As it turns 25, we take a look back at the underrated Tony Scott espionage thriller Enemy of the State… It’s the year 1998 and everybody loves Will Smith. The guy can do no wrong, from coming fresh off the back of an iconic and much-loved TV show to an almost instantaneous leap into blockbuster […]
The John Cusack Pinnacle: Grosse Pointe Blank and High Fidelity
Tom Jolliffe looks at the two films that most typify John Cusack’s qualities, Grosse Pointe Blank and High Fidelity… Top five John Cusack films? Well, Say Anything has got to be there. Perhaps the thoroughly underrated Grifters? What else? Being John Malkovich has got to be in the running too. During Cusack’s rising years in […]
October Horrors 2017 Day 22 – Angel Heart (1987)
Angel Heart, 1987. Directed by Alan Parker. Starring Mickey Rourke, Robert De Niro, Lisa Bonet, and Charlotte Rampling. SYNOPSIS: It’s 1955, and New York-based private investigator Harry Angel is hired by the mysterious businessmen Louis Cyphre to track down Johnny Favourite, an elusive lounge singer who owes Cyphre a very large debt. As he investigates, […]
