Assault On Precinct 13 is screening this weekend as the IFC Center’s midnight movie. It’s a stone-cold must-see if you’ve never had the pleasure, and a terrific choice to watch in the middle of the night, its most natural habitat. With respect to fans of Dark Star, Carpenter’s first major credit as director, Assault On Precinct [...]
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Screening in NYC: ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 (1976).
Posted: April 6, 2012 in Action., Awesomeness, Crime, Cult Classics, Guns, Horror, John Carpenter, Los Angeles, Megaviolence, Movies (A), Zombies1
Movie Review: DRIVE (2011).
Posted: September 28, 2011 in Action., Awesomeness, Badass Old Guys, Cars, Crime, Cult Classics, Film Noir, Horror, Los Angeles, Michael Mann, Movies, Movies (D), Music, Romance, ViolenceI’ve been thinking about something lately, and seeing Drive recently turned out to be a bit of synchronicity since, in its own way, Drive is largely an illustration of the concept: Just because something isn’t true doesn’t mean it isn’t real. And vice versa. Drive isn’t something that happened. It started as a terrific, mean little novel by James Sallis, and was [...]
From The Archives: KISS KISS BANG BANG (2005).
Posted: September 11, 2011 in Action., Comedy, Film Noir, Los Angeles, Movies (K), New York, Pretty Girls#7. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005) This is the last of the great Los Angeles movies on my list, from a guy who knows a fair amount about Los Angeles. Shane Black had a hand in the writing of many of the action films of my youth – Predator, Lethal Weapon, The Monster Squad, The [...]
From The Archives: COLLATERAL (2004).
Posted: September 10, 2011 in Crime, Los Angeles, Michael Mann, Movies (C)I’ve posted about this movie before, but since I’m doing my ten of the decade, it’s never a bad time to revisit #4. Collateral (2004) After Punch-Drunk Love, this is another movie that quite honestly captures the feeling of Los Angeles, the way I experienced it throughout the past ten years, only now we’ve gone [...]
From The Archives: PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE (2002).
Posted: September 10, 2011 in Hawaii, Los Angeles, Movies (P), Musicals, RomanceAnd the decade-long set of ten favorites continues… #3. Punch-Drunk Love (2002) Remember what I said about how I value sincerity? Here’s another case. You can love it or hate it, but you can’t argue that this movie doesn’t feel like a letter straight from the heart of its maker. Paul Thomas Anderson is the [...]
