Posts Tagged ‘Taxi Driver’
Score Your Week | Taxi Driver
With Taxi Driver, Martin Scorsese and Paul Schrader crafted a film that flexes every muscle of cinematic greatness. Our lone (anti) hero, Travis Bickle, cruises a wasteland that he calls home. Disgusted by the trash and debris, he takes it upon himself to clean up the streets and wash away the filth. He is clearly a sociopath and possibly psychotic, but in his eyes he is doing us all a favor. Guiding Travis on his conquest is Bernard Herrmann’s fantastic score. Read the rest of this entry »
The Filmdogs Podcast: Episode 19 – School’s Out
The 19th Episode of The Filmdogs Podcast is threaded and ready to roll. This week we chat about new projects from Chris Pine, Gulliermo Del Toro, Robert Rodziguez, and Spielberg in the News. Then we discuss the bearded ones’ 1991 film Hook for In Defense of. It’s our 5 favorite screenplays in our Featured Topic, and to close it out we have a famous convo from Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction in our The One Liner of the Week.
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Shutter Island
Now usually this is where I would put a nice little picture, and begin to dissect to you, the reader, about the amazing visuals or the witty banter I heard while watching a movie. I would go on and on about why this movie was for me, and why you should check it out. If I didn’t really enjoy the picture, I would maybe find a few parts and pieces of the movie I got a kick out of, and try to explain why, from that point in the film, you should give it a go. Well, I don’t know if I should do this for Shutter Island. If you dare, please continue. If not, I don’t blame you at all, I couldn’t even give you a proper title for this post. Read the rest of this entry »
The Filmdogs Podcast: Episode 3-Tokyo Drift
The Third Episode of The Filmdogs Podcast is up!! This week we discuss the blasphemy that is the rumor of a Taxi Driver remake among other happenings in the news. Robert De Niro and Al Pacino go head to head in our VS. segment. We decide which upcoming 2010 films will be worth seeing in our featured topic, and laugh out loud at a One Liner of the Week from The Naked Gun. It’s the best third installment in a Trilogy since The Return of the King!
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