Catch Us If You Can (or Having a Wild Weekend in the U.S.)is the first feature film directed by John Boorman. It's an incredibly odd film, bordering on '60s art-house but wrapped up within this pop movie for the Dave Clark Five. The film came out in 1965, which was a year after the runaway success of The Beatles collaboration with Richard … Continue reading Catch Us If You Can – Blu-Ray Review
Black Windmill is a 1974 film directed by Don Siegel. Siegel was usually an absolutely fantastic director, and this film came at what was arguably his career peak—but Black Windmill is pretty bland. In the three years that preceded this, he did Two Mules for Sister Sara, The Beguiled and Dirty Harry, plus Charley Varrick, … Continue reading Black Windmill – Blu-Ray Review
Albert Brooks has carved out such an odd little niche in American comedy cinema: he always plays some variation on the self-obsessed neurotic character that he created in his early stand-up routine. His films are never hugely successful, but they are generally critical favourites. He was often compared to Woody Allen, especially in the '80s—and … Continue reading Defending Your Life – Blu-Ray Review
This Howard Hawks film from 1934 is the first of Hawks’s screwball comedies. It stars John Barrymore and Carole Lombard in a movie that is pretty zany, but doesn’t go to the dizzying heights of Bringing Up Baby or His Girl Friday. However, Twentieth Century is still a very fun movie. Barrymore plays an egomaniac … Continue reading Twentieth Century – Blu-Ray Review
Crimewave is Sam Raimi’s infamous follow-up to The Evil Dead, and the second Coen Brothers script to be made into a film, released within a year of Blood Simple. The film was a very difficult production for everyone involved, and ended up tonally schizophrenic. But if you’re willing to go with it, you’ll have some … Continue reading Crimewave (1985) – Blu-Ray Review
