Heartbreakers (2001)
I seem to remember having seen HEARTBREAKERS before…I think it was called DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS back then though. Of course, it’s a little different here since the main con artists are female, and also...
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The Quick and the Dead (1995)
A lady gunslinger (Stone) enters a town in the grip of a powerful and merciless killer (Hackman). While there, it’s decided for several people in the town to have a “drawing” competition, where two of...
Under Suspicion (2000)
Strangely, even with two powerhouse actors involved in a psychological chess-match thriller, Under Suspicion delivers in such a lackadaisical manner that it feels like a four person stage drama than a major motion picture. In this...
The Replacements (2000)
The players of professional football go on strike with four weeks to go in the season and the owners decide to call in replacement players to finish out the year. Gene Hackman plays the...
Enemy of the State (1998)
DC lawyer Robert Clayton Dean (Smith) is the unwitting recipient of a tape recording of a murder. Not just any murder, but of an assassination made by none other than the senior adviser to the...
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
Bonnie and Clyde is based on a notorious but true story. The events are set in the 1930s, dealing with a recently released bank robber, Clyde Barrow (Warren Beatty, Heaven Can Wait) who hooks up with a...
Twilight (1998)
A private detective (Newman) living in the home of a dying wealthy friend (Hackman) unknowingly stumbles in the middle of a mysterious and murderous plot which may involve the very people he works for. Terrific performances...
Crimson Tide (1995)
While I’ve never been a huge fan of director Tony Scott’s (True Romance, Days of Thunder) dark and claustrophobic style, where else would this be a natural fit than on a submarine? Hell, even shot...
Young Frankenstein (1974)
Young Frankenstein represents a dilemma for me as a reviewer. I recognize the fact that many people consider it one of the best comedies ever made. I suppose if I had watched it as a...
The Firm (1993)
An ambitious young lawyer (Cruise, A Few Good Men) joins a close-knit firm of lawyers who offer him more money than he ever imagined and a seemingly idyllic life in the suburbs. Problem is that this...