Tag: Noir

Hollywood is Remaking A Fistful of Dollars Because the Apocalypse is Nigh

I know we’re at the point where remakes are so ubiquitous we should be used to seeing our favorite movies selected to get a modern update, but Hollywood still manages to piss me off with these from time to time. Deadline exclusively reports that a studio called Euro Gang Entertainment – a joint ...

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Amazon Passes on Silk: Spider Society and Greenlights Noir

The Spider-Verse giveth and the Spider-Verse taketh away. The streaming upfront presentations are happening this week, and today, Amazon had theirs, where they gave an update on a Spider-Man-connected TV show they’ve been developing while not mentioning another. (Neither of them has Spider-Man in ...

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REVIEW: Marlowe (2023)

To call Marlowe a wannabe noir film would be to ascribe to it aspirations it doesn’t have. Marlowe isn’t trying to capture a time and place, evoke a particular tone or feel, replicate a form of dialogue, or even basic things like engage you in a mystery or surround you with compelling characters...

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Marlowe Trailer Promises a Hard-Boiled Throwback

Raymond Chandler’s legendary detective, Philip Marlowe, is returning to the big screen as Open Road Films has released a trailer for Marlowe. Based on The Black-Eyed Blonde, a continuation of Chandler’s classic mystery series written by John Banville (under the pseudonym Benjamin Black, which he...

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The Naughty List: Five Christmas Crime Movies

Not everyone is nice on Christmas. There are plenty of Christmas movies with love, kindness, family, and charity, but sometimes you’re more in the mood to party with Scrooge before his big reform. For those instances, here are five lumps of coal for the cinematic stocking: Five Christmas Crime Mov...

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New Batman and Superman Animated Shows Coming

HBO and Cartoon Network will soon be airing new Batman and Superman animated shows. J. J. Abrams and Matt Reeves will be teaming with original Batman: The Animated Series creator Bruce Timm on Batman: Caped Crusader. This series returns Batman and Gotham to their “noir roots.” My Adventures With...

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