The Tiger’s Tail

#12 in my ranking of John Boorman's films. I swear...John Boorman is always interesting. Here's another film of his from his later career that doesn't really work, but gosh darn it, I want to like it. I don't quite think it's good, but there's so much that just so darn interesting about it that it…

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In My Country

#13 in my ranking of John Boorman's films. John Boorman continues his exploration of remote political situations by moving from an invented situation in Panama to a fictional account around the real stories told during the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission after the end of Apartheid under the presidency of Nelson Mandela. He also…

The Tailor of Panama

#11 in my ranking of John Boorman's films. I think this film almost works. Almost. Not quite, though. There's a saggy middle section that just drags the whole affair down without building up the tension like it probably should that the rest of the film can't get past. However, the first third and final third…

Invictus

#16 in my ranking of Clint Eastwood's films. This feels like a fairy tale. Born of Morgan Freeman's desire to play Nelson Mandela in a film about the South African leader's life, it is a celebration of the man and his triumph in bringing the embittered, divided nation together through bread and circuses. It's ultimately…

Gran Torino

#14 in my ranking of Clint Eastwood's films. Following up a grand, period piece, Clint Eastwood gravitated towards a much smaller script by Nick Schenk (based on a story that he and Dave Johannson came up with) that feels like Eastwood just playing himself. The last time a role so fully felt like Eastwood playing…