Sunday, June 28th, 2009
by The Great White Gypsy Public Enemies – Directed by Michael Mann, Written by Michael Mann and Ronan Bennett I may not have liked Miami Vice, but Michael Mann is one of the best directors ever, and this epic 1930’s crime drama looks fantastic. The story of Dillinger and Baby Face Nelson has been portrayed […]
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Thursday, May 14th, 2009
by The Great White Gypsy I need to start reading more. The Informers is the latest adaptation of one of Bret Easton Ellis’ novels (he wrote Less than Zero, Rules of Attraction, and American Psycho), and it’s on par with its predecessors. The story has been done in every sub culture in every decade since […]
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Sunday, April 26th, 2009
by The Great White Gypsy X-men Origins: Wolverine - Directed by Gavin Hood, Written by David Benioff You wouldn’t think that the guy who directed Tsotsi and Rendition would be asked to start off the Origins spinoffs, but he was. Goes back to the very beginning of Wolverine, whose past has always been shrouded in […]
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Sunday, November 30th, 2008
by The Great White Gypsy You’ve probably seen most of these titles on the shelf at your local video store. You may have even picked a couple of them up, looked at the pictures, but then put them down and rented Definitely, Maybe instead. You could have a friend who’s told you about a […]
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Sunday, August 3rd, 2008
“You ever dance with the devil in the pale moonlight?” This line and many others made Jack Nicholson’s Joker (Batman, 1989) one of the best movie villains of all time. He had the smile, the charisma, and the insanity. So when it was announced that Heath Ledger (fresh off Brokeback Mountain) was to fill Jack’s […]
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