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The Lost Boys (1987, Joel Schumacher)

October 11th, 2009 · 2 Comments

Not being a girl, I never really got The Lost Boys. I didn’t even see it until I was in my late teens, hunting down Jeffrey Boam’s screenwriting credits. Seeing it now, it’s not just clear how much the film wastes wasted Michael Chapman’s cinematography or how Schumacher makes Corey Haim the only gay leading […]

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Tagged: Dianne Wiest· James Jeremias· Janice Fischer· Jeffrey Boam· Joel Schumacher· Kiefer Sutherland· Warner Bros.· ⓏⒺⓇⓄ

Phone Booth (2002, Joel Schumacher)

September 2nd, 2009 · No Comments

IMDb doesn’t mention it, but I thought one of the problems with getting Phone Booth made (it went through countless potential leading men) was the script and screenwriter Larry Cohen’s contract–i.e. no one could be brought in to make it, you know, good.
The film’s a piece of crap and it’s too bad because some of the […]

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Tagged: 20th Century Fox· Ben Foster· Colin Farrell· Forest Whitaker· Joel Schumacher· Kiefer Sutherland· Larry Cohen· Radha Mitchell· ⓏⒺⓇⓄ

The Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981, Joel Schumacher)

January 15th, 2009 · No Comments

I’m not sure I have the vocabulary to properly discuss The Incredible Shrinking Woman. It’s an experience–Ned Beatty was in Network and he appeared in this one? Sorry. Anyway, according the IMDb, the movie might have made money–in fact, it might have even been a hit. I always assumed it was an enormous failure, but […]

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Tagged: Charles Grodin· Jane Wagner· Joel Schumacher· John Glover· Ned Beatty· Richard Matheson· Universal Pictures· ⓏⒺⓇⓄ

Batman Forever (1995, Joel Schumacher)

October 4th, 2007 · 2 Comments

Joel Schumacher once commented he was first credited with saving the Batman franchise (with Batman Forever), then destroying it (with Batman & Robin). I think I’d watched his second venture (or tried to watch it) more recently than I had seen Forever… anyway, it isn’t like Schumacher made one good one and one bad one. […]

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Tagged: Akiva Goldsman· Bob Kane· Janet Scott Batchler· Joel Schumacher· Lee Batchler· Tommy Lee Jones· Val Kilmer· Warner Bros.· ⓏⒺⓇⓄ

Falling Down (1993, Joel Schumacher)

September 25th, 2006 · 1 Comment

When the film started, I sort of marveled at how absurd it was–Joel Schumacher and Michael Douglas making a subversive movie, then I quickly realized Falling Down isn’t subversive… it’s “controversial.” Obviously, Schumacher doesn’t have a controversial bone in his body–and neither does Douglas–so Falling Down gets repetitive and boring before too long. I suppose […]

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Tagged: Ebbe Roe Smith· Joel Schumacher· Michael Douglas· Robert Duvall· Tuesday Weld· Warner Bros.· ⓏⒺⓇⓄ

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