It would help if I started off with a few comments about Ansel Faraj. Faraj was one of those kids who dreamed of becoming a film director when he grew up. However, instead of going off to film school, he made movies. A lot of movies, actually. I first encountered him in his 2014 film […]
Read more "The Last Case of August T. Harrison (2015)"Honorable mention Real Genius is about the development of a death ray laser. And any picture of the film you’ve just imagined is probably completely wrong. Although, to be fair, the first few moments of the film would undoubtedly support those images, because we witness the launch of a cool, lifting body spaceship (which looks […]
Read more "Real Genius (1985)"This is a strange one. For quite a few reasons, actually. Some of you may remember the long series of Travis McGee novels, about a hardboiled Private Investigator, which were best sellers back in the Eighties. They were written by John D. McDonald, who had written countless paperback original crime novels before he became famous. […]
Read more "The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything (1980)"Think Film Noir Time Travel thriller and you’ve got the basic idea. Mind you, it’s all wrapped in up such a beautiful package that you wouldn’t want to dismiss it that quickly. Physicist Jim Beale thinks he’s made the next great breakthrough, the one which, like Tesla’s work on electricity, will completely transform our wold. […]
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