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The Manipulator
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Never knew Sterling Hayden wrote an autobiography, and odd that he did so well before about half of his most famous roles.

See Gerry. Immediately.

I bought the Blu-ray yesterday to watch again after seeing it in the theater a few weeks ago. The lack of extras is disappointing, but hardly matters since the movie is so phenomenal.

This is an unpopular opinion, but to me, Tom Hanks' best performance is in Joe Vs. The Volcano. There's an odd sadness and loneliness to the work that makes it stand out for me above his more acclaimed stuff.

Jennifer Connelly is someone who fills the role of an evolving lifetime crush for me, along with Diane Lane. I saw Once Upon a Time in America as a kid and fell for her then, well before she…blossomed into the woman in The Rocketeer and The Hot Spot.

Red October is a solid movie that has fallen off people's radar. Apart from Connery's iffy accent, everything about it works really well, and it's the kind of smart action movie we hardly get anymore.

Note: this is the only Bond movie where he is called a honky.

The whole moment when Tony Shaloub is driving the cab away and starts crying never fails to make me laugh.

I'm gonna put money down right now that you will win for weirdest choice on here with My Name is Nobody.

So very true. Leaving as is.

"Ff…ff…flames…on the side of my face…breathing…breath…heaving breaths…"

Yeah, I sort of expected to see Salo at the end of that sentence.

Excusing obvious choices for my age group (Star Wars films, Indiana Jones films):

That prolonged, supposedly humorous drunk driving sequence is wonderfully irresponsible filmmaking.

Awesome choice!

Hey, wanna see me make half the commenters cry?

I enjoyed Versus but Midnight Meat Train is unwatchable. I cannot fathom why that movie has a devoted, if small, following.

But Sirk knew how to competently compose a shot, not just art direct the frame, and he knew when to make a cut, not just cut edit hyperactively for no reason.

Giallo fans seem to dig it. But calling a movie a cross between The Shining and Mulholland Drive is the very definition of setting unrealistic expectations.

"The real director to make this movie was Douglas Sirk"