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Green Lantern: First Flight (2009, Lauren Montgomery)

September 6th, 2009 · No Comments

There’s a certain amount of competence to the plotting in Green Lantern: First Flight. It’s too bad the filmmakers didn’t pay the same attention to the characters. The film basically lifts the plot structure from any number of established sources–Star Wars, The Matrix, a little Superman here and there–to tell this origin story about a […]

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Tagged: Alan Burnett· Gil Kane· John Broome· Kurtwood Smith· Lauren Montgomery· Michael Madsen· Warner Premiere·

True Believer (1989, Joseph Ruben)

April 7th, 2008 · No Comments

True Believer is never quite anything it sets out for (story-wise)–it’s not the story of a lost man finding his way, it’s not a legal drama, it’s not the story of a young lawyer spurning riches for morals. Instead, it’s a courtroom movie with corruption, chase scenes through metal shops, a great Brad Fiedel score […]

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Tagged: Columbia Pictures· James Woods· Joseph Ruben· Kurtwood Smith· Robert Downey Jr.· Wesley Strick· ★★½

Rambo III (1988, Peter MacDonald)

February 11th, 2008 · No Comments

According to IMDb, Rambo III was the most expensive movie ever made at the time of its release. It shows. Enormous sets, lots of vehicles–Rambo versus a helicopter, Rambo versus a tank, Rambo in a tank versus a helicopter. For all the money, it ought to look fantastic–except director Peter MacDonald, a camera operator and […]

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Tagged: David Morrell· Kurtwood Smith· Peter MacDonald· Sheldon Lettich· Sylvester Stallone· Tri-Star Pictures·

Quick Change (1990, Howard Franklin and Bill Murray)

February 2nd, 2007 · No Comments

Having seen Bill Murray capital-a act for so long–it’s been ten years now, hasn’t it?–seeing him do Quick Change is a little disconcerting. At times, he’s so mellow, he almost isn’t there. I’ve seen Quick Change five or six times–the first being in the theater at the age of eleven–so I can’t remember if there […]

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Tagged: Bill Murray· Howard Franklin· Jason Robards· Jay Cronley· Kurtwood Smith· Randy Quaid· Stanley Tucci· Warner Bros.· ★★½

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