There is a scene in Richard Donner’s Lethal Weapon 2 when Danny Glover’s Roger Murtaugh dispatches some hoods with a nail gun, after which he quips ‘Nailed them both’. This scene contains more wit, drama, tension and filmmaking competence than the entire 101 minutes of Savage Justice, which is also […]
Robert De Niro
The Man With All The Southern Drawls – Cinema Eclectica 233
3 Seconds Less Of Mickey Rourke’s Buttocks – Cinema Eclectica 226
After pursuing the unexpected connection between “Doctor Dolittle” and “White Dog” (and seriously, wouldn’t any connection between those two be unexpected?) Graham and Aidan tackle Chris Morris’s long-awaited follow-up to “Four Lions”. “The Day Shall Come” has an American setting and Anna Kendrick, but does it still have what makes […]
Angel Heart: Dark Intrigue and Sinister Seduction (Review)
100% Dinge Gotham – Cinema Eclectica 225
This week Mick, Graham and Aidan take a dark voyage into the twisted mind of Batman’s greatest enemy Clownface McGinty in Todd Phillips’s “Joker”. It’s weathered all sorts of controversy – interview walk-outs, copycat violence panics, coming from the director of Due Date – but allow us the indulgence of […]