Last of the Red Hot Lovers - **1/2
If you like Neil Simon, Alan Arkin and films that take place mostly in one room like the plays that inspired them, you'll enjoy this.
Cinematically, I hear all the time how these types of films are terrible because they look like a play that was filmed--I don't have a problem with that. If it had never been filmed, I'd never have seen it and been denyed an enjoyable performance by Arkin.
Wednesday, March 03, 2004
Every Which Way But Loose - **1/2
A fun film overall - nothing too serious going on here and Ruth Gordon is hi-larious. In a year where most big films grossed around $40 million, this ape of a tale went past the $80 million mark--not bad for film about a fist-fighter and his orang-utan buddy, Clyde. A sneak peak into the past when the San Fernando Valley (my neighborhood) didn't seem such a bad place to live.
A fun film overall - nothing too serious going on here and Ruth Gordon is hi-larious. In a year where most big films grossed around $40 million, this ape of a tale went past the $80 million mark--not bad for film about a fist-fighter and his orang-utan buddy, Clyde. A sneak peak into the past when the San Fernando Valley (my neighborhood) didn't seem such a bad place to live.
Rock-N-Roll High School - **1/2
Had I seen this while I was a teenager I probably would have loved it. I'm embarrassed to admit that as much as I do like the Ramones music, I'm totally unfamiliar with most of their work, yet appreciate and understand their influence on much of the music of my teen years--hair band metal. What was I thinking?!
Joe Dante shows here the potential he proved in some of his later films (Gremlins, Innerspace, The Burbs). In my opinion, he's either a director you "get or don't get," and in the former, such as my case, he provides great entertainment.
Had I seen this while I was a teenager I probably would have loved it. I'm embarrassed to admit that as much as I do like the Ramones music, I'm totally unfamiliar with most of their work, yet appreciate and understand their influence on much of the music of my teen years--hair band metal. What was I thinking?!
Joe Dante shows here the potential he proved in some of his later films (Gremlins, Innerspace, The Burbs). In my opinion, he's either a director you "get or don't get," and in the former, such as my case, he provides great entertainment.
The Andromeda Strain - **1/2
Meticulously paced but strangely engaging tale of a mysterious virus that emerges in a small New Mexico town. Good for a rainy afternoon when you're in a non-spaceship/alien/monster sci-fi mood. I forsee an update/remake in the future, given the contemporary bio-weapon atmosphere in our world.
Meticulously paced but strangely engaging tale of a mysterious virus that emerges in a small New Mexico town. Good for a rainy afternoon when you're in a non-spaceship/alien/monster sci-fi mood. I forsee an update/remake in the future, given the contemporary bio-weapon atmosphere in our world.
The Professionals - ***
One of the last great westerns of a slowly fading genre (revived in the early 90's), this film features a great cast and earned Oscar nods for it's directing, screenplay and cinemetography.
One of the last great westerns of a slowly fading genre (revived in the early 90's), this film features a great cast and earned Oscar nods for it's directing, screenplay and cinemetography.
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