Ed Burns pleasantly surprises with his latest ensemble piece.
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Nuts for the Squirrels: Peter Bogdanovich’s SQUIRRELS TO THE NUTS at MOMA
Looking back at the MOMA premiere of Peter Bogdanovich’s SQUIRRELS TO THE NUTS
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.
Tremble...Sigh...Wonder... 