I started out watching Jim Jarmusch films in chronological order after somebody (I've forgotten who it was) told me that he peaked early and that none of his later films lived up to that early promise. Whoever that forgotten person was, they clearly had VERY different tastes to me! I found Stranger than Paradise and Down By Law to be incredibly frustrating experiences, Mystery Train and Night on Earth to be mixed bags, but from Dead Man and Ghost Dog…

There’s something extremely wrong with Jim Hosking. And I’m just going to have to keep watching his films until I figure out what it is. Yes, that seems like a sensible thing to do.

I didn’t find this as funny as The Greasy Strangler but I saw that one with a large, baffled crowd which really helped. The cast for this one is amazing though, and there are some absolutely killer musical choices on the soundtrack. Craig Robinson communicating through…

Murder, betrayal and corruption in Atlantic City! There's a lot of cliches here, but the energetic direction and performances carry it through with style... Nicolas Cage hits a nice mid-point between his wildest roles and the more subtle ones, as a corrupt-yet-loveable cop investigating a murder during a boxing match. Stan Shaw, as the defeated boxer, is particularly great - the deflated pride and pain in his eyes as he talks about losing his heavyweight belt feel really genuine, an…