Tagged: Paul Gleason

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Die Hard (1988)

In 1968, Roderick Thorp’s 1966 novel, “The Detective”, was adapted to the screen by 20th Century Fox. The film version starred Frank Sinatra as middle-aged ex-cop Joe Leland and performed well enough at the...

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The Breakfast Club (1985)

In the mid-1980s, it seemed that writer-director John Hughes (Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Sixteen Candles) could no no wrong.  That’s certainly the case with The Breakfast Club, the most adult of his teen pictures, and certainly...

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Loaded Weapon 1 (1993)

When a screwball spoof is successful, it is stupid in an intelligent kind of way.  Loaded Weapon 1 is just plain stupid.  While a few of the quips and sight gags might elicit a mild chuckle...

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Trading Places (1983)

Some people may be too young to remember the days when Dan Aykroyd or Eddie Murphy could make a funny movie or even director John Landis for that matter.  They say that comedy is all...

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Van Wilder (2002)

For the purposes of this review, I chose to watch the unrated version of National Lampoon’s Van Wilder because it’s probably the version most people will opt to watch now that it’s on video.  Boy,...