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Entries Tagged as 'George P. Cosmatos'

Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985, George P. Cosmatos)

February 4th, 2008 No Comments

Rambo’s pretty awful. It’s not terrible–not too terrible to watch anyway (at least once, though New York Times critic A.O. Scott should probably be fired for supporting it to any degree). The main technical fault lies with George P. Cosmatos, who somehow managed to stock the crew with capable people (editor Mark Goldblatt is no […]

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Leviathan (1989, George P. Cosmatos)

April 9th, 2006 No Comments

Leviathan has to be one of the few films where the hero punches out a woman for audience satisfaction, which is actually quite an achievement for the film, since it’s so derivative. Leviathan is Alien, John Carpenter’s The Thing, and Peter Hyams’ Outland rolled together, with an amazing 1980s cast kneaded into the dough–there’s Ernie […]

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