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Movie Review: Bad Lieutenant(1992)
From director Abel Ferrara and Harvey Keitel as its lead thespian comes Bad Lieutenant, a powerful and intense neo noir, Bad Lieutenant. This movie is not for the faint of heart or the underaged. If viewers can stomach it, the NC-17 version of the film is a more impactful experience of the film, than the… Read more
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Movie Review: Point Blank (1967)
From director John Boorman comes ‘Point Blank,’ a classic early neo noir that includes Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, Keenan Wynn, and Carroll O’Connor. It is based on the book “The Hunter” by Richard Stark. Interestingly, the movie Payback (1999), starring Mel Gibson, is another adaptation of the book, and each movie takes very different approaches… Read more
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Movie Review: The Mirror Crack’d (1980)
‘The Mirror Crack’d’ is a British adaptation of Agatha Christie’s ‘The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side,’ featuring Angela Lansbury playing the ‘elderly spinster’ sleuth Miss Marple for the first and only time. Directed by Guy Hamilton, with a screenplay by Jonathan Hales and Barry Sandler, the movie boasts an ensemble cast including many thespians… Read more
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Movie Review: Lady Snowblood(1973)
Today, we look at a Japanese classic action movie and revenge thriller that was a huge inspiration for Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill. Directed by Toshiya Fujita and starring Meiko Kaji in the lead role, Snowblood is gory and violent but features some excellent, visually appealing scenes and slick cinematography. The movie is based on a… Read more
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Movie Review:The Big Town (1987)
“The Big Town,” directed by Ben Bolt and featuring a powerhouse cast including Matt Dillon, Diane Lane, Tommy Lee Jones, Bruce Dern, Lee Grant, and Suzy Amis, is a colorful and interesting neo-noir that is worth watching. Set in the 50s, its cinematography is noteworthy. The studio-created Chicago of the 50s actually resembles a city… Read more
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Movie Review: Black Swan (2001)
Directed by Darren Aronofsky, based on a screeplay by Mark Heyman, Andres Heinz and John McLaughlin ‘Black Swan’ is a psychological thriller-drama from a story written by Heinz. Unwittingly I seem to have the knack of picking movies that blur the line between reality and illusion, in this case hallucination and I have done so… Read more
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