Nice Day for an Auto-da-fé: Best Recent Films About Coups d’État
It is ironic that a nation that has never experienced a coup d’état should be so obsessed with the idea of conspiracy. Gore Vidal (Sex,…
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Character Study: Donald E. Westlake on Film: Parker, Point Blank, & others
Unlike crime novelists Elmore Leonard, Patricia Highsmith and to a lesser extent Jim Thompson, you’re probably not familiar with Donald E Westlake (1933-2008) – or…
MCU Movies Ranked: #1 Captain America the Winter Soldier (2014)
#1 in my Ranking of The MCU Phases 1-3. The first twenty minutes or so of this movie establish so much so well, it…
Duds & Cancellations: The Problems With Adapting F. Scott Fitzgerald
Deadline is reporting that British playwright and screenwriter Nina Raine has been tapped to write the limited series adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Tender Is…