Ever since he wowed the world with Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs, Quentin Tarantino’s kept a rather low profile. Well, as a director anyway. Aside from some attempts at acting (From Dusk ’til Dawn, Destiny Turns on the Radio) and a rumored turn at the helm of The X-Files that never turned out, we haven’t seenContinue Reading
Writer/director John Herzfeld attempts a Tarantino-like movie with 2 Days in the Valley, a disappointing romp through the lives of several seemingly unrelated characters in California’s San Fernando Valley. As the movie begins, it seems as if it’s something you’ve stopped to watch while channel-surfing. Initially, you’re struggling to makeContinue Reading
Former Showgirl Gina Gershon plays Corky, a lesbian ex-con, who’s found a job doing maintenance in a condominium complex owned by mobsters. She finds herself the object of next-door neighbor Violet (Jennifer Tilly), a sometime prostitute who lives with Caesar (Joe Pantoliano), a mob money launderer. Violet feels something isContinue Reading
Garrison, New Jersey is a town directly across the river from New York City. Finding a loophole in the clause that says that only transit officers can live outside of the city, NYPD officers looking for a place to raise their families have taken out low interest loans, bought upContinue Reading
The Coen Brothers are responsible for some of the weirdest movies to come down the pike in Hollywood history. Movies like Blood Simple, Raising Arizona, Barton Fink and Miller’s Crossing are examples of their sheer, odd genius. Fargo is their best and most coherent work to date. To give tooContinue Reading
Have you ever wondered what all of those high school friends you haven’t seen for years have gone off and done with themselves? Would you be particularly surprised if one of them had become a professional killer? Well, in Grosse Pointe Blank, that’s what Martin Q. Blank (John Cusack) has done.Continue Reading
Movies about the Mafia usually end up either making the mobsters into heroes or degenerating them into caricatures. Donnie Brasco shows the human side of the Mafia, which makes it seem all the more brutal. Johnny Depp plays Joseph Pistone, an undercover FBI agent sent to infiltrate the mob. AsContinue Reading