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Entries Tagged as 'Pete Postlethwaite'

The Usual Suspects (1995, Bryan Singer)

June 30th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Seeing as how The Usual Suspects popularized the major twist ending–that contrivance having now plagued American cinema for the last dozen years–it’s interesting to see it again. I haven’t seen the film in years (probably ten, at least nine), but I remember the last time I watched it, I thought about what was true and […]

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Tagged: Benicio Del Toro· Bryan Singer· Chazz Palminteri· Christopher McQuarrie· Dan Hedaya· Gabriel Byrne· Gramercy Pictures· Pete Postlethwaite· ★★★★

Split Second (1992, Tony Maylam)

March 17th, 2008 · No Comments

Rutger Hauer plays a rogue cop who needs big guns, smokes cigars, and has his Zippo lighter fixed for a three-inch flame. Amusingly, the character being some kind of poster child for overcompensation isn’t recognized, neither by Hauer or by the filmmakers. Hauer’s performance is something extraordinary. I mean, sure, the lines are awful, but […]

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Tagged: Gary Scott Thompson· Interstar· Pete Postlethwaite· Tony Maylam· ⓏⒺⓇⓄ

The Constant Gardener (2005, Fernando Meirelles)

October 9th, 2007 · 1 Comment

With two major exceptions, The Constant Gardener is defined by what it is not rather than what it is… It is not a thriller, it is not a mystery, it might not even be a narrative. It is a (justified) condemnation of Western pharmaceutical companies–with Western government’s express permission–treatment of sick African peoples. It’s also […]

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Tagged: Bill Nighy· Danny Huston· Fernando Meirelles· Focus Features· Jeffrey Caine· John le Carré· Pete Postlethwaite·

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