Robocop 2 (1990, Irvin Kershner)
I remember in 1991, when I was visiting a friend and he showed me the Robocop movies (there were only two at the time, of course)–I’m tempted to go on a tangent about when one could still show someone...
View ArticleDaylight (1996, Rob Cohen)
Stallone is Kit Latura, disgraced EMS chief (he cared too much). Besides the name, Stallone’s just the disaster movie lead and not even any interesting one (besides the caring too much). There aren’t...
View ArticleLethal Weapon 2 (1989, Richard Donner)
Lethal Weapon 2 opens with the Looney Tunes music. It’s appropriate. I don’t think any other film series has so successfully adapted the sitcom to the big screen. The whole point of Lethal Weapon 2 is...
View ArticleAliens (1986, James Cameron), the special edition
I always think of Aliens as a precisely choreographed ballet. Director Cameron moves his large cast–though it does winnow over time–around in these cramped sets and everyone has something to do;...
View ArticlePerry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson (1989, Christian I. Nyby II)
The Case of the Lethal Lesson is a very strange Perry Mason TV movie. Not just because director Nyby actually doesn’t do an atrocious job, but also because Robert Hamilton’s teleplay is a jumbled mess....
View ArticlePerry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson (1989, Christian I. Nyby II)
The Case of the Lethal Lesson is a very strange Perry Mason TV movie. Not just because director Nyby actually doesn’t do an atrocious job, but also because Robert Hamilton’s teleplay is a jumbled mess....
View ArticlePerry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson (1989, Christian I. Nyby II)
The Case of the Lethal Lesson is a very strange Perry Mason TV movie. Not just because director Nyby actually doesn’t do an atrocious job, but also because Robert Hamilton’s teleplay is a jumbled mess....
View ArticleHammer, Slammer, & Slade (1990, Mark Schultz)
Hammer, Slammer, & Slade is a television pilot spin-off of a movie (I’m Gonna Git You Sucka). It has the same writer as the movie–Keenan Ivory Wayans–and much of the movie’s cast. The three “leads”...
View ArticlePerry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson (1989, Christian I. Nyby II)
The Case of the Lethal Lesson is a very strange Perry Mason TV movie. Not just because director Nyby actually doesn’t do an atrocious job, but also because Robert Hamilton’s teleplay is a jumbled mess....
View ArticleHammer, Slammer, & Slade (1990, Mark Schultz)
Hammer, Slammer, & Slade is a television pilot spin-off of a movie (I’m Gonna Git You Sucka). It has the same writer as the movie–Keenan Ivory Wayans–and much of the movie’s cast. The three “leads”...
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