Remakes are, and always have been, a staple of not just Hollywood cinema, but film history. Some rise above their previous source material, some don’t. There are few that feel as ill-conceived as Death Note, a poorly slapped together fan fiction film version of what should have been a strong morality tale. Death Note
List time! I was originally going to be doing a 2012 5 years later retrospective but naturally my plans were thwarted. You’ll get to see that piece in a couple of weeks. Today, I want to talk about comedies, specifically the best ones. BBC recently polled a whole bunch of people and asked them what
New week, new film! This week’s Wayback Wednesday takes a look at The Breaking Point (1950). The Breaking Point (1950) Starring: John Garfield, Patricia Neal, Phyllis Thaxter, Juano Hernandez, Wallace Ford, Edmon Fod Directed By: Michael Curtiz Synopsis: An otherwise moral captain of a charter boat becomes financially strapped and is drawn into illegal activities
Welcome to what will hopefully be a long running series! Wayback Wednesday is something I’ve had on my mind to do for a while to both revisit classic movies as well as make my way through my ever growing, but never played Criterion collection. Blending the two enabled me to start this weekly jump into
There’s a moment early on in The Incredible Jessica James that seals the deal for your opinion on the movie. Jessica, played by Jessica Williams, is talking to the divorced mother of one of her theater kids about why her daughter can’t come to a writer’s retreat. The mother informs her about the challenges with
The Coldest City is the name of the graphic novel that is the source material for Atomic Blonde and you would be remisced to feeling the chill after leaving the theater. Atomic Blonde is a Cold War era thriller that’s more cold than thriller, despite the deliciousness of it’s two lead performances from Charlize Theron