Heat (1995)
Neil McCauley (De Niro, Casino) is a professional criminal who has earned a living with big “scores”. After pulling off an armored car heist in which three guards are killed, he and his cohorts find they...
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10th & Wolf (2006)
Inspired by a true story (aka 99% fiction), 10th and Wolf derives its title from the names of the streets that cross in the predominantly Italian neighborhood in Philadelphia where the main characters of the...
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)
There are movies that one recommends for the characterizations and the cleverness in the dialogue rather than the story or plot. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang strikes me as one of those kinds of movies. That’s...
Top Secret! (1984)
Top Secret! is another laugh-a-minute screwball comedy from the comic minds of Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker, the trio that brought you Airplane! This time out, they skewer a variety of targets, predominantly war films (World War II, generally), musicals, and...
Batman Forever (1995)
It’s not that the Batman series has run out of ideas by this point, it’s just that the makers of Batman Forever have no idea where to look for inspiration. Tim Burton gives up the directorial reins to...
The Missing (2003)
Hey, it’s Tommy Lee Jones doing what he does best: tracking down people. Films like The Fugitive, U.S. Marshals, Double Jeopardy, and The Hunted are just some of the films where he has had to be on the elusive...
Tombstone (1993)
I remember in an English class in college, getting a “B+” on a paper I could easily have gotten an “A” on. Although I remember it was something about the Shakespeare play, “Romeo and...
The Salton Sea (2002)
Falling into the category of “Don’t hate me for recommending this movie to you” is The Salton Sea, a very dark black comedy that will probably turn off just as many viewers who find it...
Red Planet (2000)
Red Planet is the fourth attempt in the last year to try to make the same storyline work and come up short. Supernova, Pitch Black and Mission to Mars all dealt with an Earth-mission to another planet, only to have...
The Prince of Egypt (1998)
The biblical story of Moses (Kilmer, The Island of Dr. Moreau) in Exodus, where the Egyptians keep Hebrews as slaves. Fearing her baby boy will be taken and drowned by the Egyptians, a young Hebrew mother...