Bail is a classic example of how the casting of the type sometimes can lead to a significant success. Here we have Tom Cruise, who spent most of his career playing a good perspective, attractive, action / romantic lead who has been placed in the role of a grungy (grayed hair, and a lot of […]
Posted on January 30th, 2008 by admin
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COBRA (who also wrote King Stallone) has been and always will be one of my top film exploitation of joy. Regardless of the number of times I party to war with it, I always get total satisfaction. They certainly do not gritty, politically incorrect, and not prohibited action / thriller / slasher hybrids, as alternate, […]
Posted on January 30th, 2008 by admin
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It was only a matter of time before Matt Dillon took a seat at the Board of Directors chair. This is really surprising that the actor who, at 41, looks the way most wanted men they looked at the 31-didn’t catch the mistake before, having worked with directors such as Francis Ford Coppola distinguished (Outsiders […]
Posted on January 29th, 2008 by admin
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City by the sea in the title Long Beach, New York - once a resort town, like many others, is now a classic portrait of urban decay. This is a story that was repeated in the lake and ocean locations throughout the country. A generation ago, some beaches were crammed with happy families now, many […]
Posted on January 29th, 2008 by admin
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Yes, it is more of the same - and this is indeed a problem. First Charlie ’s Angels movie was so delicious, self-consciously cheesy that it is virtually impossible to dislike. There was a freshness and sassiness for the production - a sense that the filmmakers were thumbing their noses at serious action movies, juicing […]
Posted on January 27th, 2008 by admin
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Noted, music director Stanley Donen (on the City (1949) “/” Singin ‘in the Rain (1952) “/” She always Fair Weather (1955) “/” The Pajama Game (1957) “) helms this time smart Hitchcockian a brilliant thriller based on a script by Peter Stone, Mr. Stone also co-authored a short story with Marc Behm. In the twisty […]
Posted on January 27th, 2008 by admin
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Cellular is almost perfectly executed “high concept” thriller that, as speed and Phone Booth, is using gimmicky installation, but the pace so hard that you have no time to dwell on the obvious implausibility of the situation. (It should be noted that Larry Cohen participated in the writing and how But cell phone.) When you […]
Posted on January 27th, 2008 by admin
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Catch me if you can the closest director Steven Spielberg came to do comedy since 1979, when it bombed at the ticket offices of 1941. A jaunty caper film inspired on real events, Catch me if you can never takes itself or its subjects too seriously, and really funny contains more material than about 90% […]
Posted on January 27th, 2008 by admin
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After reviewing the Casino, you may never look at Las Vegas in quite the same way. Although this film, adapted from Nicholas Pileggi literature in the book, Casino: Love and Honor in Las Vegas, did not offer much in the way of startling revelations, it is an interesting insider perspective of what goes on behind-the-scenes […]
Posted on January 24th, 2008 by admin
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Probably best if one approaches Carlito’s Way: The growing power as a single movie rather than as Brian DePalma prequel to the 1993 adaptation of Edwin Torres’ famous novel crime. This is not to say a bad movie - it is actually surprisingly good , especially when you consider it directly on the status of […]