I have not seen Harsh Times (2005) starring Christian Bale, David Ayer’s first effort as director, which followed his (ridiculous) script for Training Day (Antoine Fuqua, 2001), but Street Kings amply suggests he is in need of more training days himself. This very violent, profane movie is close to being insane. Ayer did not write […]
Daily Archives: December 14, 2009
Forest Whitaker gives a titanic performance—his finest—as Ghost Dog, a Mafia hitman in Jim Jarmusch’s beautiful Ghost Dog, from France, Germany, the U.S. and Japan. It was shot mostly in Jersey City, but the setting is even more anonymous than Ghost Dog, whose adopted name reflects his allegiance to his guiding text, Hagakure, based on […]
Dennis Grunes 