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Christmas Vacation (1989, Jeremiah S. Chechik)

January 25th, 2010 · No Comments

It’s telling how Christmas Vacation is probably John Hughes’s best film and no one noticed it when it came out. I mean, it’s got its problems–the introductory first half, where all the characters are established and Chevy Chase and company drive around that part of Wisconsin with the big mountains looking for a Christmas tree, […]

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Tagged: Jeremiah S. Chechik· John Hughes· Randy Quaid· Warner Bros.· ★★★

Caddyshack II (1988, Allan Arkush)

December 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

Now it makes sense–Rodney Dangerfield was originally going to come back for Caddyshack II, but then fell out over script disputes and Jackie Mason came in, persona in hand, to fill in. I kept wondering who writers Harold Ramis and Peter Torokvei envisioned in the lead role while writing the script.
My history with Caddyshack II […]

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Tagged: Allan Arkush· Brian Doyle-Murray· Douglas Kenney· Harold Ramis· Peter Torokvei· Randy Quaid· Warner Bros.·

The Paper (1994, Ron Howard)

April 9th, 2008 · No Comments

For a painfully brief period in the 1990s, Ron Howard was one of the best filmmakers working. It didn’t last. The Paper kicked off his run. Howard and the Koepp brothers (I can’t remember for sure, but I think Stephen worked at a newspaper) imbue the film with the traditional Hollywood newspaper movie idealism, but […]

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Tagged: Catherine O'Hara· David Koepp· Jason Robards· Michael Keaton· Randy Quaid· Robert Duvall· Ron Howard· Stephen Koepp· Universal Pictures· ★★★★

The Ice Harvest (2005, Harold Ramis)

February 12th, 2007 · No Comments

In the few reviews of The Ice Harvest I looked at before renting the DVD, the reviewers all called John Cusack’s lawyer character dumb. Watching the film, however, I noticed John Cusack was doing what he always does… playing John Cusack. So, I didn’t really see his character as stupid (I was trying to read […]

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Tagged: Billy Bob Thornton· Harold Ramis· John Cusack· Oliver Platt· Randy Quaid· Richard Russo· Robert Benton· Scott Phillips· ★★½

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

The Missouri Breaks (1976, Arthur Penn)

October 7th, 2005 · No Comments

Okay, so I’m a little confused.
How the hell is this film unknown? It’s just now coming out on DVD, but I’d never heard of it until I read something for a film class (six years ago) about Arthur Penn. Penn didn’t survive the 1970s (and it’s not all Target’s fault). Somehow, his films remained known […]

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Tagged: Arthur Penn· Jack Nicholson· Kathleen Lloyd· Marlon Brando· Randy Quaid· Richard Bradford· Thomas McGuane· United Artists· ★★★★

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