Bullitt is an award-winning film that showcases one of the most exciting car chases ever. The 1968 fast-back Mustang used in the chase scene recently sold at auction for 3.4 million dollars, and it was in rough condition. I will be reviewing the 2-disc Special Edition DVD of this movie. Steve McQueen was one of […]
Bullitt (1968)
February 28, 2021 by
Film Title
BullittSynopsis
A star witness under protection is killed and Bullitt must find the killers
Director
Peter YatesCast
Steve McQueen
Robert Vaughn
Jaqueline Bissett
Don Gordon
Robert Duvall
Simon Oakland
Norman Fell
Bingo On The Box
February 22, 2021 by
Whilst Bingo can sometimes dominate the online casino gaming scene, you’ll also find it popping up on your telly box in some of your favourite films and classic TV programmes. Whether it’s gameshows or comedies that tickle your fancy, it won’t be hard to find a hint of Bingo magic when you settle down for […]
12 Angry Men
February 21, 2021 by
Film Title
12 Angry MenSynopsis
In a stifling Jury Room 12 men deliberate the fate of a murder suspect
Director
Sidney LumetCast
Martin Balsam
John Fiedler
Lee J. Cobb
E.G. Marshall
Jack Klugman
Edward Binns
Jack Warden
Henry Fonda
Joseph Sweeney
Ed Begley
George Voscovek
Robert Webber
In movie jargon, the words “classic” and “masterpiece” are accolades that are tossed around quite a bit. Sometimes they are well deserved, sometimes not, and often the status is indeterminate. In the case of 12 Angry Men, there is no reasonable doubt at all about the verdict. This classic is a masterpiece and one of […]
Uplift the Race: 3 Spike Lee Joints
February 20, 2021 by
For over 30 years now, ever since his debut feature She’s Gotta Have It in 1986, Spike Lee has been one of the most innovative and provocative filmmakers of our time. As expressed numerous times throughout his many films, Lee’s highest goal is to “wake up” and uplift all oppressed and deluded people, but he […]
A Made Up Solution To A Made Up Problem
February 18, 2021 by
I realize this is a gross over-simplification, but it occurs to me that religion and a belief in various gods are, at their root, just attempts at making up solutions to deal with equally made-up problems. Or, to put it a different way, religions frequently invent problems that do not actually exist in order to […]
About That Life On Mars Thing
February 14, 2021 by
Since the early days of science fiction, Martians have been part of our folklore. Sometimes they’re benevolent, often evil; but always just taken for granted as being existent. And though we’ve been to Mars lots of times, we’ve had eyes on it from the surface and from orbit, we have not yet managed to find […]
Goodfellas
February 14, 2021 by
Film Title
GoodfellasSynopsis
The Godfather of all gangster movies
Director
Martin ScorseseCast
Ray Liotta
Joe Pesci
Robert De Niro
Lorraine Bracco
Paul Sorvino
Frank Vincent
Frank Sivero
I recently watched Goodfellas for the third…and final time, not because I intend to retire to eremitism, join a cult or end my life soon, but—to see how it held up. Seeing it first in 2004 while a twenty-year-old, English-as-a-second language twit enamored with mob flicks centered around New Yawk, big-city, third-world, streetwise culture; and, […]
Baby’s Day Out
February 13, 2021 by
Film Title
Baby's Day OutSynopsis
A kidnapped kid is lost. Who cares?
Director
Patrick Read JohnsonCast
A baby
Another baby
A bunch of other people we've never heard of
As anyone who has read my in-depth review of Beethoven knows, family movies from the 1990s are often covert founts of darkness and despair, sometimes to the point that it is nigh impossible to see them any other way. Another great example of this curious phenomenon is the 1994 film Baby’s Day Out, which depicts […]
All Is True
February 10, 2021 by
Film Title
All Is TrueSynopsis
The final days of the magnificent Bard
Director
Kenneth BranaghCast
Kenneth Branagh
Ian McKellen
Judi Dench
Nonso Anozie
Lolita Chakrabarti
In his autobiography LittleWilson and Big God, Anthony Burgess ( for those of you who did not know, his complete name was John Anthony Burgess Wilson. Furthermore, for those of you who do not know, he was author of A Clockwork Orange, Tremor in Intent, The End of the World News, among many other novels, […]
Birdemic: Shock And Terror
February 10, 2021 by
Film Title
Birdemic: Shock and TerrorSynopsis
An inept attempt at cashing in on Hitchcock’s masterpiece.
Director
James NguyenCast
Alan Bagh
Whitney Moore
Tipi Hedren (archive footage)
Other random people off the street
Birdemic: Shock and Terror was clearly made without the benefit of anyone who knew absolutely anything about filmmaking within a hundred yards of the set. Witness production values and acting that make Tommy Wiseau’s notorious 2003 classic The Room look like a legitimate masterpiece. Witness sound editing and mixing apparently done by a pair of […]
