My significant other was in charge of getting these tickets for us on opening night. He chose an 11:45 PM showing. For a nearly 3 hour film. On a day that I worked. My faith that I would stay awake for the entire film was low. But, I was wrong. I was dead wrong. I was awake and enthralled for the full two hours and … Continue reading The Batman (2022): A Neo-Noir Beauty
“A pair of NYC cops in the Narcotics Bureau stumble onto a drug smuggling job with a French connection.” This film took me almost a week to watch. And that’s not because it’s long or anything like that. It’s because I feel asleep multiple times during the first forty or so minutes of the film, finally just paused it, and left it up on my … Continue reading 93. The French Connection (1971)
“A blade runner must pursue and try to terminate four replicants who stole a ship in space and have returned to Earth to find their creator.” Talk about a neo-noir film. Not that I’m angry about it. I thought that it was fascinating how well this science fiction film paid homage to film noir’s of the 1940s and 1950s. It was obvious, but was folded … Continue reading 97. Blade Runner (1982)
