Blog Detour Film Review – L.A. Noire Gold Film Reel Series James Schumacher, January 23, 2019February 11, 2024 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
Action Rockstar News – Max Payne 3 and L.A. Noire PC James Schumacher, June 24, 2011February 11, 2024 Some big news from Rockstar in the last few days. Involving an old IP that Rockstar is now developing in-house and their newest hit franchise as well. Max Payne 3 Release Date Several reports have popped up on the Internet stating that those who have put in early pre-orders for… 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
Playstation Store Back Online James Schumacher, June 1, 2011June 2, 2011 Playstation Network Store – 10:12 PM PM 6/1/2011 So… Playstation Store officially went back online a little bit back. I was tying up some loose ends in my L.A. Noire 100% quest and was auto-signed out of the network. Sure enough after logging back in I tried the store just… Continue Reading
L.A. Noire Licensed Music List James Schumacher, May 19, 2011October 15, 2013 So we’ve covered the L.A. Noire Soundtrack and L.A. Noire Remixed Soundtrack in the previous post. Many people including myself are searching for a list of the L.A. Noire licensed music. I have yet to find one, and no official music list has been released apart from those already mentioned…. Continue Reading
L.A. Noire Music List James Schumacher, May 17, 2011October 15, 2013 Links updated 10/2013 For L.A. Noire licensed music aka songs you hear on the radio in L.A. Noire visit the L.A. Noire Licensed Music List page. Recently we have been spoiled with games showcasing classic music from the 40s, 50s and 60s. The Mafia 2 Music List as well as… Continue Reading
La Noire Trailer 2010 – Team Bondi & Rockstar James Schumacher, November 11, 2010 Let’s just cut to the chase before discussion. The L.A. Noire 2010 Trailer from Team Bondi is out now. Here it is via gametrailers.com Video Games | L.A. Noire | Debut In-Game Trailer HD XBox 360 | Playstation 3 | Nintendo Wii The trailer is looking really good. The facial… Continue Reading