Looking back at the MOMA premiere of Peter Bogdanovich’s SQUIRRELS TO THE NUTS
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Confronting the Past with Adrian Brody and the Creepy BACKTRACK
Mostly ignored ghost story is pretty good.
Sneaking in From Left Field: Nicolas Cage, Anna Hutchison and Don Johnson in VENGEANCE: A LOVE STORY
Vengeance: A Love Story, is worthy of some attention, particularly Don Johnson’s masterful performance.
Hooray for Old-School European Pretension! Jeremy Irons and Olga Kurylenko in the unnoticed CORRESPONDENCE
Olga Kurylenko and Jeremy Irons slipped out an old-school, pretentious European romance that is…puzzling.
“You Saved One of My Best Pictures”: My Adventures with Peter Bogdanovich and his Lost, Last Picture Show
A story about a fan, his favorite filmmaker, and an eBay miracle changing the direction of film history.
LOW BUDGET SPUNK VERSUS BIG BUDGET FUNK: FIRST KILL versus THE MUMMY
In 2017, I argued a straight-to-video Bruce Willis film was better than Tom Cruise’s THE MUMMY. Really!
(lightly): Charles Grodin and his Humpback Classic, 11 HARROWHOUSE
11 HARROWHOUSE is the ultimate Charles Grodin movie.
Wanted: More Sharks, No Steroids or Machine Guns Necessary
I use Jason Statham’s WILD CARD to explain why low-budget straight-to-video action films are better than stuff that makes it to the theater.
Idiosyncratic and Violent: Jason Statham in Stephen Knight’s REDEMPTION (aka HUMMINGBIRD)
I was an early adopter of Jason Statham’s most interesting Redemption/Hummingbird.
Spot the Difference: ACTS OF VIOLENCE and ACTS OF VENGEANCE
I parse the differences between ACTS OF VIOLENCE (with Willis) and ACTS OF VENGEANCE (with Banderas).
Tremble...Sigh...Wonder... 