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
The Pursuit of Love is a three-part mini-series co-produced by BBC/Amazon Prime and based on Nancy Mitford's semi-autobiograpical novel, which was the first in a trilogy. Nancy was one of the "good" Mitfords: she was a ‘’small s’’ socialist, unlike two of her sisters Unity and Diane, who were notorious fascists. My friend Scott Bradley has … Continue reading The Pursuit of Love – Blu-Ray Review
The Krays is a fascinating film about the notorious the British gangster twins, Ronald and Reginald Kray. The film was directed by noted Hungarian/British director Peter Medak, who also directed The Ruling Class, The Changeling and numerous other films as well as high-quality episodic television. However, the real auteur behind this interpretation of the Krays … Continue reading The Krays – Blu-Ray Review
Eye of the Cat is one of those killer cat movies, this time with crazy old cat lady Aunt Danny (played by Eleanor Parker, who was a big deal back in the 1940s). She is forced to get rid of the cats, the cats come back, and shit goes down. Michael Sarrazin plays nephew Wiley, who along with his girlfriend Kassia … Continue reading Eye of the Cat – Blu-Ray
Directed by Michael Winner, West 11 was his eighth feature film and the first to have any notable success. It’s set in a pre-Swinging London Notting Hill of the ‘60s, and it’s an existential hitman film, not unlike his later, bigger-budget film The Mechanic. The story centres on a guy called Joe Beckett (Alfred Lynch), … Continue reading West 11 – Blu-Ray Review
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