It’s hard to know what to think of Red Dragon. While it’s an adaptation of a novel, it’s also a remake of Manhunter, whether the film wants to acknowledge it or not. It’s got Danny Elfman doing the score, so it’s scary (though he does seem rather influenced by early 1990s Morricone) and director Ratner […]
Entries Tagged as 'Philip Seymour Hoffman'
Red Dragon (2002, Brett Ratner)
August 15th, 2009 · No Comments
Tagged: Brett Ratner· Edward Norton· Emily Watson· Philip Seymour Hoffman· Ted Tally· Thomas Harris· Universal Pictures· ⓏⒺⓇⓄ
Twister (1996, Jan de Bont)
May 31st, 2009 · No Comments
At some point during Twister, I remembered Jack N. Green shot it–he shot a bunch of Clint Eastwood’s nineties pictures. So, Twister looks great. Jan de Bont’s a fine director, he knows how to shoot Panavision.
It’s really a lousy movie, a lousy summer action movie. It’s a perfect roller coaster movie in terms of plotting–there’s […]
Tagged: Bill Paxton· Jan de Bont· Michael Crichton· Philip Seymour Hoffman· Warner Bros.· ⓏⒺⓇⓄ
Mission: Impossible III (2006, J.J. Abrams)
February 18th, 2009 · No Comments
After two asinine outings, Tom Cruise finally figured out how to get a Mission: Impossible to work. There’s an actual story–the viewer’s engagement with the plot doesn’t revolve around one’s appreciation of Tom Cruise and his frequent grin. The difference is in Cruise himself. He’s no longer charming the women aged twelve to fifty-two in […]
Tagged: Alex Kurtzman· Billy Crudup· Bruce Geller· J.J. Abrams· Laurence Fishburne· Paramount Pictures· Philip Seymour Hoffman· Roberto Orci· Tom Cruise· Ving Rhames· ★★
Boogie Nights (1997, Paul Thomas Anderson)
January 9th, 2009 · No Comments
Boogie Nights is so well-made, so stunningly made–I’m not even thinking about Anderson’s wonderful, lengthy steadicam sequences, I’m thinking about Philip Seymour Hoffman alone in his freshly painted car–it’s hard to think about anything else while watching it. The omnipresent soundtrack–Nights is a combination of American Graffiti (the prolific use of songs), Goodfellas (the way […]
Tagged: Alfred Molina· Burt Reynolds· Don Cheadle· John C. Reilly· Julianne Moore· New Line Cinema· Paul Thomas Anderson· Philip Seymour Hoffman· Thomas Jane· William H. Macy· ★★★
Doubt (2008, John Patrick Shanley)
December 23rd, 2008 · 1 Comment
There’s a good movie somewhere in the idea of Doubt (a nun suspects a priest of molesting a child, but it’s 1964 and the patriarchy of the Church isn’t going to listen to her). The film’s full of almost detective moments (and faux-auteur Shanley pulls out some Hitchcock angles after the big reveal), but the […]
Tagged: John Patrick Shanley· Meryl Streep· Miramax Films· Philip Seymour Hoffman· ⓏⒺⓇⓄ
Montana (1998, Jennifer Leitzes)
July 18th, 2007 · No Comments
I can sit through almost anything. Within certain limits, but–realistically–anything. If there’s a point, whether it enriches me or if it just gives me the opportunity to crap-mouth it in a post, anything. I have never, ever–and this broad statement covers foreign films, silent films, cartoons–sat through so much of a movie with no idea […]
Tagged: Erich Hoeber· Initial Entertainment Group· Jennifer Leitzes· John Ritter· Jon Hoeber· Philip Seymour Hoffman· Stanley Tucci· ⓏⒺⓇⓄ
