Roy Scheider’s character in that got sick of Gene Hackman’s character’s actions and later moved to a small Island community to police there in peace.
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Along_the_Wire First time. I was confused, the stake outs and trailing felt extremely obvious at the start, then you figure everyone is in the know. Loved the subway scene.
But yeah, that final showdown was wild. Cornering them on the flyover with at least 10 cars, only for the frenchie to make a u-turn and pretty much escape. Hackman mowing down an FBI agent with friendly fire and giving absolutely no fucks was also nutty. And then the epilogue write ups for each character was hilarious, almost felt like satire. Does make me want to watch the sequel, but still, that end was bizarre.
Homegrove lol. Scheider was great.
rhouses the sequel comes in for some stick, but I love it as much as the first - Hackman is sensational in it.
Love Popeye in those flicks. Great character.
Another great Roy Scheider classic is “The Seven Ups”. Its a New York cop thriller with a brilliant car chase. Of its time of course but well worth a watch.
Rewatched a few classics. Last night wife and I watched The Usual Suspects (1995), Arrow Video released it on 4K in the UK, and as it’s a film I love watching it was an easy decision to buy it. Directed by a sexual predator (Brian Singer), starring a sexual predator (Kevin Spacey), and it’s really good. Gabriel Byrne is also good in it, despite slipping into his Irish accent all the time. He’s supposed to be an ex NY cop.
And since today is Groundhog Day I watched that. But I do most years. Bill Murray was in a dark place in his life while filming it going through a nasty divorce, and it shows and adds to the movie. He was such a dick on set too, that he and Harold Ramis didn’t speak again until right before Ramis passed away.
Watched Interstellar in IMAX last night. That was a proper experience, my ears are paying for it a bit today, but well worth it. The scene going through the black hole almost melted my brain.
I’m watching Interstellar for the first time on Sunday, IMAX. Signed up for an 9am show.
Had a glorious day home alone for the first time after ages this Sunday. Watched The Handmaiden and The Last of the Mohicans. Handmaiden is a wild romp, but maybe a bit too hyped. ( 7.7 / 10 ) Mohicans quite a bit cheesier than I remembered, but just about holds up. ( 7.1 / 10 )
A fire wood biryani, green curry mutton chops, and a humongous slice of vanilla cream white chocolate cake with fresh strawberries was demolished solo. Wife and daughter walked in on me passed the fuck out, the apartment reeking of herbs and the cricket blaring at 9PM.
Anora. An uncomfortable watch in parts and funny in others - an odd but good film that flew well under my radar. 7/10
1941 (1979). Spielberg’s biggest blunder along with Hook. I used to love this as a kid. Did not love it now. Jesus what a mess. Well, the dance/ fight-sequence was great. That’s about it for positives with this movie.
North By Northwest (1959). Another first watch.
No wonder his previous wifes divorced him, such a mamma’s boy.
Watching these old movies for the first time 70 years later it always takes a little while to get used to the acting style of the 50s. Great movie though. The ending shot made me laugh out loud, pretty horny Mr. Hitchcock.
Next up on “classic films I’ve not seen” is The Third Man.
The Killers Game
Formulaic and predictable bordering on cheesey. Another film attempting to cash in on the John Wick/ Nobody type action movie.
Sofia Boutella is its saving grace.
2 overly stylised killings out of 5
