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‘The Mist’ (2007): The Greatest Adaptation of Stephen King’s Horror

Directed by: Frank Darabont || Produced by: Frank Darabont, Martin Shafer, Liz Glotzer Screenplay by: Frank Darabont || Starring: Thomas Jane, Marcia Gay Harden, Laurie Holden, Andre Braugher, Toby Jones, William Sadler, Jeffrey DeMunn, Frances Sternhagen, Samuel Witwer, Alexa Davalos, Nathan Gamble, Chris Owen, Robert Treveiler, David Jensen, Buck Taylor Music by: Mark Isham || … Continue reading →

‘Trainspotting 2’ (2017): Choose Life

Directed by: Danny Boyle || Produced by: Bernard Bellew, Danny Boyle, Christian Colson, Andrew Macdonald Screenplay by: John Hodge || Starring: Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Robert Carlyle, Elek Kish, Bradley Welsh, Kelly Macdonald, Anjela Nedyalkova, Pauline Lynch, James Cosmo Cinematography: Anthony Dod Mantle || Edited by: Jon Harris || Country: United Kingdom … Continue reading →

‘Skull Island’ (2017): Contemporary Monster Movie-Making Done Right

Directed by: Jordan Vogt-Roberts || Produced by: Thomas Tull, Jon Jashni, Mary Parent, Alex Garcia Screenplay by: Dan Gilroy, Max Borenstein, Derek Connolly || Starring: Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L. Jackson, John Goodman, Brie Larson, Jing Tian, Toby Kebbell, John Ortiz, Corey Hawkens, Jason Mitchell, Shea Whigham, Thomas Mann, Terry Notary, John C. Reilly Music by: … Continue reading →

‘Clown’ (2014): Exactly What You’ve Always Wanted

Directed by: Jon Watts || Produced by: Mac Cappucccino, Eli Roth, Cody Ryder Screenplay by: Christopher D. Ford, Jon Watts || Starring: Laura Allen Christian Distefano, Andy Powers, Peter Stormare, Elizabeth Whitmere, Chuck Shamata, Robert Reynolds, Lucas Kelly, Michael Riendeau Music by: Matt Veligdan || Cinematography: Matthew Santo || Edited by: Robert Ryang || Country: … Continue reading →

‘Traffic’ (2000) & ‘Udta Punjab’ (2016): Drugs Without Borders

Directed by: Steven Soderbergh [Tr], Abhishek Chaubey [UP] || Produced by: Edward Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz, Laura Bickford [Tr], Shobha Kapoor, Ekta Kapoor, Anurag Kashyap, Vikramaditya Motwane, Aman Gill, Vikas Bahl, Sameer Nair, Madhu Mantena [UP] Screenplay by: Stephen Gaghan [Tr], Sudip Sharma, Abhishek Chaubey  [UP] || Starring:  Steven Bauer, Benjamin Bratt, James Brolin, Don Cheadle, … Continue reading →

‘Logan’ (2017): A Brutal Neo-Western with Claws

Directed by: James Mangold || Produced by: Hutch Parker, Simon Kinberg, Lauren Shuler Donner Screenplay by: Scott Frank, James Mangold, Michael Green || Starring: Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Richard E. Grant, Boyd Holbrook, Stephen Merchant, Dafne Keen, Elizabeth Rodriguez, Eriq La Salle, Elise Neal Music by: Marco Beltrami || Cinematography: John Mathieson || Edited by: … Continue reading →

‘Get Out’ (2017): New Wave Blaxploitation Cinema

Directed by: Jordan Peele || Produced by: Jason Blum, Edward H. Hamm Jr., Sean McKittrick, Jordan Peele Screenplay by: Jordan Peele || Starring: Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams, Bradley Whitford, Caleb Landry Jones, Stephen Root, LaKeith Stanfield, Catherine Keener, Betty Gabriel, Lil Rey Howery, Erika Alexander Music by: Michael Abels || Cinematography: Toby Oliver || Edited … Continue reading →

‘John Wick 2’ (2017): Gun-Fu Goes Mainstream

Directed by: Chad Stahelski || Produced by: Basil Iwanyk, Erica Lee Screenplay by: Derek Kolstad || Starring: Keanu Reeves, Common, Laurence Fishburne, Riccardo Scamarcio, Ruby Rose, John Leguizamo, Ian McShane, Lance Reddick, Franco Nero, Claudia Gerini Music by: Tyler Bates, Joel J. Richard || Cinematography: Dan Laustsen || Edited by: Evan Schiff || Country: United … Continue reading →

My Take on ‘The Walking Dead’ (2010-2022): Not a Review

I am not the biggest fan of AMC’s popular zombie-drama, The Walking Dead, but I wasn’t always a critic of it. When the show first aired in its abbreviated, six-episode debut season, I was one of its early converts, impressed by its production values, epic scope, and excited by the prospect of a long-running television … Continue reading →

‘Silence’ (2016): The Most Drab, Depressing, and Overindulgent Film of Scorsese’s Career

Directed by: Martin Scorsese || Produced by: Barbara De Fina, Randall Emmett, Vittorio Cecchi Gori, Emma Tillinger Koskoff, Gaston Pavlovich, Martin Scorsese, Irwin Winkler Screenplay by: Jay Cocks, Martin Scorsese || Starring: Andrew Garfield, Adam Driver, Tadanobu Asano, Ciaran Hinds, Liam Neeson, Issey Ogata, Shinya Tsukamoto, Yoshi Oida, Yosuke Kubozuka Music by: Kim Allen Kluge, … Continue reading →

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