Sharing the Screen With Kirk Douglas
Count the candles. 103. Yes Kirk Douglas is 103 years young today. Each year since starting up Mike’s Take On the Movies I set aside December 9th to celebrate the […]
Get Shorty (1995)
The recent release of this Barry Sonnenfeld film adapted from Elmore Leonard’s novel on blu ray from Shout Factory’s Select line up had me salivating with anticipation of revisiting a […]
Harvey Keitel : From Bugsy to Mickey
Raise your hands if you recall that Harvey Keitel played Mickey Cohen in support of Warren Beatty and Annette Benning in the 1991 big budget take on Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel […]
Looking For Positives In a Quartet of Duds
Generally I hate getting overly critical of films for a number of reasons. One of which is we only see what’s actually on the screen which can become an easy […]
The Border (1982)
While this film failed to find an audience upon it’s release it’s a solid performance from an understated Jack Nicholson. No hamming it up for the camera as he plays […]
