As Noirvember winds down, Casey Chong presents a selection of underrated neo-noir movies from the 1990s… The 1990s era saw a string of notable neo-noirs from Warren Beatty’s bold comic strip-like style Dick Tracy (1990) to Abel Ferrara’s stark Bad Lieutenant (1992) and of course, the Oscar-winning L.A. Confidential (1997). But the same decade also […]
The Essential Danny Elfman Film Scores
With the release of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice [read our review here], it’s time to look at the inimitable Danny Elfman’s essential work… Some composers are truly unique, leaving a body of work that listeners can immediately identify as theirs within a few bars. Whether you can spot a Williams, a Zimmer or a Goldsmith, these conjurers […]
4K Ultra HD Review – A Simple Plan (1998)
A Simple Plan, 1998. Directed by Sam Raimi. Starring Bill Paxton, Billy Bob Thornton, Bridget Fonda, and Brent Criscoe. SYNOPSIS: Sam Raimi’s 1998 minor classic A Simple Plan gets its 4K Ultra HD debut (and, I believe, Blu-ray debut too, in a separate release) from Arrow Video. It’s a bummer that current interviews weren’t shot […]
A Beginner’s Guide To Sam Raimi
Tom Jolliffe continues our series of beginner’s guides to directors with a look at Sam Raimi… After a recent re-watching of the two films which brought Sam Raimi to fame (the first two Evil Dead films) I felt compelled to provide a beginner’s guide on the man. Raimi remains a director who has become a […]
Great Films Unfairly Forgotten in Time
Tom Jolliffe on great films unfairly forgotten in time… Time is a cruel mistress. It’s the one constant and something no one can alter (except Marty McFly and Doc Brown). Looks go, memories fade and in cinematic terms a film can be forgotten over time. Now sometimes it’s probably a good thing. Take for example […]
