Play Misty for Me (1971)

Um…yeah. Ok…I guess accomplished directors have to get their start SOMEWHERE. Besides being well renowned as an actor and jazz pianist, Clint Eastwood is very highly regarded for his skills in the director’s chair, and more often than not…his films are of a surprisingly solid quality. Having said that, I do have to mention that […]

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The Revenant (2015)

Holy shit! Now THAT…was a gawddamn movie! Wait…scratch that…’The Revenant’ is an EXPERIENCE, not JUST a movie. That’s a far more accurate description. I walked outta the flick about an hour ago…and I still feel numb. I feel…pummeled. And I say that as a good thing. This film COULD be the new definition of the […]

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The Third Man (1949)

As I’m sure I’ve mentioned in previous scribblings, I’m a huge fan of the trappings and style of the ‘film noir’ genre. Earlier this week, while reading an unrelated article, I came across mention of this apparently ‘classic’ entry into the genre and decided to give it a whirl, as I was in the mood […]

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Bone Tomahawk (2015)

I recently had the good fortune of seeing Quentin Tarantino’s latest flick, the very cool and slightly long ‘The Hateful Eight’, starring veteran bad-ass Kurt Russell (‘The Thing’). In that one, Russell plays a rough bounty hunter in the Old West days following the American Civil War. Just prior to jumping into bed with QT […]

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The Hateful Eight (2015)

  Yes, folks…as to be more or less expected at this point, Quentin Tarantino has done it again! I, like SO many film geeks out there, love Tarantino’s work, going back to his still outstanding feature film debut, 1992’s ‘Reservoir Dogs’. He has a unique understanding of film and its place in pop culture, and […]

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Krampus (2015)

Well, THAT went about as well as I could’ve hoped for. I’d been looking forward to Writer / Director Michael Dougherty’s next film ever since his debut movie, the awesome Halloween-themed anthology ‘Trick r Treat’, was completely screwed over by Warner Bros. on it’s original release, back in 2007. That flick had ‘teeth’ and style, […]

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