Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call – New Orleans

It’s been a long time since a movie has left me as speechless as after I watched Werner Herzog’s latest mess of a film Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call – New Orleans.  Leaving the theatre, I really, honestly, didn’t have a thing to say about it.  I’m not sure that’s changed. Nic Cage plays a mildly crooked cop who goes from bad to worse when his back is permanently injured while doing a good a deed.  The injury... Read More

Wild at Heart

Continuing my self-education of the films of David Lynch, 1990′s Wild at Heart shot right to the front of my queue after watching Blue Velvet.  The story is no less shocking, no less provocative, and certainly not any more tame than one would expect from Lynch. Lula (Laura Dern) and Sailor (Nic Cage) are two reckless, young lovers, bent on spending their days doing the dirty and writhing around the dance floor at heavy metal rock concerts. ... Read More