"C'mon Trip, you known me since I was a kid."
"I known a lot of killers since they was kids."
Wow, Juice certainly lives up to its reputation as a classic. As a hip-hop fan I've loved Eric B and Rakim's title track for the longest time, I thought there was no way the film itself could live up to it but that's far from the case. Ernest Dickerson makes a hell of an impression as a debut feature director:…
The virgin tax-avoiding capitalist crook Kirk Douglas vs the chad gas station worker/gumshoe Robert Mitchum.
In all seriousness, this is a classic noir for a reason. His chilling horrors Cat People and I Walked with a Zombie are crucial cinematic inspirations for me - Cat People I watched at a young age and absorbed into my DNA, Zombie is one I saw more recently that haunts long in the memory - so it's a delight to see Jacques Tourneur imbuing…
It’s fair enough for critics to call Mickey 17’s satire of Donald Trump extremely on the nose; Ruffalo is a total caricature as Marshall, and while I found that quite funny it’s maybe slightly a shame that’s that really the best we can do to poke at this fascist dictator that’s currently threatening the free world. Bong Joon Ho began writing the screenplay in 2021, so right after Trump’s loss to Biden, and they shot the thing in 2022. There’s a…
A solid film, directed well by Phillip Noyce, bringing Saigon and Vietnam of the colonial French Indo-China war to life with a tangible authenticity. As a literary adaptation, however, it’s sanitised, and ends up feeling quite perfunctory as it treads through the narrative of the indelible novel. The filmmakers nailed the political intrigue and espionage of the plot and they effectively communicated the significance of these events, Pyle striving for a third way against the Viet communists and French colonists…
Look. I could waffle on about how great 'Bait' is, but I think that might take away from the film’s strange, understated mystique. 'Bait' is something much needed in the age of soulless remakes and endless cash-in sequels; starkly original and unique, and a movie that makes use of cinema in an inspired way. Director Mark Jenkin shot the movie on black and white 16mm film, that he hand developed and had overdubbed in post as the print was silent.…
Terrifying. One of the most devastating films I’ve ever watched. Congratulations to Alex and Marcus for resolving this, and to Ed Perkins for putting this story together. If you have a Netflix subscription, watch this as soon as possible. It’s necessary.
