Tag: Los Angeles

The Cabbie and the Hitman: How Jamie Foxx and Tom Cruise Created Memorable Characters in Michael Mann’s Collateral

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|Dan McCabe| I first saw Collateral when it came out in theaters during late summer of 2004. A friend and I saw it on a whim after an evening round of golf. On the way to the multiplex, we passed a car driving at night with its lights off. The sun had set not long ago, so it’s quite possible the… Continue reading

Smooth Vanilla Twist with Crunchy Lead Filling: The Brutal Stakes of Assault on Precinct 13

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Three people -- a man with a rifle, a woman with a pistol, and a man wearing a prisoner's uniform -- stand in a smoky room, staring at a uniformed police officer.

|Lucas Hardwick| If you were to drive by L.A.’s Anderson Police Precinct 13 in a modern day alternate reality, you’d find a district simply known as The Precinct, vibrating with hipsters in an entirely gentrified neighborhood surrounded by condos housing Instagram influencers and artsy… Continue reading