When Hollywood needs a miracle, they turn towards the Heavens. How else do you explain Hollywood’s fascination with and audience’s acceptance of films about Angels? Maybe it’s because they’re eternal. Maybe it’s because Hollywood can reinvent the same film and make lightning strike twice. “Here Comes Mr. Jordan” becomes “Heaven Can Wait.” Read the rest of this entry »

The script begins as a young Hughes directs one of Scorsese’s favorite films, Hell’s Angels. Hughes was so obsessed with perfection in the aerial sequences that he waits forever for perfect conditions, right down to cloud formations. The Aviator ends in 1946, when Hughes was still a dashing young man and romancing actresses like Ava Gardner and Katharine Hepburn Read the rest of this entry »

Set in Canton, China in the 1940s, the story revolves around a hapless wannabe gangster who aspires to become a member of the notorious “Axe Gang.” Other characters include an obnoxious landlady and her apparently frail husband who exhibit extraordinary powers in defending their turf. Read the rest of this entry »