Leaving Las Vegas (1995) Review
Leaving Las Vegas (1995) rates 9 out of 10 on the rewatch scale. A man goes to Las Vegas to drink himself to death and states the plan in the first twenty minutes. Mike Figgis shot it for around four…
Tag: Neon
Neon is a visual signature: cities rendered in electric color, style carrying half the mood. This tag collects reviews of films where neon-soaked aesthetics define the world, from noir streets to synthwave futures.
1980sVamp (1986)
Judged as a complete film it is mediocre. Vamp earns its 5.5 as a stylish, uneven eighties horror comedy that is worth seeing almost entirely for one unforgettable element, Grace Jones as a vampire stripper who never speaks a word…
2010sApollo 11 (2019)
Newly discovered 65mm footage of 1969 moon landing. Apollo 11 is Todd Douglas Miller's 2019 American documentary depicting the July 1969 Apollo 11 lunar landing mission through previously unreleased seventy-millimeter footage from NASA archives combined with mission audio.
2000sOcean’s Eleven (2001)
Soderbergh's 2001 Rat Pack remake. Clooney, Pitt, Damon, Roberts, Gould.
1980sRisky Business (1983)
1983 Paul Brickman comedy with Tom Cruise as a Chicago teen who turns his parents' empty house into a brothel for one weekend. Risky Business is Paul Brickman's 1983 American comedy and the film that launched Tom Cruise's career.
1970sLive and Let Die (1973)
1973 Guy Hamilton Bond film with Roger Moore's debut. Voodoo, blaxploitation tropes, Jane Seymour as Solitaire.
1970sDiamonds Are Forever (1971)
1971 Guy Hamilton Bond film with Connery returning. Las Vegas setting, diamond smuggling, Blofeld as Howard Hughes pastiche.
2000sDomino (2005)
2005 Tony Scott action with Keira Knightley as real-life model turned bounty hunter Domino Harvey. Domino is Tony Scott's 2005 American action film loosely depicting the life of model-turned-bounty-hunter Domino Harvey.
1990sHard Eight (1996)
Philip Baker Hall as an aging gambler taking in a stranger. Released as Sydney against PTA's wishes.
1980sCobra (1986)
Cosmatos's 1986 Stallone action thriller. Compressed 87-minute runtime, iconographic Cobretti character.
AssassinsJohn Wick 1-4 (2014-2023)
Keanu Reeves as the retired assassin. Action choreography that reshaped contemporary American action cinema.
2020sBirds of Prey (2020)
Birds of Prey, formally titled Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn), is the Harley Quinn solo film between Suicide Squad. Cathy Yan directed in her major studio debut.