I Love Trouble (1994)
Nick Nolte stars as Peter Brackett, Chicago’s most popular reporter, and eligible bachelor. Brackett has been coasting for years off of his own image and reputation, regurgitating his older material and trying to pass...
1990s / Comedy / Mystery / Romance / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published June 9, 2004 · Last modified May 10, 2019
Nick Nolte stars as Peter Brackett, Chicago’s most popular reporter, and eligible bachelor. Brackett has been coasting for years off of his own image and reputation, regurgitating his older material and trying to pass...
With a premise not dissimilar to that of Escape from New York (with a heavy nod to John Carpenter’s other crime thriller, Assault on Precinct 13), a thriller style not far from that of The Rock, and action...
1970s / Comedy / Mystery / Romance / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published May 24, 2004 · Last modified May 10, 2019
Silver Streak is the first of two Colin Higgins scripts to emulate the lighter side of Hitchcock (Foul Play is the other), and even though no one would ever confuse the quality of this film with...
I suppose that if you were to never have seen a film involving grifters, especially one of the many to have emerged in just the past five years alone, you might find Shade to be passable,...
Man on Fire is the second time A.J. Quinnell’s novel has been adapted for the big screen, with the first time coming back in 1987 in an unsuccessful version starring Scott Glenn. This 2004...
2000s / Action / Superhero / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published April 19, 2004 · Last modified May 7, 2019
While I am a comic book fan, and I have collected many issues of Marvel’s “The Punisher” and some of its offshoot titles, I do feel that the character’s limitations make it a weak...
Another Stakeout is the sequel to the hit 1987 flick Stakeout, a buddy cop movie that had a good theatrical run, and an even better one on home video. Although it would seem inevitable, it took...
Sneakers is a clever, much overlooked comic thriller that shows how entertaining such films can be if done with intelligence and a commitment to its characters. Directed and co-written by Phil Alden Robinson, the man...
Note: This review doesn’t contain any overt spoilers, but film savvy readers may pick up on some things they may not want to know. Skip the next paragraph if you don’t want to take...
1990s / Action / Comedy / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published March 16, 2004 · Last modified May 30, 2019
I remember my younger, less discriminating days when I would watch “21 Jump Street” on Fox every week. I couldn’t really remember what caused me to eventually lose interest in the show, figuring I...
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