The Day of the Dolphin was Mike Nichols’ first big flop, his adaption of Catch-22 was considered a failure by some but turned a profit. Nichols at that point was one of the biggest directors on the planet, with The Graduate and Carnal Knowledge under his belt, one of the golden boys of New Hollywood. … Continue reading The Day of the Dolphin – Blu-Ray Review
The Big Fix is a sadly little-seen neo-noir that came out at the tail end of the '70s and is ripe for rediscovery. It’s based on a novel by Roger L. Simon, who at the time of writing the novel was fairly left-leaning but has moved increasingly to the right since the ‘90s—he is currently the … Continue reading The Big Fix – Blu-Ray Review
Swimming with Sharks was George Huang's directorial debut after Robert Rodriguez encouraged him to quit his job at Columbia Pictures and just make a film. Rodriguez had just sold El Mariachi to Columbia, and they stuck up a friendship that lasts to this day. It's based on the experiences he and his friends had working as assistants to … Continue reading Swimming with Sharks – Blu-Ray Review
Wild Search was directed Ringo Lam during his most popular period, which was the late 80s and early '90s. He is probably best known in the West for making City on Fire, which was an influence on Quentin Tarantino's debut film Reservoir Dogs. Some have tried to make out that Tarantino full-blown plagiarised it, but they very different films … Continue reading Wild Search – Blu-Ray Review
True Romance was one of the first scripts Quentin Tarantino ever wrote, and was originally part of a mammoth script that eventually morphed into True Romance, Natural Born Killers, Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction. It’s a “lovers on the run” movie, as is Natural Born Killers, although that’s a very different film (and was heavily … Continue reading True Romance – Blu-Ray Review
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