Posted by: mx on: February 13, 2009
Here’s why this movie rocks:
Joker. Absolutely phenomenal performance by Heath Ledger. The guy is convincingly creepy, sicko, amusing, seducing, philosophical. When he’s on the screen he totally shadows everybody else, including Batman. I remember an old Batman where he was played by Jack Nickolson with a plastic mask on his face. That was so lame… [...]
Posted by: mx on: January 29, 2008
The Big Sleep is a classic noir movie starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauran Bacall based on the eponymous novel. Comparing to what we see in the cinema today, it may even appear too complex and overwhelming to some. But that’s what’s so good about this movie – sharp dialog, lots of details in each scene. [...]
Posted by: mx on: January 14, 2008
I have never heard about this one before. Turns out it is a brilliant noir science fiction movie, reissued last year on its 25th anniversary. Based on a novel called Do androids dream of electric sheep?, it is directed by Ridley Scott and stars Harrison Ford as a replicant hunter in the dusk of humanity. [...]
