https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKQi3bBA1y8 The Matrix. 1999. Directed & Written by Lana and Lilly Wachowski. Starring Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, Gloria Foster, Joe Pantoliano, Marcus Chong, Julian Arahanga, Matt Doran, Belinda McClory, Anthony Ray Parker, Paul Goddard, Robert Taylor, David Aston, & Marc Aden Gray. Warner Bros./Village Roadshow Pictures/Groucho II Film Partnership. Rated 14A. …
Continue reading Plato’s Allegory of the Cave a.k.a The Matrix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcqLa1gQndc Electra Glide in Blue. 1973. Directed by James William Guercio. Screenplay by Robert Boris. Starring Robert Blake, Billy Green Bush, Mitchell Ryan, Jeannine Riley, Elisha Cook Jr., Royal Dano, Peter Cetera, & Terry Kath. Guercio-Hitzig. Not Rated. 114 minutes. Crime/Drama/Mystery ★★★★ Disclaimer: certain portions of this review will contain spoilers about the film's ending. …
Continue reading Electra Glide in Blue: One Motorcycle Cop’s Violent Ride to the Truth of Corruption
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKNo8yzXxyM The Long Goodbye. 1973. Directed by Robert Altman. Screenplay by Leigh Brackett; based on the novel by Raymond Chandler. Starring Elliott Gould, Nina van Pallandt, Sterling Hayden, Mark Rydell, Henry Gibson, David Arkin, Jim Bouton, Jack Knight, David Carradine (uncredited), Rutanya Alda, Jack Riley, & Arnold Schwarzenegger (uncredited). E-K-Corporation/Lion's Gate Films. Rated R. 112 …
Continue reading Altman’s The Long Goodbye is Perfect Post-Modern Film Noir
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9f6JaaX7Wg Full Metal Jacket. 1987. Directed by Stanley Kubrick. Screenplay by Kubrick, Michael Herr, & Gustav Hasford; based on the novel The Short-Timers by Hasford. Starring Matthew Modine, Adam Baldwin, Vincent D'Onofrio, R. Lee Ermey, Dorian Harewood, Arliss Howard, Keyn Major Howard, & Ed O'Ross. Warner Bros/Natant/Stanley Kubrick Productions. Rated R. 117 minutes. Drama/War ★★★★★ …
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A downhome vision of Crime & Punishment, as one man faces the consequences of unintended actions no matter how perilous.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsKb07mB3HY Man Behind the Sun. 1988. Directed by T.F. Mou. Screenplayby Mei Liu, Wen Yuan Mou, & Dun Jing Teng. Cast: Jianxin Chen, Hsu Gou, Linjie Hao, Haizhe Jin, Tie Long Jin, Yuanrong Jin, Bolin Li, Pengyu Liu, Xuhui Lui, Zhaohua Mei, Zhe Quan ,Jiefu Tian, Gang Wang, Runsheng Wang, Shennin Wang, Jiang Wen, Dai Yao …
Continue reading Man Behind the Sun Begs the Question: Is It Trash? Or Is It Important?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6-Gpasi79c In Bruges. 2008. Directed & Written by Martin McDonagh. Starring Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Ralph Fiennes, Clémence Poésy, Jérémie Renier, Thekla Reuten, Eric Godon, & Ciarán Hinds. Scion Films/Blueprint Pictures/Focus Features. Rated 18A. 107 minutes. Comedy/Crime/Drama ★★★★★ Martin McDonagh is a treasure. His writing in all forms is exceptional and he's often very capable of subversive …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7QBS0O7gT0 Snatch. 2000. Directed & Written by Guy Ritchie. Starring Jason Statham, Brad Pitt, Benicio Del Toro, Dennis Farina, Vinnie Jones, Rade Serbedzija, Alan Ford, Mike Reid, Robbie Gee, Lennie James, Ewen Bremner, Jason Flemyng, Ade, William Beck, & Andy Beckwith. Columbia Pictures Corporation/SKA Films. Rated 18A. 104 minutes. Comedy/Crime ★★★★★ It's been at least …
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