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 […]
Entries Tagged as 'Randy Quaid'
The Paper (1994, Ron Howard)
April 9th, 2008 No Comments
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
