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Entries Tagged as 'James Gandolfini'

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 […]

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 […]