I miss the suit. I know it’s crazy, but the conservative, and bullet-proof. Black suit that John Wick sports while doing the impossible makes a statement. It does show up, as does Mr. Wick himself, in From the World of John Wick: Ballerina, but it only makes me miss it more. While, not as hyperbolically… Read More »
TOTAL RECALL
TOTAL RECALL is a pleasant revisiting of Philip K. Dicks short story, I Can Remember It For You Wholesale that also, and with a whole heart, acknowledges its cinematic predecessor of the same name. While that version was plastic and kitschy, not unlike its star, Arnold Schwartzenegger, this one takes a grimmer view of a… Read More »
UNDERWORLD
A film, it should be noted, is more than just its art direction, a lesson that the makers of UNDERWORLD, alas, did not heed. While there was obviously much care taken with the color scheme, film exposures, and a consistant visual blast of post-industrial decaying decadence in both sets and costumes, little attention was paid… Read More »