The Stop Button

distinct . . . diverse . . . divisive . . . snobby.

The Stop Button header image 4

Entries Tagged as 'Paul De Meo'

The Rocketeer (1991, Joe Johnston)

July 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

Joe Johnston never getting recognition for The Rocketeer astounds me. Johnston creates a perfect adventure film, a now neglected and abused genre. Additionally, Johnston never fetishizes the historical setting. The late 1930s, Nazis as villains setting is practically its own genre at this point (strange how after a half decade, there are so few choices […]

[Read more →]

Tagged: Alan Arkin· Danny Bilson· Dave Stevens· Ed Lauter· Joe Johnston· Paul De Meo· Walt Disney Pictures· William Dear· ★★★★

Trancers (1985, Charles Band)

September 12th, 2006 · No Comments

There’s something real strange about Trancers. It’s not the film’s obvious references to early 1980s sci-fi successes, Blade Runner and The Terminator (cop travels back in time to fight zombie bad guys who look like regular people). It’s certainly not the direction–while Trancers is incredibly low budget, $400,000 still was a few bucks in 1985, […]

[Read more →]

Tagged: Charles Band· Danny Bilson· Empire Pictures· Paul De Meo· ★½

  • 509209_mcqueen_bullitt.jpg
  • Frequent Principals

    Alfred Molina Ben Foster Bill Murray Bill Nighy Brian Cox Brian Dennehy Bruce Willis Charles Grodin Clint Eastwood Colin Friels Dan Hedaya Danny Glover David Strathairn Dennis Quaid Donald Pleasence Eleanor Parker Fay Wray Gene Hackman George Lucas George Sanders Harrison Ford Hugh Jackman Hugo Weaving Ian Fleming Jack Nicholson James Mason James Woods Jeff Bridges John Carpenter John Ford John Hurt John Sayles Josh Hartnett Keanu Reeves Keith David Kevin Dunn Laurence Fishburne Luc Besson Matt Damon Michael Caine Morgan Freeman Myrna Loy Ned Beatty Nick Nolte Nicolas Cage Oliver Platt Paul Newman Peter Weller Philip Seymour Hoffman Richard Dreyfuss Robert Downey Jr. Robert Duvall Roddy McDowall Ron Howard Scarlett Johansson Sean Connery Sigourney Weaver Steven Soderbergh Steven Spielberg Sylvester Stallone Tom Cruise Val Kilmer William Powell

  • Recent Posts

  • RSS Latest comic book responses

  • Popular Posts