******BLOODSUCKING SPOILERS!****** Written and directed by Ryan Coogler (“Fruitvale Station,” “Black Panther,” “Creed”), “Sinners” is a mashup of wildly different genres; Depression-era gangster flicks, Jim Crow-era dramas, and vampires. That’s a challenging mix, and “Sinners” admittedly borrows many beats of its story from 1996’s crime-drama/vampire mashup “From Dusk Till Dawn.” “Sinners” even owes a nod…
Tag: 1930s
“The Rocketeer”: Disney’s underrated retro-rocketing adventure, 30 years later…
*****SOARING SPOILERS AHEAD!!***** In the summer of 1991, I went to the famed El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood; a gloriously gilded movie palace hailing from a different era (originally built in 1926), beautifully restored and refurbished. This old glamour of the venue was a perfect way to see “The Rocketeer”; a retro-styled, period piece-adventure set…