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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· ⓏⒺⓇⓄ

Bloodsport (1988, Newt Arnold)

August 5th, 2008 · 1 Comment

At least Bloodsport is earnest. It’s also atrocious and unwatchable, but it is earnest. It really thinks the scenes with Jean-Claude Van Damme staring into space and flashing back to his childhood are a good idea. It thinks the crappy dialogue is okay. It thinks casting very recognizable (as the Hong Kong gangster from Indiana […]

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Tagged: Cannon Films· Christopher Cosby· Forest Whitaker· Mel Friedman· Newt Arnold· Sheldon Lettich· ⓏⒺⓇⓄ

Article 99 (1992, Howard Deutch)

July 7th, 2008 · No Comments

Director of not one, not two, but three 1980s John Hughes movies, Howard Deutch applies those hard-earned skills to remaking M*A*S*H and, shockingly, doesn’t do too bad of a job. Sure, Article 99 is absurd and Lea Thompson as a doctor is a hoot, but its well-intentioned and sensitive to its characters. I’d heard of […]

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Tagged: Eli Wallach· Forest Whitaker· Howard Deutch· Keith David· Kiefer Sutherland· Orion Pictures· Ray Liotta· Ron Cutler· ★★

Street Kings (2008, David Ayer)

April 15th, 2008 · No Comments

I wonder who came up with the title Street Kings, as it has nothing to do with the film’s actual content. I didn’t realize Fox Searchlight had a dimwit exec in charge of re-titling movies. Silly me. The original title, The Night Watchman, actually makes sense (especially since the movie appears to be shot with […]

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Tagged: Chris Evans· David Ayer· Forest Whitaker· Fox Searchlight Pictures· James Ellroy· Jamie Moss· Keanu Reeves· Kurt Wimmer· ★★

Stakeout (1987, John Badham)

November 20th, 2007 · No Comments

I think home video–tape and disc–has done a great disservice to John Badham and his legacy… as in, with this digital (or analog) evidence, one has easy access. Instead of coming across Stakeout at 11:30 P.M. on a Thursday night, pan and scanned, cut for content, and full of commercials, I can sit and watch […]

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Tagged: Aidan Quinn· Emilio Estevez· Forest Whitaker· Jim Kouf· John Badham· Madeleine Stowe· Richard Dreyfuss· Touchstone Pictures· ★★½

Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999, Jim Jarmusch)

March 26th, 2007 · 1 Comment

I’m having a hard time thinking of something to say about Ghost Dog. It’s perfect. Jarmusch doesn’t just do a bunch of good things or a bunch of right things. Every single thing he does is perfect. And Ghost Dog is perfect pretty early on too–in the first five or ten minutes, I was completely […]

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Tagged: Artisan Entertainment· Forest Whitaker· Jim Jarmusch· ★★★★

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