FURMAN ON FILM

This review may contain spoilers. As close friends recently told me as I was just spitballing about my gut-level reactions immediately...

I wanted to love this film, but, alas, I merely ended up liking it. See, the real trouble is, I think it’s the very construction of the...

Viewing David Mamet's debut feature, House of Games, as a grown up takes some of the fun out of it. This is because it postures itself at...

I suppose one may begrudge me for saying so, but this is one of my favorite Al Pacino performances. I'll confess, I do have a certain...

For me, this viewing completed a sort of triumvirate. It concluded a three day descent into the horrors at the heart of humankind's...

It just gets most of the minors from the terrific novel right and a handful of the majors all wrong. Case in point, Demi is terrifically...

The funny thing is…I am ACTUALLY a 42 regular. And that non-joke is better than anything Chris Evans said for two hours (trust me, that’s...

Since the seminal work of 1999, The Blair Witch Project, the found footage genre of horror has admittedly lost some of its luster. It...

This review may contain spoilers. Aubrey Plaza is a FORCE. OF. NATURE. A human dynamo of passion, vivacity, and snarky self-confidence so...

The conversation goes something like this - Burgeoning Cinephile: "I want to watch something new tonight. Something solid and substantial...

This review may contain spoilers. Manhunter is just about peak Mann. It contains all of his thematic infatuations and a leading man who...

Die Hard is the greatest action movie of all time. Don't believe me? Take off your shoes (and socks), don the nearest white tank, grab a...

Revenge is a dish best served cold. Most of us know this phrase. But, I wonder how many of us have reflected on its meaning. In...

Collateral is quite simply an entirely unique bit of visual and narrative storytelling, and a singular work by Michael Mann. Shot...

Sometimes the hype machine is just that - hype. Empty nonsense peddled by the powers that be in an effort to aid in our consumption. BUT....