But soon Roger becomes targeted by a client with serious commando skills, unlimited high tech gizmos, and a firm intention to make Roger dead. So the dark comedy thriller Headhunters ( Hodejegerne) begins like a heist movie. As ruthlessly successful as he is in business, he feels the need to also burgle the homes of his clients and steal art treasures. The smug Norwegian corporate headhunter named Roger Brown (don’t ask) explains his motivation at the very beginning of the movie: at 5 feet, 6 inches, his insecurity about keeping his six foot blond wife leads him to cut some corners. Gene Tierney startles Dana Andrews in LAURAįor the second straight week, I’m recommending the marvelously entaertining Headhunters to kick off your summer. Look for film noir icons Charles McGraw and Gloria Grahame in supporting roles.Īnd on July 3, TCM airs Laura, perhaps my favorite thriller from the noir era, with an unforgettable performance by Clifton Webb as a megalomaniac with one vulnerability – the dazzling beauty of Gene Tierney. I mention, but don’t dwell on Chandler in my essay Warren Oates: a gift for desperation. On July 2, Turner Classic Movies is presenting Chandler, the 1971 neo-noir starring Warren Oates as a seedy private detective who gets in over his head. You can stream Headhunters on Amazon, iTunes, Vudu, YouTube or Google Play. Framing John DeLorean is available to stream from Amazon, iTunes, Vudu, YouTube and Google Play.įor the second straight week, I have the perfect film to kick off the summer – the marvelously entertaining dark comic thriller Headhunters. If you already know the basics of the DeLorean story, I’d recommend this Car and Driverarticle instead. The documentary Framing John DeLorean is an incomplete retelling of this modern Icarus fable.Charlize Theron and Seth Rogen are pleasantly entertaining in the improbable Beauty-and-the-Beast romantic comedy Long Shot.
It is indeed a documentary of a concert tour, but Scorsese adds some fictional flourish, as befits Dylan’s longtime trickster persona. So you think you know what you’re going to get from a movie titled Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese.Rocketman is more of a jukebox musical than a film biography, but it’s wonderfully entertaining.The Fall of the American Empire is a pointed satire cleverly embedded in the form of a heist film.The wildly successful comedy Booksmart is an entirely fresh take on the coming of age film, and a high school graduation party romp like you’ve never seen.The Last Black Man in San Francisco is an absorbing exploration of inner lives reacting to a changing city – and it’s one of the best films of the year.
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