Justified is outstanding thanks to the tightly wound performance of star Timothy Olyphant and solid scripting and direction. Olyphant’s Marshal Raylan Givens is a man of few words and deadly aim who is sent back to his hometown of Harlan County, Kentucky, after shooting first and asking questions later with an oily gangster. Once ensconced […]
Archives for February 2015
Frenzy
Alfred Hitchcock’s penultimate film Frenzy, written by Anthony Shaffer, this delightfully grisly little tale features an all-British cast minus star wattage, which may have accounted for its relatively slim showing in the States. Jon Finch plays a down-on-his-luck Londoner who is offered some help by an old pal (Barry Foster). In fact, Foster is a […]
HBO Cuts the Cord
HBO, the premium cable and satellite television network, has created a numbers of applications that are now available on platforms. This represents a major step forward this week for cord cutting, as HBO becomes available on both TV and Sling TV. This is happening just in time for HBO’s Game of Thrones premiere. For those […]
Jurasic Park
Steven Spielberg’s Jurasic Park is one of the most intense and frightening films he’s ever made. Based on Michael Crichton’s novel about an island amusement park populated by cloned dinosaurs, the film works best as a thrill ride. There’s no shortage of raw terror as a rampaging T-rex and nasty raptors try to make fast […]