Tagged: Rene Russo

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2010s / Action / Fantasy / Science Fiction / Superhero

Thor: The Dark World (2013)

Thor: The Dark World is the eighth of the Marvel Films’ Avengers franchise entries, and, arguably, the weakest of them all thus far, though still not very far off from the first Thor film. The formula, which blends monumental...

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2010s / Action / Fantasy / Superhero

Thor (2011)

Hard to call it a superhero film when it is about a Norse god, but given its comic book pedigree, that it’s a Stan Lee and Jack Kirby creation, and Thor’s future inclusion in...

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1990s / Action / Thriller

In the Line of Fire (1993)

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...

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1990s / Drama / Thriller

Ransom (1996)

Mel Gibson (Lethal Weapon 2 & 3) stars as multimillionaire Tom Mullen, who built his airline fortune from the ground up.  Despite allegations that he paid off people in order to stay in his business, he...

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1980s / Comedy / Sports

Major League (1989)

Major League is meant to make you laugh, pure and simple.  Baseball is merely the platform for some funny hi-jinks, but these characters could have been plugged into any sport and it would have been...

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2000s / Drama / Thriller

Two for the Money (2005)

Arresting but inherently flawed, Two for the Money engages with quality performances, particularly by Pacino, and yet, it’s still too bombastic in its delivery to ever take seriously enough to leave any lasting impression.  In...

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1990s / Comedy / Thriller

Get Shorty (1995)

Light, amusing, and full of witty insights, just like an adaptation of Elmore Leonard should be.  Get Shorty is one of the most well-made pure entertainment films of the 90s, benefiting greatly from a likable...

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2000s / Action / Comedy

Showtime (2002)

I suppose it may be true that if you’ve seen one buddy movie, you’ve seen ’em all.  The “buddies” are usually two people who don’t particularly belong together and throughout have an inability to...

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1990s / Romance / Thriller

The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)

Wealthy billionaire playboy Thomas Crown (Brosnan, Tomorrow Never Dies) devises a plan whereby he steals a Monet painting values at over $100 million. An insurance agent (Russo, Lethal Weapon 4) would much rather get the painting back rather...