You know, I REALLY have to admit, there’s time I run out of stars, I really do … !
Anyone that’s been reading the Old Peculiar for a while, now, will realise I’ve been rating movies, now from zero stars (☆☆☆☆) — which is where I’m bluntly tell you not to waste you money — all the way up to four stars. ★★★★, or Go buy or rent this film, now!
And while I don’t hand out zero (☆☆☆☆) that often — I try and find something good about a film, however bad — I usually try to make sure when I hand out a high rating, I hand it out to a film that deserves it.
Then, frankly … ?
Then, frankly, there’s the films you SERIOUSLY want to rave about … !
Four stars (★★★★) somehow, doesn’t seem enough … !
What I’m trying to say, here … ?
Is that simply, you’ll have to take the timestamp of a given Movie Night post into account: the nearer the start of the post to the end of a film I’ve given a good rating to … ?
Frankly, the better.
And, boy, I’ve just seen a film that qualifies as a Late Night Starter, let’s put it THAT way … !
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The reason I’m burbling like this … ?
Is that I’m thinking I’ve just seen a film that qualifies as a Late Night Raver.
The Alan Parker directed, 1987 film starring Mickey Rourke that is …
And if, like me, you’ve not seen it before now … ? I’d urge you to change that … ! iTunes rentals are there for a reason … !
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Set in 1955, Angel Heart sees Mickey Rourke as Harry Angel, a down-at-heels private investigator who’s hired by a mysterious client — Louis Cyphre, Robert De Niro, possibly the most menacing version of the Devil I’ve seen — to find a missing singer called Johnnie Favourite: a singer, it seems who owes Mr Cyphre, after reneging on a contract.
The case goes badly from the start: as Harry finds himself chasing all sorts of leads: initially, starting in New York, and then all the way down to New Orleans, the sweaty beating heart of Louisiana.
It gets worse, though …
Because, of course, the bodies start piling up.
And the local police start to suspect Harry is Suspect Number 1 …
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Now, I was saying about giving handing out high ratings … ?
You betcha!
Angel Heart is a lush, entrancing movie, and one I’m willing to bet looks as good now as it did on it’s initial release.
What’s more … ?
What’s more, it manages one hell of a noir plot-line, great little performances from it’s cast …
AND has both Brownie McGhee and Pinetop Perkins putting in appearances.
What more do you want … ?
Go get, folks!
Angel Heart
★★★★
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