Monthly Archives: August 2010

- [top 100 movies list part 5] 030. Heat Michael Mann’s magnum opus of isolated tough guy bullshit. It’s too long, no one likes that Pacino wins in the end, the plot is a little too complicated – all of … Continue reading →

[top 100 movies part 4] 040. The Manchurian Candidate One of the earliest martial arts sequences in an English language film with Frank Sinatra judo-throwing a guy over his shoulder. Not the reason this movie is on this list but … Continue reading →

[top 100 movies list part 3] 050. Die Hard 80s/90s action is like punk rock (and yes, I tend to think of a lot of things in terms of punk rock). It’s good to think of Die Hard as The … Continue reading →

[Top 100 movies list part 2 of 4] 075. King of New York My favorite description of King of New York was always that it’s a western. Even though it’s really not, it owes a lot more to Warner Bros … Continue reading →

“The movie never changes. It can’t change. But every time you see it it seems different because you’re different. You see different things.” – [Top 100 movies countdown, part 1 of 4] – = – Making lists is ultimately a … Continue reading →