The cast, and some of the top-notch names behind the camera somehow got involved in this messy sci-fi erotic thriller, that somehow spawned a series of sequels. In front of the camera you have Ben Kingsley, Forest Whitaker, Michael Madsen, Alfred Molina Marg Helgenberger, a very young Michelle Williams and Natasha Henstridge in her first…
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Cocktail (1988)- Roger Donaldson
Cocktail is pretty bad. But it’s also bad enough, that some of it is really enjoyable. And it’s hard tot believe this came right between Rain Man and Born on the 4th of July for Tom Cruise. The narrative falls apart about halfway through the film, and it never quite decides what it wants to…
No Way Out (1987) – Roger Donaldson
It had been a while since I originally watched this Kevin Costner thriller, but the ending remained with me, so I was able to revisit the film for the first time in decades knowing how things play out and watch the performances and the clues that lead things to play out the way they do….
The Bounty (1984) – Roger Donaldson
The next recommendation from the Great Movies – 100 Years of Film book following my return to the action genre and my screening of The Pirates of the Caribbean, is The Bounty. This one has everything working for it, a score by Vangelis, an all-star cast including Anthony Hopkins, Mel Gibson, Liam Neeson, Daniel Day-Lewis,…
The Mind Reels 