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The Fugitive (1993, Andrew Davis)
It’s been a while since I last saw The Fugitive. I remember it didn’t impress me much, particularly Andrew Davis’s direction. Needless to say, I was very wrong. I don’t think I’ve ever appreciated the...
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The Fugitive (1993, Andrew Davis)
It’s been a while since I last saw The Fugitive. I remember it didn’t impress me much, particularly Andrew Davis’s direction. Needless to say, I was very wrong. I don’t think I’ve ever appreciated the...
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Transporter 3 (2008, Olivier Megaton)
When an action movie franchise hits the third one (X-Men, Lethal Weapon), they generally know what they’re doing and who they’re making the movie for and instead of producing some wonted exercise,...
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King of the Hill (1993, Steven Soderbergh)
Two major things about Soderbergh’s approach to a memoir adaptation. They’re somewhat connected, so I might not manage to separate them out. King of the Hill has no frame, it has no narration. It has...
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The Living Daylights (1987, John Glen)
John Glen does a litany of disservices to The Living Daylights, mostly due to his inability to direct actors–Timothy Dalton specifically–but also on a number of technical levels. Glen relies far too...
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Jumpin’ Jack Flash (1986, Penny Marshall)
I was just reading–today or yesterday–Ken Levine talk about how there are no “balls-out R-rated” comedies with female leads. (His post is here). Jumpin’ Jack Flash is, obviously, a balls-out R-rated...
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The Punisher (1989, Mark Goldblatt)
Back in the late 1980s, The Punisher was part of that period’s comic book movie wave. Most of these films had little to do with Batman’s success and most of them failed, both commercially and...
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Kafka (1991, Steven Soderbergh)
I wonder how the producers sold Jeremy Irons on the film. It was his first major role after his Oscar and it immediately followed, so he probably hadn’t won when he started filming Kafka… however,...
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