Synopsis
At a restaurant in Little Italy, Tony (Danny Aiello) dispatches a quiet, milk-sipping stranger named Léon (Jean Reno) to settle a business dispute. Infiltrating a hotel where a rival gangster […]
Entries from May 2008
Léon / The Professional (1994)
May 30th, 2008 · 5 Comments
Tags: Crooked officer · Hitman · Master and pupil · Shootout
Brazil (1985)
May 27th, 2008 · 3 Comments
Synopsis
“Somewhere in the 20th century” a bomb - apparently planted by terrorists - explodes in a department store window. A clerical error at the Ministry of Information dispatches a team of stormtroopers to the wrong address, resulting in an innocent family […]
Tags: Alternate universe · Ambiguous ending · Bathtub scene · Black comedy · Cult favorite · Dreams and visions · Interrogation · Man vs. machine
Pee-wee’s Big Adventure (1985)
May 25th, 2008 · 8 Comments
Synopsis
Waking from a dream in which he wins the Tour de France, Pee-wee Herman (Paul Reubens) plays with a few toys, sets in motion an elaborate breakfast making machine and after a bite of Mr. […]
Tags: Cult favorite · Dreams and visions · Famous line · Road trip · Train · Waitress
Sideways (2004)
May 21st, 2008 · 9 Comments
Synopsis
Hung over from a wine tasting, Miles Raymond (Paul Giamatti) oversleeps and hits the road late from San Diego to L.A. to pick up his crass buddy Jack Lopate (Thomas Haden Church). Miles has finished a novel. Jack is an actor about […]
Tags: Ambiguous ending · Based on novel · Black comedy · Drunk scene · Mother/son relationship · Road trip · Small town · Waitress









