Friday, May 7th, 2010
by The Great White Gypsy Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll - Directed by Mat Whitecross, Written by Paul Viragh The problem with good music biopics is they are hard to see on the big screen. I must admit, I still haven’t caught The Runaways yet. This one really intrigues me because, not only […]
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Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
by The Great White Gypsy We all want to protect the people we care about. From pain, from loss, from someone else hurting them. From ourselves. But sometimes our pride gets the better of us, and causes us to lose more than we would otherwise because of our mistakes. These are the themes of Lee […]
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Monday, February 1st, 2010
by The Great White Gypsy While looking through the nominees for this year’s Independent Spirit Awards, I came across a familiar title: Nights and Weekends. It had been in my Netflix Instant Queue (God bless Netflix) for a while, and I figured now was a good time to check it out. I had heard really […]
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Sunday, January 31st, 2010
by The Great White Gypsy From Paris with Love - Directed by Pierre Morel, Written by Adi Hasak and Luc Besson Swordfish. The Punisher. A Love Song for Bobby Long. Lonely Hearts. John Travolta has been in four good films in the last ten years. This is a fact. And the only reason I’m giving […]
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Thursday, July 23rd, 2009
by The Great White Gypsy A Perfect Getaway – Written and Directed by David Twohy Zahn and Jovovich are honeymooning in Hawaii, backpacking to a secluded beach. They come across several other couples talking about a murder, and things get crazy. Twohy directed The Arrival, Pitch Black, and The Chronicles of Riddick, so you can […]
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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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