A Scanner Darkly (2006)

Sad Keanu before the meme. Robert Downey Jnr in prime bursque rant mode pre-MCU. Woody Harrelson as hippy-dippy paranoid (naturally). Winona Ryder as subtle and caring from afar. Rory Cochrane taking his Slater character from Dazed And Confused to another deeper, darker, depressing level of Too Far Gone. A Scanner Darkly (2006), an adaptation of […]

Project Space 13 (2021)

“You’re like art defenders… you ever see that movie, Monuments Men?” While I didn’t like George Clooney’s WWII drama, I did love it being referenced in the film, Project Space 13 (2021), spoken by an artist character named Nate (Keith Poulson) who is describing how he views the two heavily armed private security guards, Ace […]

The Missing Person (2009)

Michael Shannon and John Ventimiglia on the side of a dusty road talking for five minutes about what breed of dog Serpico had in the film Serpico is my idea of cinema, baby! That’s one scene from the neo-noir comedy-drama, The Missing Person (2009), which stars Michael Shannon as an alcoholic private eye named John […]

In The White City (1983)

Swiss-German actor Bruno Ganz is popularly identified for two roles – playing the angel in Wings Of Desire and Hitler in Downfall. But I love him in The American Friend and am always keen to discover more of his work in international cinema, particularly in the 70s and 80s. In The White City (1983; aka […]

The Debt Collector (2018)

I’ve seen more of Scott Adkins’ YouTube interview series Art Of Action than I have the half-a-dozen DTV Scott Adkins’ action movies that come out every year. Adkins is a great interviewer of action stars and stunt people, always delighted and respectful to the people he’s talking to. Aside from Universal Soldier: Day Of Reckoning, […]