Ninth Gate Noted director / convicted child rapist Roman Polanski returns to the same territory from whence his classic Rosemary’s Baby sprung with this 1999 film which in some ways plays as a more drawn-out, complex version of Angel Heart, albeit minus that film’s emotional impact. Johnny Depp plays a rather shady dealer in rare […]
No Country For Old Men Well certainly credit must be given to the Coens for changing up their style and approach: gone is the silly humor and amusing caricatures that made up many of their previous efforts. Unfortunately what we have is a confusing and contrived mess that almost never explains what is happening and […]
North By Northwest In a day when the market is flooded with action suspense thrillers featuring an everyman character running for his life from bad guys both real and imagined, it’s a wonder if any moviegoers today have ever taken the time to check out the movie that started the whole thing, Alfred Hitchcock’s 1959 […]
O Brother, Where Art Thou? Many times when watching a good (or great) movie, there comes a point where the viewer thinks, “Man I really wouldn’t mind watching this again!”. Thus is the case with this 2000 release from the esteemed Coen Brothers, a much more entertaining and better paced entry than their Oscar winning […]
Octopussy Widely considered by many (and rightfully so) to be one of the worst entries in the Bond series, it can almost be said that the aging Roger Moore (in his sixth outing) and his penchant for humor overtook this production so much that at times this film feels more like a vehicle for Austin […]
On Her Majesty’s Secret Service For the sixth James Bond film, the producers were unable to come to terms with Sean Connery (whose performances had come to belie his boredom) and instead went with Australian male model George Lazenby in the part: In many ways it’s a shame: while Lazenby is not REALLY bad in […]
Once Bitten Once in a while a future star does a movie that gets little to no acclaim at the time but after their stardom takes off into the stratosphere, their previously little regarded work is given a fresh coat of paint and rereleased practically under the pretense of being a NEW film starring that […]
Once Upon A Time In The West It is extremely difficult as a filmmaker to achieve anything that can be akin to Cinematic Poetry in ANY genre, but especially that of the Western, a story style which admittedly has a limited amount of plotlines and character types, but Sergio Leone managed to do just that […]
