Writer/director’s Drew Hancock’s Companion gives a clever twist to a Science Fiction premise that’s been done before. With modern references to AI and other technology, it raises a lot of interesting questions about the world’s near future.
It opens with attractive, happy young couple Josh (Jack Quaid) and Iris (Sophie Thatcher) driving to a remote lake house to visit friends. Sergey (Rupert Friend), the wealthy Russian owner of the lake house, immediately seems attracted to Iris, finding a way to…
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The Racket 1928
When we think of old gangster films, we tend to think of the sound films of the 30’s with James Cagney or Edward G. Robinson. But gangster films have been around since the silent days, like this 1928 one.
It was directed by Lewis Milestone and co written by Bartlett Cormak and Tom Miranda, based on Cormak’s 1927 play. It’s set in Chicago, and stars Thomas Meighan as Captain James McQuigg, an honest cop trying to bring down crime lord…Translated from by
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Larceny, Inc. 1942
Gangster films in the 30's and 40's were often criticized for glorifying the criminal lifestyle. Hollywood often responded by softening the characters and making them more small time crooks than hardened criminals. This fun comedy is a good example of that; oh sure, Edward G Robinson plays a criminal, as he so often did, but he never so much as pulls a gun here, and his criminal enterprises never really get off the ground anyway.
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The Battle of Algiers 1966
A powerfully made, documentary like film about an uprising in the country of Algeria, The Battle of Algiers is still considered one of the best films ever made about political revolt.
It was directed by Gillo Pontecorvo and written by Franco Solinas, based on the non fiction book Souvenirs de la Bataille d'Alger by Saadi Yacef (Yacef was a member of the revolutionary National Liberation Front and wrote the book while imprisoned by the French). Set during the uprising in…Translated from by
