Tom Jolliffe celebrates the cinematic delights of 1997… 1997. It doesn’t feel that distant but we’re now talking 20 years. This was the year I left school. That officially makes me old as fuck I believe. Lady Di passed, Tony Blair became PM, Hong Kong returned to Chinese rule, Mike Tyson had a Holyfield Ear […]
L.A. Confidential at 25: The Story Behind the Neo-Noir Masterpiece
Hasitha Fernando dives into the story behind L.A. Confidential on the 25th anniversary of its release… 20th century cinema has gifted audiences with timeless classics of film noir over the years. Gaining traction during the Golden era of Hollywood, with efforts such as 1941’s The Maltese Falcon and 1944’s Double Indemnity, staples of this unique […]
Brian Helgeland planned an L.A. Confidential sequel starring Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce and Chadwick Boseman
As Brian Helgeland’s L.A. Confidential approaches its 25th anniversary, the director has been speaking with The Ringer about scrapped plans for a potential sequel in the wake of the film’s critical and commercial success, which at one point included a role for the late Chadwick Boseman. Helgeland revealed that he worked on a story for […]
Oscars: What Should Have Won – L.A. Confidential Over Titanic for Best Picture
Graeme Robertson on why L.A. Confidential should have won over Titanic at the Academy Awards… The Oscars celebrating the best of 1997 was a ceremony dominated by one film, James Cameron’s romantic disaster epic Titanic – a film that devoured the box office and won itself an absurd 11 Oscars including Best Picture, a feat previously […]
The First L.A. Confidential TV Show
Neil Calloway looks at a previous attempt to bring the acclaimed film to the small screen… The news that CBS are developing a TV adaptation of L.A. Confidential is great idea – James Ellroy’s L.A. Quartet is a series of novels that covers over a thousand pages, with characters also appearing in Ellroy’s other books. […]
CBS planning L.A. Confidential TV series
According to Variety, CBS is developing a TV adaptation of L.A. Confidential, which is based upon James Ellroy’s novel of the same name, with Jordan Harper (The Mentalist, Gotham) set to write and executive produce. The 1990 novel was adapted for the big screen in 1997, with Curtis Hanson directing a cast that included Guy Pearce, […]
How many movies have you watched more than once?
Anghus Houvouras on multiple viewings… How many movies have you watched more than once? I’m sure there are a lot of you out there that have those ‘go to’ movies. Classics that you can pop in from time to time because no matter how many times you’ve seen them they are able to infinitely entertain […]
Ghostbusters, L.A. Confidential, The Shawshank Redemption and Top Gun among 25 films added to the National Film Registry
The Library of Congress has announced that twenty-five titles set to be added to the National Film Registry for 2015, with a list that includes Ghostbusters, L.A. Confidential, The Shawshank Redemption and Top Gun. Check out the full list of 25 films here: Being There (1979) Black and Tan (1929) Dracula (Spanish language version) (1931) […]
Blu-ray Review – L.A. Confidential: 20th Anniversary Edition
L.A. Confidential, 1997. Directed by Curtis Hanson. Starring Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, James Cromwell, David Strathairn, Kim Basinger, and Danny DeVito. SYNOPSIS: L.A. Confidential has been reissued on DVD and Blu-ray for its 20th anniversary. Unfortunately, nothing new was created for this release, so owners of the 2008 Blu-ray can skip this one, […]
L.A. Confidential TV pilot adds three more to its cast
CBS has added three more cast members to its small screen adaptation of James Ellroy’s noir novel L.A. Confidential, with Mark Webb (Green Room), Shea Whigham (Vice Principals) and Alana Arenas (Electric Dreams) joining the previously announced Walton Goggins and Brian J. Smith. Deadline reports that Webber will play Bud White, whose character description reads: […]
