I probably should be doing about 50 other things at this very moment, but I saw this great top-50 list today and was inspired it to immediately answer it. I made my list very, very quickly, so in plenty of ways it’s the most honest form a list like this could ever arrive in. While the numbering is fairly [...]
Archive for the ‘Michael Mann’ Category
My Top 50 Movies Of All Time (At This Exact Point In Time.)
Posted: March 21, 2012 in Skeletons., Werewolves, Pretty Girls, Ninjas, Aliens, Clint, Westerns, Bill Murray, Awesomeness, Michael Mann, Lee Marvin, Movies (A), Movies (C), Movies (E), Movies (F), Movies (G), Movies (H), Movies (I), Movies (K), Movies (M), Movies (N), Movies (O), Movies (P), Movies (Q), Movies (R), Movies (T), Movies (U), Movies (W), Monsters, Sharks, Claudia Cardinale, Apes, Badass Old Guys, Violence, John Belushi, John Landis, Alligators, Pooping, Wolves, John Carpenter, Winter, Robert Forster, Raquel Welch, Pam Grier, Answer Tracks1
From The Archives: PUBLIC ENEMIES (2009).
Posted: February 5, 2012 in Action., Badass Old Guys, Crime, Guns, History, Michael Mann, Movies (P), Pretty Girls, RomanceToday is Michael Mann’s birthday. I celebrate by re-watching (and re-posting) my initial thoughts about his most recent, and apparently most controversial, feature film. The following is what I wrote about Public Enemies on July 3rd, 2009. Public Enemies, I still maintain, has plenty to recommend it, but its unconventionality makes it a point of debate. [...]
Cult Classics: PUNISHER: WAR ZONE (2008).
Posted: October 4, 2011 in Action., Awesomeness, Awfulness, Badass Old Guys, Burt Reynolds, Clint, Crime, Cult Classics, Explosions, Fire, Heroes, Lee Marvin, Megaviolence, Michael Mann, Movies (P), Murder, Ninjas, Observations, Opinions, Profanity, Superheroes, ViolencePUNISHER: WAR ZONE & THE SAD STATE OF THE CINEMATIC SHIT-KICKER. So I was one of those strange people who watched Punisher: War Zone during its brief theatrical run. If you’re a fan of left-field action flicks and intentional unintentional humor, I’ll tell you it’s definitely worth that late-night rental. If you like [...]
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: MIAMI VICE (2006).
Posted: September 11, 2011 in Action., Boats, Cars, Crime, Explosions, Miami, Michael Mann, Movies (M), Music, Pretty Girls, Reality, Romance, Truth#10. Miami Vice (2006) I’m sure that there are people who will roll their eyes or sneer at my inclusion of Michael Mann’s Miami Vice feature in my top ten of the entire decade, but that’s fine. I never started compiling this list with the intention of sounding smarter or cooler than anyone else. These [...]
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 [...]
Manhunter. The creepiest thing about this movie is how many times I’ve seen it.
What I Watched 11.29.10: The Keep.
Posted: November 29, 2010 in Horror, Michael Mann, Movies (K), What I WatchedThe Keep. Long time coming.
