New Modes for Old Truths: James Ellroy’s America
Mr. Campbell, who cares? Even if this were true, who cares? This country was built…
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: KILL BILL vols. 1 (2003) and 2 (2004) on Amazon Prime
“You and I have unfinished business.” Like Wes Anderson’s The Royal Tenenbaums, Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill creates an…
The Avathoir/Wallflower American Vampire Conversation, Installment 10
Interlude Warning: Like all Conversations in this series, this contains SPOILERS. wallflower: One of the…
Film on the Internet: THE WAY OF THE GUN (2000) on Amazon Prime
For most movies, you don’t want to spoil the ending. For Christopher McQuarrie’s The Way of the…
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…