Format: Awards Screener
Venue: Rivendell
Taught, suspenseful spy thriller with classic espionage trappings, but clearly adopting post-Bourne modern spy film sensibilities. I loved it.
Rating: 8/10 Atkins
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Sunday, January 1, 2012
The Debt (2011)
1st View
Format: Awards Screener
Venue: Rivendell
Taught, suspenseful spy thriller with classic espionage trappings, but clearly adopting post-Bourne modern spy film sensibilities. I loved it.
Rating: 8/10 Atkins
Format: Awards Screener
Venue: Rivendell
Taught, suspenseful spy thriller with classic espionage trappings, but clearly adopting post-Bourne modern spy film sensibilities. I loved it.
Rating: 8/10 Atkins
Friday, October 14, 2011
FANTASTIC FEST 2011: Retreat (2011)
1st View
Country: UK
Venue: Alamo South Lamar
Rating: 4/10 Atkins
Country: UK
Venue: Alamo South Lamar
Rating: 4/10 Atkins
Friday, September 16, 2011
Elevator to the Gallows (1958)
Revisit
Format: DVD
Venue: Captain Murphy's Movie Submarine (24hr Movie Marathon)
In the thriller/suspense category.
Rating: 7/10 Atkins
Format: DVD
Venue: Captain Murphy's Movie Submarine (24hr Movie Marathon)
In the thriller/suspense category.
Rating: 7/10 Atkins
Sunday, July 10, 2011
Nighthawks (1981)
Revisit
Format: Netflix WI
Rivendell
Incredibly solid police thriller starring Stallone, Billy Dee Williams, and Rutger Hauer. It makes me sad that more people don't know about this film. It is quite possibly Stallone's best performance and the film itself is ceaselessly entertaining. If you have a chance, check this one out.
Rating: 8/10 Atkins
Format: Netflix WI
Rivendell
Rating: 8/10 Atkins
Saturday, April 30, 2011
North by Northwest (1959)
Revisit
Format: Blu-ray
Venue: Rivendell
A great Hitch film and one to which I was thrilled to introduce my wife. I need to be more proactive about showing her the classics. The film looks ridiculously good on Blu-ray and makes me pine for more Hitch high-def releases.
Format: Blu-ray
Venue: Rivendell
A great Hitch film and one to which I was thrilled to introduce my wife. I need to be more proactive about showing her the classics. The film looks ridiculously good on Blu-ray and makes me pine for more Hitch high-def releases.
Dressed to Kill (1980)
1st View
Format: VHS
Venue: Rivendell
Watching Dressed to Kill directly after Blow Out was an amazing experience. De Palma wears his Hitchcock devotion on his sleeve but that does nothing if not enhance the film. Loved it, absolutely loved it. Fills me with eager anticipation for my continuing De Palma education.
Rating: 8/10 Atkins
Format: VHS
Venue: Rivendell
Watching Dressed to Kill directly after Blow Out was an amazing experience. De Palma wears his Hitchcock devotion on his sleeve but that does nothing if not enhance the film. Loved it, absolutely loved it. Fills me with eager anticipation for my continuing De Palma education.
Rating: 8/10 Atkins
Monday, February 14, 2011
Saturday, February 5, 2011
The Departed (2006)
Revisit
Format: Blu-ray
Venue: Rivendell
The Good: One of my favorite films of all time. Having been obsessed with gangster movies since I was a kid, there really is nobody better than Marty Scorsese. I actually saw, and fell in love with, Infernal Affairs before Scorsese remade it and I love the direction in which he took it. Fantastic script, incredible performances, and an ending that makes me infinitely happy.
The Bad: Some people might think it's too long, I do not.
The Weird: Jack Nicholson, need I say more.
Rating: 10/10 Atkins
Format: Blu-ray
Venue: Rivendell
The Bad: Some people might think it's too long, I do not.
The Weird: Jack Nicholson, need I say more.
Rating: 10/10 Atkins
Sunday, January 16, 2011
10 to Midnight (1983)
Revisit
Format: Netflix WI
Venue: Rivendell (Bronsothon)
The Good: I really like this film. Saw it a couple years ago and fell in love with its unabashed weirdness. It's got a wonderful 80s slasher aesthetic and a cat-and-mouse game between Bronson and the killer that feels like a less bloody version of I Saw the Devil. Though Bronson himself only registers one kill, the menacing villain takes down six lovely ladies. The final ten minutes are a parade of nonstop awesomeness.
The Bad: A complete and utter waste of Wilford Brimley. There is also the first kill in which it is clear the victim runs in a complete circle back toward her pursuer because the director ran out of space in which to film. *Facepalm*
The Weird: The signature of this film is that the killer makes the choice to remove all clothing before each murder. This is often called the "naked killer" movie. And frankly, it is the best Bronson vs. Naked Killer film to ever be released in 1983.
Rating: 7/10 Atkins
Format: Netflix WI
Venue: Rivendell (Bronsothon)
The Good: I really like this film. Saw it a couple years ago and fell in love with its unabashed weirdness. It's got a wonderful 80s slasher aesthetic and a cat-and-mouse game between Bronson and the killer that feels like a less bloody version of I Saw the Devil. Though Bronson himself only registers one kill, the menacing villain takes down six lovely ladies. The final ten minutes are a parade of nonstop awesomeness.
The Bad: A complete and utter waste of Wilford Brimley. There is also the first kill in which it is clear the victim runs in a complete circle back toward her pursuer because the director ran out of space in which to film. *Facepalm*
The Weird: The signature of this film is that the killer makes the choice to remove all clothing before each murder. This is often called the "naked killer" movie. And frankly, it is the best Bronson vs. Naked Killer film to ever be released in 1983.
Rating: 7/10 Atkins
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Someone Behind the Door (1971)
1st View
Format: VHS
Venue: Rivendell (Bronsothon)
The Good: Incredibly strong concept that, were it made ten years sooner, leads me to believe that Someone Behind the Door would have surely been directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
The Bad: The pacing calls into serious debate the attention-holding power of watching snails crawl across a parking lot. The script never allows for anything but Anthony Perkins and Charles Bronson sharing space as talking heads in various rooms. It also has but one single lackluster kill that makes it completely worthless for my project but hey, how do you know unless you watch?
The Weird: Not sure who was in charge of coaching Charles Bronson on what it means to be amnesiac, but apparently all they did was show him the movie Charly, point to the screen, and said "do that." The correlation between amnesiac and mentally deficient is wildly inappropriate.
Rating: 6/10 Atkins
Format: VHS
Venue: Rivendell (Bronsothon)
The Good: Incredibly strong concept that, were it made ten years sooner, leads me to believe that Someone Behind the Door would have surely been directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
The Bad: The pacing calls into serious debate the attention-holding power of watching snails crawl across a parking lot. The script never allows for anything but Anthony Perkins and Charles Bronson sharing space as talking heads in various rooms. It also has but one single lackluster kill that makes it completely worthless for my project but hey, how do you know unless you watch?
The Weird: Not sure who was in charge of coaching Charles Bronson on what it means to be amnesiac, but apparently all they did was show him the movie Charly, point to the screen, and said "do that." The correlation between amnesiac and mentally deficient is wildly inappropriate.
Rating: 6/10 Atkins
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