Seen by many to be one of the quintessential British gangster films, Get Carter is more a film that I admired than one I fully loved but is itself a pretty solid, down and dirty crime film. The thing that is most praiseworthy about it is of course the lead performance by Michael Caine seeing as the entire movie rests on his shoulders, making it a good thing that he gives such an authority and cool to the role. Essentially,…
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Salem's Lot 1979
It's been a few years, but 'Salem's Lot was the first Stephen King novel I had ever read and it's only now that I'm finally getting to this two-part miniseries adaptation of the story done here by Tobe Hooper. This one holds a reputation as one of the better adaptations of King's work (as well as being only the second, after Brian De Palma's Carrie) and though I think it's a flawed series, there is indeed a lot of good…
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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever 2022
As I've pretty much just given up at this point on seeing new Marvel movies in theatres (since I just can't really be bothered with the franchise as a whole at this point), Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is one that I'm finally catching up with and I thought this was about as good of a movie as I expected it to be. I had a pretty decent idea beforehand that it would not be nearly as good as the first…
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three 1974
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three is low-key one of the most purely fun and entertaining thrillers of the 1970s in my opinion and is one that is just such a blast from start to finish. Performances are brilliant across the board, especially from Walter Matthau and Robert Shaw, the pacing is excellent, and the characters are so colourful, as is its use of the New York City setting. Most impressively though, it's also an incredibly funny movie that…
