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Entries Tagged as 'Crooked officer'

Something Wrong with the Official Version of the Assassination

March 7th, 2010 · 6 Comments

JFK (1991)
Directed by Oliver Stone
Screenplay by Oliver Stone & Zachary Sklar, based on the books On The Trail of the Assassins by Jim Garrison and Crossfire: The Plot That Killed Kennedy by Jim Marrs
Produced by Oliver Stone, A. Kitman Ho
Running time: 189 minutes (theatrical version)/ 206 minutes (director’s cut)
Should I Care?
Before Michael Moore came [...]

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Tags: Alternate universe · Based on book · Crooked officer · Dreams and visions · Forensic evidence · Gangsters and hoodlums · Hitman · Interrogation · Military · Murder mystery · Paranoia · Shot In Texas

Highly Chaotic, Explosive, Volatile, Armageddon-like Ending

February 21st, 2010 · 7 Comments

Strange Days (1995)
Directed by Kathryn Bigelow
Screenplay by James Cameron and Jay Cocks, story by James Cameron
Produced by James Cameron, Steven-Charles Jaffe
Running time: 145 minutes
Should I Care?
For all those movie geeks wondering how cool it would be if James Cameron and Kathryn Bigelow ever made a movie together — a sci-fi epic conceived, co-written and [...]

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Tags: Alternate universe · Crooked officer · Cult favorite · End of the world · Femme fatale · Gangsters and hoodlums · Murder mystery · Prostitute · Psycho killer · Woman in jeopardy

Alain Resnais Makes Get Carter

February 7th, 2010 · 3 Comments

The Limey (1999)
Written by Lem Dobbs
Directed by Steven Soderbergh
Produced by John Hardy, Scott Kramer
Running time: 89 minutes
Should I Care?
Taking a look at a movie, stepping back and taking a look at it again benefits few films as thoroughly as The Limey, the fractured, hard boiled egg that director Steven Soderbergh whipped up on break [...]

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Tags: Bathtub scene · Crooked officer · Cult favorite · Dreams and visions · Gangsters and hoodlums · Hitman · Interrogation · Murder mystery · Road trip · Shootout

A Jewish Girl and a Nazi Officer

January 31st, 2010 · 4 Comments

Black Book (2006)
Written by Gerard Soeteman & Paul Verhoeven
Directed by Paul Verhoeven
Produced by San Fu Maltha, Jens Meurer, Teun Hilte, Jeroen Beker, Frans van Gestel, Jos van der Linden
Running time: 145 minutes
Should I Care?
At the age of 67, Paul Verhoeven got his filmmaking groove back by following the flight plan taken by so many [...]

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Tags: Crooked officer · Femme fatale · Interrogation · Military · Music · Shootout · Train · Unconventional romance · Woman in jeopardy