Blog Detour Film Review – L.A. Noire Gold Film Reel Series James Schumacher, January 23, 2019December 9, 2021 Detour Update – 4k Restoration and Bluray Way back when I had the idea of presenting reviews and analysis of all the major gold film reels of actual Noir titles featured in the game L.A. Noire. Life has a way of changing plans, so the project never got very far…. Continue Reading
Where the Sidewalk Ends – L.A. Noire Gold Film Reel Series James Schumacher, August 15, 2011March 2, 2014 Cementing the Sidewalk Crew Where the Sidewalk Ends is a 1950 Film Noir starring Dana Andrews and Gene Tierney. The writers for the film were headed up by Ben Hecht (making his second appearance on our list after 1946’s Hitchock masterpiece Notorious). The wonderfully simmering, desperate musical score was composed… Continue Reading
Scarlet Street Film Review – L.A. Noire Film Project James Schumacher, June 21, 2011July 17, 2015 Scarlet Street is a 1945 Film Noir from Austrian director Fritz Lang. Lang was a master of the dark genre of German Expressionism which lent itself so well to the Noir genre. The British Film Institute titled him as the Master of Darkness. Lang was best known for the still popular… Continue Reading
Gun Crazy Film Review – L.A. Noire Gold Film Reel Series James Schumacher, June 16, 2011March 2, 2014 Gun Crazy (originally called Deadly is the Female) is a 1950 Film-Noir from director Joseph H. Lewis and writer MacKinlay Kantor who wrote the screenplay based on his original work. An interesting side-note, Millard Kaufman received a co-credit as screenwriter. Kaufman was creator of Mr Magoo at the time and… Continue Reading
Blog Notorious (1946) Film Review – L.A. Noire Golden Film Reel Series James Schumacher, June 13, 2011June 24, 2017 Notorious is 65 years old this year (2011) and stands out to many individuals as one of Alfred Hitchock’s finest films. It intertwines multiples genre, the spy/espionage thriller and the film noir, while at the same time being the most overtly romantic of his films. In fact, though actually an… Continue Reading
The Warrior’s Way Review – Anime-style action meets Spaghetti Western? James Schumacher, December 4, 2010 The Warrior’s Way from director and writer Sngmoo Lee receives a wide release this weekend. It stars an excellent Korean actor by the name of Jang Dong-gun, probably best known state-side for the Korean war epic film Taegukgi: The Brotherhood of War. This is an English-language film and the supporting… Continue Reading
44 Inch Chest Blu-ray Review – Ray Winstone and Ian McShane James Schumacher, October 10, 2010October 16, 2010 I queued up 44 Inch Chest for a couple of reasons. The first being the amazing cast that it had listed, not the least of which are Ray Winstone and Ian McShane. The second reason would be that I have enjoyed many of the British Gangster films from the more… Continue Reading
Action The Last Starfighter Blu-ray Review James Schumacher, September 16, 2010January 23, 2019 I have heard a lot of people talk about The Last Starfighter as a “guilty pleasure”. I definitely won’t call it that. I have very few guilty pleasures in life as I feel no guilt for the things I have liked in my lifetime (well in film and music anyway…)…. Continue Reading
Christian Bale – Treasure Island DVD – Soon? James Schumacher, September 10, 2010September 27, 2011 *Update* Treasure Island DVD review here! Update Treasure Island 1990 DVD Pre-orders now available!! Update information on the DVD Release here. A few of you know that I really enjoy the 1990 made for Turner Television movie Treasure Island. It stars a young Christian Bale as Jim Hawkins and Charlton… Continue Reading
Action Inception Film Review – Dreams in Action James Schumacher, July 17, 2010March 9, 2014 Hello, hope this day finds everyone well and enjoying some sunshine like we are doing today in Oregon. I watched the Inception film on Thursday and finally got around to posting my article today. I wanted to think about the film and discuss it with friends before I presented my… Continue Reading
Action Predators Review aka Come on! I’m Here! Come on! James Schumacher, July 12, 2010March 9, 2014 Ok, so my friends that saw the movie with me and disagreed strenuously with me that the film did in fact “not suck” have been eagerly anticipating my published article on the subject. Well, hooray for you guys, because my Predators review is now published over on Associated Content. I… Continue Reading