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FILM-KNIGHTS
Two film lovers attempting to document regular film nights.
THE RULES
FILM 17
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MILLER’S CROSSING - REVIEW 01
I don’t know, I think I may have gone into this with the completely wrong mindset and maybe wanting White Russian’s, cattle guns or a even a young Nicolas Cage, which granted, I was never going to get. It may have 90% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. But this film failed at the box office back in the 90s, bringing in less than half of its original budget and failed for me some 20 years later.
Cross with caution.
RATING - 1/5
GORDON ARMSTRONG
FILM 17 - MILLER’S CROSSING was directed by those siblings Joel and Ethan Coen. The Coen brothers also directed The Big Lebowski, which featured a White Russian drinking, dressing gown wearing character called ‘The Dude’ who would often hit up the bowling alley to knock down a pin or ten. Ten Pin Bowling is the back bone behind the 90s slapstick comedy Kingpin which starred Lin Shaye (the mum from Detroit Rock City) as a rather dirty landlady. This leads us nicely onto our next film, as Lin Shaye pops up in FILM 18 which is INSIDIOUS.
FILM 16 - DRIVE ANGRY 3D stars Nicolas Cage. Nicolas Cage teamed up with the famous Directing duo the Coen brothers in their road movie RAISING ARIZONA back in 1987. So we thought it be fitting that we pick a Coen brothers creation for our next film. FILM 17 is MILLER’S CROSSING, Joel and Ethan Coen’s interesting look into feuding gangsters in the Prohibition era. Reviews and doodles on the way soon.
FILM 16
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DRIVE ANGRY 3D - REVIEW 01
This is one of the best 3D films I have ever seen. Granted I have only actually seen probably 2 others, this to me is what 3D cinema was made for. Grab a bunch of mates, a load of beer, head over the the biggest 3D cinema screen showing this gem and you will not come out disappointed. Why would you, when you have a 3D Nicholas Cage swigging from a bottle of whiskey and killing a bunch of henchmen all whilst having sex with a naked cocktail waitress!! Oh and the coin, the 3D coin is amazing!
RATING - 4/5
GORDON ARMSTRONG
So we have been a bit slack on the blogging side of things, but we have been watching a few films of late. From BLACK SWAN with an Oscar winning performance from Natalie Portman, who is apparently know for crying (CLICK IT!). We turn to the one and only Nicholas Cage, who is most definitely know for losing it (CLICK IT!) and his latest gem DRIVE ANGRY 3D is FILM 16.
FILM 14
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DIE HARD - REVIEW 02
Fair play to John McClane: he made it out, albeit with a satisfyingly high body count. But why oh why didn’t he take any of the dead guys’ shoes? Excruciating fun.
BEN JENKINS
FILM 13
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GREMLINS - REVIEW 02
Given that the gremlins threw possibly the best Christmas party I’ve ever seen, I don’t know if I really want to go with this angle. Anyway here it is: best 5 methods of killing a gremlin:
5: Electrocute it
4: Blow it up
3: Melt it
2: Microwave it
1: Blend it
Moral? Kitchen-based deaths are best.
BEN JENKINS
FILM 14
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DIE HARD - REVIEW 01
There is not much that needs to be said, DIE HARD is a classic bit of action packed cinema. FACT. Seeing it at the cinema after Gremlins was like a cinematic wet dream. YIPPIE KI-AY MOTHERFUCKER!
RATING - 4.5/5
GORDON ARMSTRONG
FILM 13
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GREMLINS - REVIEW 01
Fantastically dark, festive fur ball filled fun for all the family. Gremlins is a classic. One which I doubt I will ever get tired of seeing, especially when being shown as part of a double bill with another 80s gem Die Hard; at one of my favourite independent cinemas in town; just 5 days before Christmas.
RATING - 4/5
GORDON ARMSTRONG
FILM 15
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BLACK SWAN - REVIEW 02
After managing to avoid the Golden Globe, BAFTA and Oscar hoo-haa surrounding Black Swan, I must say that Natalie Portman has certainly grown up from the little girl we were introduced to back in Lu Besson’s Leon. Anyway, this sexually covered foot pounding ballet psycho freakout melodrama is worth a peek. For me its time to book tickets to the ballet.
RATING - 4/5
GORDON ARMSTRONG
FILM 15
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BLACK SWAN - REVIEW 01
Looking back over Aronofsky’s career I can see a recurring theme, destruction of one’s body in the pursuit of something you love: truth (“Pi”), narcotics (“Requiem for a Dream”), adulation (“The Wrestler”) and perfection (“Black Swan”). The parallels to “The Wrestler” are strongest with the director walking a tight rope between respect and gratuity as he shows both the lowest and noblest of these professions. In “Black Swan” this approach descends further into stereotype, but in a series of recent interviews ballerinas who viewed the film conceded these persisted with reason.
In visual style it was again closest to his last film, with a washed concrete texture to his shots. In isolation I love this aesthetic and it worked wonderfully before. It certainly helped to modernise the image of ballet, giving it a cold industrial functionality. I would perhaps have preferred it if some of the regal mystique remained though.
I can’t say what I want to about the plot with giving the game away, except that it’s fun guessing which of two ways things will turn after some wonderful horror motifs. My personal favourite being the sound of beating wings on the Subway. Things do get much scarier and gory than that though, culminating in one fantastic feathered flourish.
BEN JENKINS
Bruce Willis put his feet through hell in Film 14, as does Natalie Portman in FILM 15: BLACK SWAN. We just saw it tonight, reviews up tomorrow in time for the national release. We promise!
FILM 12
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THE WRONG MAN - REVIEW 02
Not one of my favorite Hitchcock films, but granted I was partly distracted folding and stapling 100 copies of the first FILM KNIGHTS ZINE which will be available to snap up pretty cheaply online very soon. Anyway, based on actual events, THE WRONG MAN is a good stab at a crime noir drama, worth a watch if Santa delivered you an Alfred Hitchcock box set for Christmas.
RATING - 3/5
GORDON ARMSTRONG
FILM 11
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EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP - REVIEW 02
Mockumentary or not, there is no denying that Exit Through the Gift Shop is a fun film; worth a watch whether you like Banksy or not.
RATING - 3.5/5
GORDON ARMSTRONG
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