Tag: Brad Pitt
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‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ is no Family portrait
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“You expected Charles Manson at the very least, didn’t ya?” – Randall Flagg July 26 of 2019 brought us the latest film from a very interesting auteur. This self-taught professional has a vast knowledge of…
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‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ tells a story in a once in a lifetime way
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“We’re not in Wonderland anymore Alice” – Charles Manson “My whole life has been decided by fate” – Sharon Tate The ninth film from writer/director Quentin Tarantino is Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. It…
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‘The Dirty Dozen’ turns 50 in 2017 so Tail Slate recasts it
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In the early 1960s, director Robert Aldrich came across an outline for a novel by E. M. Nathanson. He tried to buy the rights and failed. MGM successfully bought the rights in 1963. The novel,…
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‘Allied’ forms a worthy treaty between Pitt and Cottilard
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‘Allied’ is an old-fashioned war drama that doesn’t quite live up to the films of yesteryear it tries to emulate
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‘The Big Short’ is worth investing two hours in
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An outstanding look at how the housing bubble burst and those who predicted and profited from it.
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Don’t wait even 12 minutes before seeing ‘12 Years A Slave’
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Based on a true story that was practically lost to history
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‘World War Z’ is a zombie tale that deserves an A+
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I am going to pay to see this again, on a bigger screen with better sound. I cannot give a film in this genre a higher endorsement than that.
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Roger Ebert reviews ‘Killing Them Softly’… and gets major plot points wrong!
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I was so shocked by his review of the recent Killing Them Softly that I felt compelled to point out that he really blew this one.
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‘Killing Them Softly’ is far from killing it on screen
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Adaptation of novel is very good, although perhaps we could have done without the heavy-handed messages about the economy and politics.