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 […]
Entries Tagged as 'Kiefer Sutherland'
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 […]
Tagged: 20th Century Fox· Ben Foster· Colin Farrell· Forest Whitaker· Joel Schumacher· Kiefer Sutherland· Larry Cohen· Radha Mitchell· ⓏⒺⓇⓄ
Dark City (1998, Alex Proyas), the director’s cut
October 17th, 2008 · No Comments
I’m not sure if anything actually goes wrong with Dark City. There’s the significant music problem (Trevor Jones’s score seems more appropriate for a car commercial; it’s missing any subtext or delicacy), but there’s nothing else wrong. The acting is all fantastic–Richard O’Brien gives the best performance, making his evil alien human–and Alex Proyas composes […]
Tagged: Alex Proyas· Colin Friels· David S. Goyer· Kiefer Sutherland· Lem Dobbs· New Line Cinema· Rufus Sewell· William Hurt· ★★★
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 […]
Tagged: Eli Wallach· Forest Whitaker· Howard Deutch· Keith David· Kiefer Sutherland· Orion Pictures· Ray Liotta· Ron Cutler· ★★
Crazy Moon (1987, Allan Eastman)
August 1st, 2007 · No Comments
Crazy Moon appears to be a Canadian attempt at a John Hughes movie. In order to differentiate, they make the female lead deaf, which then makes Crazy Moon no longer in the Hughes vein–Kiefer Sutherland’s lead is also weird in a very non-Hughes way–and for much of the film then, they’re failing to meet that […]
Tagged: Allan Eastman· Kiefer Sutherland· Miramax Films· Stefan Wodoslawsky· Tom Berry· ★★½
The Three Musketeers (1993, Stephen Herek)
July 31st, 2005 · No Comments
There’s a cruelty of home video. I can watch The Three Musketeers, which I liked as a fifteen year-old, and loathe myself for that previous affection.
What can I say about this film? A lot, actually. One, I had no idea Disney let so many people get killed quite so graphically. Two, Charlie Sheen is good. […]
Tagged: Alexandre Dumas· David Loughery· Kiefer Sutherland· Michael Wincott· Oliver Platt· Stephen Herek· Walt Disney Pictures· ⓏⒺⓇⓄ
