Nicholas Cage goes full Cage and turns it up to 11 for every scene in Brian De Palma’s conspiracy thriller, Snake Eyes. Packed with an incredibly recognizable cast, which includes Gary Sinise, Carla Gugino, John Heard, Stan Shaw, Kevin Dunn, and Luis Guzman, the film never quite hooks you in, because Cage goes so BIG…
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CutThroat Island (1995) – Renny Harlin
Frequent problems on set, a production company that filed for bankruptcy before the film even opened, and a public that wasn’t quite ready yet for a pirate movie all caused Cutthroat Island to garner a but of a reputation as a horrible movie. So I decided to check it out. I hadn’t seen it since…
Hill Street Blues (1985) – Seoul on Ice, and In the Belly of the Bus
There’s a lot going on in Seoul on Ice. LaRue (Kiel Martin) and Washington (Taurean Blacque) are attempting to run down leads to solve the vicious attack on Garibaldi (Ken Olin) that landed him in critical condition in the hospital – can you say debts owing to loan sharks? And that’s just the tip of…
Trailer Tracks: Fried Green Tomatoes – Jon Avnet
Yet another entry from my Top 10 Films of All Time list is this wonderful film, based on the novel by Fannie Flagg, which spans generations to tell the story of the Whistle Stop Café and how events of the past can shape the lives of the future. A lonely, unhappy housewife Evelyn Couch (Kathy…
The Mind Reels 