SoundtrackNet (Free subscription) | 09/28/2008
1997's L.A. Confidential , based on the novel by James Ellroy, is a great film noir about the distance between illusion and truth in 1950's Los Angeles as seen through the eyes of three police officers. Bud White (Russell Crowe) is a cop with a violent temper who constantly breaks the rules, and when his ex-partner is found killed (along with a bunch of other folks) at the Nite Owl Cafe, he is determined...
Chris Well: Learning Curve (Free subscription) | 09/22/2008
On Sep. 23, the film L.A. Confidential gets the special treatment, with a new two-disc DVD . While not quite as brilliant as James Ellroy's sprawling, epic novel , it is still a remarkable film deserving of all the accolades. According to DVDFanatic , the new DVD release will include: Audio Commentary by Critic Andrew Sarris; Music Only Track; multiple featurettes; "L.A. Confidential" 2000 TV-Series...
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 09/18/2008
TV News: 'John Adams' team to adapt James Ellroy books -- HBO and the creative team behind "John Adams" will mine the James Ellroy books "American Tabloid: A Novel" and "The Cold Six Thousand" for their next collaboration.
Needcoffee.com (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008
Weren't we just talking about Keanu in one of our panels? Here, it's Keanu and Forest Whitaker and Hugh Laurie in a cop flick based on a story by James Ellroy. We've got three copies of the special edition here, so if you want to win it: go ahead and enter. And [...]
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 08/20/2008
"Street Kings," based on a short story by James Ellroy, has fire and firepower, but tries to shortcut its way to its violent end.
DVD Times (Free subscription) | 08/18/2008
Blu-Ray News: Fox Home Entertainment have announced the UK Region B Blu-ray Disc release of Street Kings on 15th September 2008. Keanu Reeves and Forest Whitaker star in this police thriller directed by David Ayer (Harsh Times) from a story by James Ellroy. Street...
KR Blog (Free subscription) | 07/31/2008
The documentary, James Ellroy: Demon Dog of American Crime Fiction, is an overview of Ellroy’s career straight from his own mouth. While its attention to LA crime history and Ellroy’s past reveals much about his work’s intentions and motivations, writers will find it valuable for insights into Ellroy’s composition and use of language. Sitting in his [...]
Twitch (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
Along with the lineage that can be traced from Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight (2008) back to Paul Leni’s The Man Who Laughs (1928) is the latter’s indelible imprint upon Brian DePalma’s 2006 neo-noir The Black Dahlia , based on James Ellroy’s novel , where mutilation reclaims its destructive thrust as an expressive mask of life’s inequitable if not inevitable horrors. To synopsize briefly, in...
Crime Always Pays (Free subscription) | 06/30/2008
Truth be told, we don’t know a hell of a lot about Stuart Neville (right), other than he’s a handsome cove and his forthcoming novel, THE GHOSTS OF BELFAST, has been described as “The best first novel I’ve read in years ... It’s a flat out terror trip” by no less a luminary than James Ellroy. Hmmmm, nice. Quoth the blurb elves: Sooner or later, everybody pays - and the dead will set the price ... Former...
DVD Times (Free subscription) | 06/25/2008
News: Fox Home Entertainment have announced the Region 1 DVD release of Street Kings on 19th August 2008. Keanu Reeves and Forest Whitaker star in this police thriller directed by David Ayer (Harsh Times) from a story by James Ellroy. Street Kings follows ...
Bill Boyarsky (Free subscription) | 06/25/2008
Frank Girardot, city editor at the San Gabriel Valley Tribune, also posted his paper's original 1958 coverage of the murder of writer James Ellroy's mother....
DVD Times (Free subscription) | 06/16/2008
Blu-Ray News: Warner Home Video have announced the US Blu-ray Disc release of L.A. Confidential (Special Edition) on 23rd September 2008 priced at $28.99 SRP. Directed by Curtis Hanson and based on James Ellroy's L.A. Quartet series of novels, L.A. Confidential ...
DVD Times (Free subscription) | 06/16/2008
News: Warner Home Video have announced the Region 1 DVD release of L.A. Confidential (2-Disc Special Edition) on 23rd September 2008 priced at $20.97 SRP. Directed by Curtis Hanson and based on James Ellroy's L.A. Quartet series of novels, L.A. Confident...
Toner Mishap (Free subscription) | 05/18/2008
Should I be so bothered by the fact that Steve Cooley's statement in the ballot for this June's Democratic primary includes a testimonial from novelist James Ellroy? To wit, "Cooley focuses attention on cold cases and DNA." I'm sure Ellroy is a smart guy, but is a cop novelist really the best Cooley can do?
Defamer (Free subscription) | 05/01/2008
· Jack O'Connell and James Ellroy present and sign The Resurrectionist at Book Soup. We will award Star Commenter Status to anyone who goes and gets video of the Demon Dog opining about what...
