When The Hurt Locker gets predictable, it gets into trouble. Of the super predictable events, there was only one thing I didn’t get right. The Hurt Locker, which uses its recognizable faces in bit parts better than any film in a while (I don’t know the last time Ralph Fiennes was so good–he ought to […]
Entries Tagged as 'David Morse'
The Hurt Locker (2008, Kathryn Bigelow)
September 5th, 2009 · No Comments
Tagged: David Morse· Kathryn Bigelow· Mark Boal· Summit Entertainment· ★★★
The Indian Runner (1991, Sean Penn)
February 16th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Halfway through The Indian Runner–I’m guessing at the location, but halfway sounds about right–there’s a stunning montage. It might be the best way to talk about the film, or at least to start talking about the film, because The Indian Runner resists any standard–or glib–entry angles. It’s a five character montage, taking place in the […]
Tagged: Charles Bronson· David Morse· Dennis Hopper· Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer· Patricia Arquette· Sean Penn· ★★★★
Extreme Measures (1996, Michael Apted)
November 11th, 2007 · No Comments
Thanks to a frantic trip through the New York skyline and Danny Elfman’s familiar score, Extreme Measures’s opening credits play like an unused Batman sequel opening… until the two naked guys run out on to the street. It’s an odd opening (and the naked guys and their plight are compelling enough one forgets Elfman until […]
Tagged: Columbia Pictures· David Morse· Gene Hackman· Hugh Grant· Michael Apted· Michael Palmer· Tony Gilroy· ★½
Twelve Monkeys (1995, Terry Gilliam)
September 17th, 2007 · No Comments
Twelve Monkeys is one of the more unhappy films. Unhappy films are difficult to pull off–The Godfather Part II is the finest example–but Monkeys does it. When I say unhappy, I don’t mean a sad ending or an unpleasing one or an unrewarding one. Not even a cynical or downbeat one. An unhappy film, if […]
Tagged: Brad Pitt· Bruce Willis· Chris Marker· Christopher Plummer· David Morse· David Webb Peoples· Janet Peoples· Madeleine Stowe· Terry Gilliam· Universal Pictures· ★★★★
16 Blocks (2006, Richard Donner)
March 17th, 2006 · No Comments
Bruce Willis has had more comebacks–commercial and artistic–than any actor I can think of… Pulp Fiction was artistic, Die Hard: With a Vengeance was a commercial one, The Sixth Sense was both (his performance any way), and he’s due. (I just realized, the trips tend to come with comedic ventures). 16 Blocks is probably not […]
Tagged: Bruce Willis· David Morse· Richard Donner· Richard Wenk· Warner Bros.· ★★★



