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 | | 3. Maltese Falcon-Special Edition | | | Starring: Humphrey Bogart Mary Astor Director: John Huston | | Format: DVD Release Date: 10/3/2006 | User Rating: 5 |  | The Maltese Falcon - DVD Review By: Chris Barsanti - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 8/21/2009 2:42 PM | |
The proof that some films are simply immune to satire or the wear and tear of time is fully contained in the sharp little diamond of cinema that is John Huston's 1941 version of The Maltese Falcon. (Dashiell Hammett's novel was actually filmed twice before, under the same title in 1931 and as Satan Met a Lady in 1936 with Bette Davis.) All the recognizable private detective flick elements are here, from the wisecracking P.I. himself to the femme fatale, scurrilous mugs who are too quick with their guns and too slow with their brains, and the McGuffin itself, a 400-year old statue of inestimable value. read the full review | |
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 | | 6. Angel Heart (Special Edition) | | | Starring: Robert De Niro Mickey Rourke Director: Alan Parker | | Format: DVD Release Date: 2/6/2007 | User Rating: 4 | | Video Reviews Available: 1 | | Angel Heart - DVD Review By: Christopher Null - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 11/13/2009 6:42 PM | |
A decade before Hollywood got obsessed with urban volcanoes, asteroid impacts, and Steve Prefontaine -- offering us multiple movies about each topic -- the Big Bastardized Theme of the year was an inexplicable one: Voodoo. In 1987-88, three major voodoo-themed movies came out, including Angel Heart, The Serpent and the Rainbow, and The Believers. Each was tackled by a major director, and none of them made a huge splash critically or commercially. In fact, they all made pretty much the same amount at the box office -- slightly under $20 million. read the full review | |
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 | | 7. Dark City | | | Starring: Kiefer Sutherland Rufus Sewell Director: Alex Proyas | | Format: DVD Release Date: 4/28/2009 | | Dark City (Director's Cut) - DVD Review By: Dan Schneider - Blogcritics.org Reviews Published on: 5/21/2009 5:02 PM | | Australian filmmaker Alex Proyas’s 1998 film Dark City has been compared to many prior science fiction films, from Metropolis to Blade Runner, but, simply put, it’s better than those films. The comparison to Blade Runner, especially, is inapt, because that film is all style and little substance -- a claim made of Dark City, but, in truth, the film is mostly substance, with style about the edges. Yet, the style is so memorable that viewers and critics have had a hard time realizing it is a film that is original fiction, and not based upon a comic strip, as the urban legend goes. read the full review | |
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 | | 13. Dial M For Murder | | | Starring: Ray Milland Director: Alfred Hitchcock | | Format: DVD Release Date: 8/29/2006 | | Dial M for Murder - DVD Review By: David Bezanson - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 8/21/2009 2:42 PM | |
M stands for murder and also for mindjob in this, one of Hitchcock's best films. Based on a stage play by Frederick Knott (whose credits also include another great thriller, Wait Until Dark), Dial M For Murder includes one of the most intricate plots of any murder mystery as well as maximum amounts of Hitchcock's trademark suspense. A quietly evil Ray Milland plays a cold fish who plots to kill his wife (Grace Kelly) for her insurance money. As he explains at the beginning of the movie, he also wants to commit the “perfect murder” – i.e. one that is complicated and dangerous, yet foolproof and never suspected. John Williams is the Scotland Yard inspector who may be onto him. read the full review | |
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 | | 30. Frank Miller's Sin City (Dts) | | | Starring: Mickey Rourke Bruce Willis Director: Frank Miller Robert Rodriguez | | Format: DVD Release Date: 9/1/2006 | | Sin City - DVD Review By: Eric Meyerson - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 4/10/2009 5:36 PM | |
You typically have to maintain low expectations for a comic book movie. For every Spider-Man, you get a bunch of Elektras and Daredevils. So really, what can you expect from one with a huge, B-list cast and three directors? Surprise! Sin City is a mega-violent, highly potent vial of noir crack. And judging from the riotous burst of applause at the end of our screening, one that's destined to be a Matrix-style mass-cult classic. Okay, so Sin City isn't really a comic book movie – it's a graphic novel movie. And in spite of the title, the locale isn't the tourist-friendly and brightly-lit Vegas strip but "Basin City," a noir Nowheresville, a mid-century L.A. with snow flurries and dark sewers, enveloped in permanent midnight. read the full review | |
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 | | 34. Assassination of a High School President | | | Starring: Bruce Willis Reece Daniel Thompson Director: Brett Simon | | Format: DVD Release Date: 10/6/2009 | | Assassination of a High School President - DVD Review By: Jason McKiernan - filmcritic.com DVD Reviews Published on: 10/2/2009 2:08 AM | |
Assassination of a High School President is chasing hard in the footsteps of Rushmore, right down to its small geeky hero whose deadpan delivery is purposely reminiscent of Jason Schwartzman's in that earlier film. The entire film wants to be a carbon copy of Wes Anderson's 1998 movie, with the addition of dark slickness and the omission of general quality. This is the sort of movie less concerned with plot and character than with witty banter in hushed tones, scored with bass-heavy techno beats. The film's plot focuses not on an assassination, but rather a case of missing SAT tests. read the full review | |
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