Cape Fear (1991)
Martin Scorsese’s lucrative follow-up to Goodfellas sees the director in more of an experimental mood, and the result is intriguing, beguiling and frustrating at the same time. It’s a remake of a noir-ish 1962 thriller starring...
Martin Scorsese’s lucrative follow-up to Goodfellas sees the director in more of an experimental mood, and the result is intriguing, beguiling and frustrating at the same time. It’s a remake of a noir-ish 1962 thriller starring...
Acclaimed action director Wolfgang Petersen (Shattered, The NeverEnding Story) gets top notch performances from his strong cast, and an excellent Academy Award-nominated screenplay by Jeff Maguire (Timeline, Gridiron Gang), making In the Line of Fire one of the...
by Vincent Leo · Published December 23, 2007 · Last modified February 8, 2019
Die Hard 2: Die Harder is already inherently pushing the limits of credibility by having the same character involved in a similar plot of battling terrorists at their point of attack. Some might view it...
1990s / Action / Drama / Sports
by Vincent Leo · Published March 15, 2007 · Last modified January 8, 2019
Racing footage = good, drama = bad. This is about as short as the review of Days of Thunder needs to be, in this very disappointing misfire from the crew that brought you Top Gun, producer Jerry...
Kevin Costner (The Untouchables, American Flyers) stars as Lt. Cmdr. Tom Farrell, who, while at a party, meets Susan Atwell (Young, Blade Runner), an attractive woman that he ends up having a romantic affair with. Though...
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