Batman’s an odd success. It has almost constant problems–Kim Basinger’s bad, Jack Nicholson’s phoning it in (but never contemptuous of the material, which makes it a peculiar performance) and the movie never really finishes the story it starts in the first act–but it’s also got constant greatness. Tim Burton’s direction is fantastic–the only scenes he […]
Entries Tagged as 'Michael Keaton'
Batman (1989, Tim Burton)
December 25th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Tagged: Billy Dee Williams· Bob Kane· Jack Nicholson· Michael Keaton· Sam Hamm· Tim Burton· Warner Bros.· Warren Skaaren· ★★½
The Squeeze (1987, Roger Young)
May 13th, 2008 · No Comments
I was wondering why, for such a cheap-ish movie, The Squeeze looks so good. Its budget almost doubled, allowing for some really expensive looking sequences on an aircraft carrier, a decent amount of New York photography and… I don’t know, something else. It also almost starred Jenny Wright in the Rae Dawn Chong part, which […]
Tagged: Daniel Taplitz· Joe Pantoliano· Michael Keaton· Roger Young· Tri-Star Pictures· ⓏⒺⓇⓄ
Quicksand (2001, John Mackenzie)
January 23rd, 2008 · No Comments
Most of Quicksand plays like a multi-national mystery from the 1970s, filled with familiar faces (or a few familiar faces anyway). About three-quarters of it, approximately. There’s good and bad stuff in those seventy minutes. Michael Keaton’s excellent, which isn’t surprising. Michael Caine shows up for what appears to be a small role (it gets […]
Tagged: Desmond Lowden· First Look Studios· John Mackenzie· Michael Caine· Michael Keaton· Timothy Prager· ★★½
The Dream Team (1989, Howard Zieff)
February 16th, 2007 · No Comments
I’d forgotten how loud comedies could get. Maybe I haven’t seen enough eighties comedies lately, because watching The Dream Team, I kept wondering how I’d never noticed the music in the film before. I saw The Dream Team back on video, probably in 1990–Michael Keaton as Batman might not have been box office dollars, but […]
Tagged: David Loucka· Howard Zieff· James Remar· Jon Connolly· Michael Keaton· Peter Boyle· Universal Pictures· ★★
Game 6 (2005, Michael Hoffman)
May 27th, 2006 · No Comments
In many ways, Game 6 is the Michael Keaton movie I’ve been waiting ten years to see. He’s the lead, it isn’t a comedy, he’s got a grown kid, it ought to be a return to form. It’s a mildly high profile film, or at least it should have been, as Don DeLillo wrote it. […]
Tagged: Bebe Neuwirth· Catherine O'Hara· Don DeLillo· Kindred Media Group· Michael Hoffman· Michael Keaton· Robert Downey Jr.· ★½



