Fink’s a lot
Saturday afternoon, nothing worth watching on telly, so what better than to slip a silver disc into the player and enjoy an hour or two of cinematic wonder. That’s what I thought, anyway. The chosen movie (Barton Fink (1991)) divided the camp somewhat. I found it a thought-provoking, gorgeous piece of cinema. The [...]
Reasonable re-run
Having long gained a reputation as a director of slick, fast-moving thrillers, Tony Scott would seem to be the perfect choice to helm a remake of Joseph Sargent’s excellent (and influential) 1974 thriller The Taking of Pelham 123, which starred Robert Shaw and Walter Matthau as, respectively, the daring criminal mastermind and the diligent [...]
