Murder One: Case Two +
May 19, 2005
The creative minds behind TV greats such as NYPD Blue, Doogie Howser M.D, L.A Law, Dark Angel and The Shield are at it again. This time Steven Bochco and Charles H. Eglee, are revising what worked and what didn’t in producing a second series of...
The Untouchables: Special Collector’s Edition
April 29, 2005
Brian De Palma’s The Untouchables (1987) had all the makings of a powerhouse production destined for greatness. It featured a screenplay written by legendary playwright David Mamet, expert cinematographer Stephen Burum (Rumble Fish) was behind the camera,...
Street Mobster
March 25, 2005
Kinji Fukasaku’s Street Mobster (1972) is a fast-paced, balls-to-the-walls Japanese gangster film shot in glorious anamorphic widescreen that has been beautifully restored by the fine folks at Home Vision Entertainment. Virtually unknown over here (except...
The Ladykillers
January 31, 2005
For years, the Coen brothers have been trying to achieve mainstream acceptance. Their first real attempt was with The Hudsucker Proxy (1994). Not even the presence of big-time Hollywood producer Joel Silver helped and the film was a critical and commercial...
Out of Sight: Collector’s Edition
December 16, 2004
“It’s like seeing someone for the first time. You can be passing on the street and you look at each other and for a few seconds there’s this kind of recognition. Like you both know something, and the next moment the person’s gone....
Twisted
December 14, 2004
There needs to be a temporary moratorium placed on the serial killer genre. Seven (1995) was the last breath of fresh air—everything since has been predictable and derivative. It has definitely played itself out as genre with nobody being able to think...
Bloody Territories
December 12, 2004
Like the old saying goes, those who live by the sword die by the sword; so do the gangsters who populate Yasuharu Hasebe’s Bloody Territories (1969). It is one of those colourful Japanese gangster (a.k.a. Yakuza) films where the plot revolves around...
GoodFellas: Special Edition
December 8, 2004
“For as long as I can remember I always wanted to be a gangster.” – Henry Hill From his early days making Mean Streets (1973), Scorsese was always fascinated by gangsters. As a child, he had grown up around them and was intrigued by...
Collateral
November 25, 2004
After the commercial failure and mixed critical reaction of the vastly underrated Ali (2001), Michael Mann returns to familiar territory—the urban crime thriller—with Collateral (2004). After making three grandiose epics in a row, he shifts gears...
Twisted
August 11, 2004
There needs to be a temporary moratorium placed on the serial killer genre. Seven (1995) was the last breath of fresh air—everything since has been predictable and derivative. It has definitely played itself out as genre with nobody being able to think...
