Posted by James Brown on Sunday, February 23, 2014,
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The Insider
Directed By: Michael Mann
Starring: Al Pacino, Russell Crowe, Christopher Plummer, Diane Venora, Phillip Baker Hall, Lindsay Crouse, Debi Mazar, Gina Gershon, and Michael Gambon
"You pay me to go get guys like Wigand, to draw him out. To get him to trust us, to get him to go on television. I do. I deliver him. He sits. He talks. He violates his own fucking confidentiality agreement. And he's only the key witness in the biggest public health reform issue, maybe the biggest, mos... Continue reading ...
Posted by James Brown on Sunday, February 16, 2014,
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HeatDirected By: Michael Mann
Starring: Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Tom Sizemore, Diane Venora, Amy Brenneman, Ashley Judd, Mykelti Williamson, Wes Studi, Ted Levine, Jon Voight, Val Kilmer, and Natalie Portman
"A guy told me one time, 'Don't let yourself get attached to anything you are not willing to walk out on in 30 seconds flat if you feel the heat around the corner.' Now, if you're on me and you gotta move when I move, how do you expect to keep a... a marriage?"
-Neil McCauley (Robert De N... Continue reading ...
RoboCop 3
Directed By: Fred Dekker
Starring: Robert John Burke, Nancy Allen, Rip Torn, John Castle, Jill Hennessy, Mako, and C. C. H. Pounder
If I thought RoboCop 2 was outdated when it arrived in theaters, you can probably guess what I think about Murphy's third outing in Detroit. By the time RoboCop 3 arrived in theaters, the science fiction genre had changed forever. All I need to make my case is that the Tyrannosaurus Rex had already roared on the big screen and elevated our expectations f... Continue reading ...
RoboCop 2
Directed By: Irvin Kershner
Starring: Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Dan O'Herlihy, Belinda Bauer, Tom Noonan, and Gabriel Damon
As I revisit the RoboCop series, I have mixed feelings. I loved the original movie, but I have no love whatsoever for its two sequels. In the case of RoboCop, Hollywood butchered yet another blockbuster series with these sequels. The proof is in the pudding. Just look at the second RoboCop movie. Lacking consistency, coherence, and creativity, RoboCop 2 is a... Continue reading ...
