• Actor: Philip Seymour Hoffman
• Character: Scotty J.
• Film: Boogie Nights
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Polished Performances
Posted in Uncategorized with tags 1997 on September 7, 2017 by Mark WalkerChinatown
Posted in Film-Noir, Mystery with tags 1974 on August 30, 2017 by Mark Walker
Director: Roman Polanski.
Screenplay: Robert Towne.
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston, Perry Lopez, John Hillerman, Diane Ladd, Burt Young, Darrell Zwerling, Roy Jenson, Joe Mantell, Richard Bakalyan, Bruce Glover, James Hong, Noble Willingham, Rance Howard, Roman Polanski.
“Forget it Jake. It’s Chinatown”
In the 1970’s a bunch of American filmmakers and actors were given a bunch of money and told to just go away and make movies. And that they did. The consistent results led to the 70’s arguably being the best decade in cinema that America has ever produced. We were gifted such classics as Taxi Driver, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Mean Streets, The Godfathers and Dog Day Afternoon. Chinatown is another of those films that can be considered a classic among this elite list and one of a few from this era of filmmaking that time has been most kind to. Continue reading
Alien: Covenant
Posted in Action, Science Fiction with tags 2017 on August 21, 2017 by Mark Walker
Director: Ridley Scott.
Screenplay: John Logan, Dante Harper.
Starring: Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston, Billy Crudup, Danny McBride, Guy Pearce, Demián Bechir, Carmen Ejogo, Jussie Smollett, Callie Hernandez, Amy Seimetz, Nathaniel Dean, Alexander England, Benjamin Rigby, Uli Latukefu, Tess Haubrich, James Franco.
“No one understands the lonely perfection of my dreams”
When it was announced that Prometheus would would have Ridley Scott revisit the Alien world of his 1979 classic, there was much anticipation. However, the end result caused huge disappointment for fans and many were left wondering why Scott even bothered in the first place. Alien: Covenant was a chance for Scott to right some wrongs and have another go but, unfortunately, he doesn’t achieve that. If anything, Covenant is an even bigger misstep. Continue reading
CLASSIC SCENE: “Sicilian’s have black blood pumpin’ through their hearts”
Posted in Uncategorized with tags 1993 on August 14, 2017 by Mark WalkerFilm: TRUE ROMANCE
Director: Tony Scott.
Screenplay: Quentin Tarantino.
Setting the scene:
CLIFFORD WORLEY (Dennis Hopper) returns home from work to his lower-middle-class trailer park. He opens the door to his trailer, steps inside the doorway and then, before he knows it, a gun is pressed to his temple. He’s then punched in the face and knocked to the ground. Cliff awakens in a chair in his living room. There are several mobsters standing around him that include FRANKIE (Frank Adonis), LUCA (Paul Ben-Victor), LENNY (Victor Argo) and VIRGIL (James Gandolfini). Across from Cliff sits VINCENZO COCCOTTI (Christopher Walken), the Frank Nitti to Detroid mob leader BLUE LOU BOYLE. They have tracked down Cliff to find out the whereabouts of his son CLARENCE (Christian Slater) who has stolen their narcotics and disappeared. Continue reading
Polished Performances
Posted in Uncategorized with tags 1993 on July 26, 2017 by Mark Walker
• Actor: Gary Oldman
• Character: Drexl Spivey
• Film: True Romance
Get Out
Posted in Horror, thriller with tags 2017 on July 21, 2017 by Mark Walker
Director: Jordan Peele.
Screenplay: Jordan Peele.
Starring: Daniel Kaluuya, Alison Williams, Catherine Keener, Bradley Whitford, Caleb Landry Jones, LilRel Howery, Marcus Henderson, Betty Gabriel, Lakeith Stanfield, Stephen Root, Richard Herd, Erika Alexander, Ashley LeConte Campbell.
“A Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Waste”
Better known for his TV comedy sketches with Keegan Michael-Key or most recently the action-comedy, Keanu, Jordan Peele makes his directorial debut with a genre you wouldn’t ordinarily expect from him. It isn’t exactly the horror that it’s been marketed or advertised as – instead leaning more to psychological thriller – but there’s no mistaking Peele’s dramatic flair or natural ability to work outside his comfort zone. Continue reading
Silence
Posted in Drama with tags 2016 on July 13, 2017 by Mark Walker
Director: Martin Scorsese.
Screenplay: Martin Scorsese, Jay Cocks.
Starring: Andrew Garfield, Adam Driver, Liam Neeson, Ciarán Hinds, Tadanobu Asano, Issei Ogata, Yoshi Oida, Yôsuke Kubozuka, Shin’ya Tsukamoto.
“The blood of martyrs is the seed of the church”
Martin Scorsese is, undoubtedly, one of the great American filmmakers. For over 40 years he has been the guy that has wanted to wash the scum off the streets; claimed it’s better to be King for a night than schmuck for a lifetime; advised us to never to rat on our friends and to go home and get our fuckin’ shine boxes. These classic cinematic moments aside, he’s also known for the occasional deviation from the norm of his criminal outings and delivered films with deep religious themes; The Last Temptation of Christ, Kundun and now Silence completes his unofficial religious trilogy. Continue reading
