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Country: United States
Genre: Drama/Action/Suspense
Director: John Dahl
Year: 1998
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UNDER THE RADAR
Life isn’t fair. Despite being a tremendously accomplished film noir, Unforgettable is largely forgotten today. What should have been a triumph for director John Dahl and star Ray Liotta was instead a box office disaster, contributing to the decline of both men’s careers. My guess is […]
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Country: Hong Kong
Genre: Drama
Director: Raymond Lee
Year: 1990
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MOVIES THAT PASS UNDER THE RADAR
Astonishingly, A Killer’s Blues is practically forgotten. At the time it was released, it was lost in the shuffle of any number of excellent gangster flicks that came off the Hong Kong movie industry assembly line like so many Volkswagen Beetles back in […]
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Country: United States
Genre: Drama/Action
Director: Brad Furman
Year: 2007
Rating:
UNDER THE RADAR
The Take is not really Trash Cinema, but you might be forgiven for thinking it was if you saw the trailer for it. After all, The Take has a classic Trash Cinema plot.
For some reason, The Take never got a theatrical release, but it’s not the […]
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Country: United States
Genre: Action/Science Fiction/Suspense
Director: Gary Fleder
Year: 2001
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MOVIES THAT PASS UNDER THE RADAR
Michael Douglas, the producer of The China Syndrome, must have gotten down on his knees to thank the movie gods after the 3-Mile Island nuclear accident. The dovetailing of front page news with his paranoid eco-thriller turned The China Syndrome into a […]
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Sometimes, worthy movies aren’t noticed. This can happen for many reasons.
In the case of some Hong Kong movies, in the late 80s and early 90s, so many high quality gangster movies were being made that they risked being lost in the shuffle.
Other times, current events can make studio heads nervous. After 9/11, a lot of […]
