The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 might be the worst directed film I’ve ever liked. I haven’t seen a Tony Scott effort in eight years and he just gets more and more obnoxious with the post production effects. It’s like he’s competing with himself to affect more style and be more visually incoherent than […]
Entries Tagged as 'James Gandolfini'
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009, Tony Scott)
October 4th, 2009 · No Comments
Tagged: Brian Helgeland· Columbia Pictures· Denzel Washington· James Gandolfini· John Turturro· ★
The Mexican (2001, Gore Verbinski)
January 30th, 2008 · No Comments
No kidding The Mexican has a lot of the same score as The Abyss, Alan Silvestri composed both… oddly, I didn’t even think he was working anymore (or even back when The Mexican came out). Besides the Abyss rips, he turns in a good, funny score. But anyway.…
The Mexican is kind of strange and kind […]
Tagged: Brad Pitt· DreamWorks Pictures· Gore Verbinski· J.H. Wyman· James Gandolfini· ★★½
A Civil Action (1998, Steven Zaillian)
March 12th, 2007 · No Comments
A Civil Action is somewhere in between a modestly budgeted Hollywood drama (you know, the kind they don’t make anymore unless it’s for Oscar season) and a wildly passionate–well, not art film, but it’s certainly something else. Steven Zaillian casts the film with a knowing grown-up indie eye (William H. Macy, Dan Hedaya playing a […]
Tagged: Dan Hedaya· James Gandolfini· Jonathan Harr· Robert Duvall· Steven Zaillian· Touchstone Pictures· William H. Macy· ★★★



