Tag Archives: Dan Hedaya

Clueless, Emma (1996), and Aisha reviews — Jane Austen on the big screen

March 6, 2020 flawintheiris

With Emma, the Jane Austen novel adapted for a feature film opening today, it seemed like the right time to go back to previous movie versions. For a deeper dive, there are a host of takes on TV, including a well-regarded 2009 BBC edition and a TV movie starring a very young Kate Beckinsale. Here… Read More

Shaft (2019), Shaft (2000), and Shaft (1971) reviews — Stick to the earlier two

June 13, 2019 flawintheiris

Directed by Tim Story | Written by Kenya Barris and Alex Barnow based on the novel by Ernest Tidyman | 111 min | Crave Plus Nineteen years ago, Samuel L. Jackson starred in a reboot/sequel of the original Gordon Parks blaxploitation classic, Shaft. Now we've got one more, also called Shaft. This resistance to renaming, or… Read More