Jagged Edge is an incredibly lousy legal thriller written by Joe Eszterhas and directed by Richard Marquand. Marquand is probably best known for having stepped in to direct Return of the Jedi after David Cronenberg AND David Lynch both turned down George Lucas’ offer. Eszterhas and Marquand would follow up their success with Jagged Edge with the completely forgotten … Continue reading Jagged Edge – Blu-Ray Review
David Lynch is undeniably the modern-day face of surrealism on the big screen: only Luis Buñuel (who of course was an original surrealist) is maybe more synonymous with surrealism in cinema. Lynch, however, claims Buñuel had little influence on his work, because he didn’t see his films until much later, and allegedly very few of … Continue reading Dune (1984) – Blu-Ray Review
Deep Cover is the best of the “hood” movies of the ‘90s. It started out as a possible sequel to Internal Affairs, which it’s not, although the two films do share a writer, Henry Bean. However, Michael Tolkin had just come off The Rapture, and had written the book and screenplay of The Player, a … Continue reading Deep Cover – Blu-Ray Review
All About Eve came out the same year as Sunset Blvd., and that's no coincidence—both are films about the dark underbelly of show business. Sunset Blvd. is undeniably the darker and marginally better film, but All About Eve was more acceptable to the Academy, hence why it won best picture. All About Eve is mainly … Continue reading All About Eve – Blu-Ray Review
A Tale of Two Sisters was one of the first South Korean movies to make a dent in the US during the initial influx of Korean cinema, which was spearheaded by Park Chan-wook. This film’s director, Kim Jee-woon, had a major release with this film around the same time as Park’s Oldboy. Korean cinema has … Continue reading A Tale of Two Sisters – Blu-Ray Review
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