Tagged: William H. Macy

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Room (2015)

Room is the kind of movie that makes me wish I had never seen the trailer, as I feel there are entirely too many key story moments revealed within it that lessen a good deal...

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Somewhere in Time (1980)

Like something from out of the past itself, Somewhere in Time is an old-fashioned romance that came out at a time when such movies were no longer being made.  Missing an audience at the time of...

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Down Periscope (1996)

Down Periscope is a comedy without laughs.  It’s goofy, light, and amiable, but it’s just not funny.  It’s so unfunny, it is actually painful to see just how hard they try to be funny and...

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Sahara (2005)

I’ve read exactly one of Clive Cussler’s seventeen novels in the Dirk Pitt series, and chances are, I’ll never read any of the other sixteen.  If I were a book critic, I’d elaborate more,...

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Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993)

Based on a true story, Josh Waitzkin is a 7-year-old boy who becomes fascinated by the game of chess after watching the locals play speed chess in a New York park.  After picking up...

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Cellular (2004)

Reminiscent in feel with other “dumb fun” thrillers like Speed and the Die Hard series, Cellular isn’t going to break through with cinematic originality, but it is still an engaging a 90-minute escapist thrill ride.  Plot holes?  Yes, there...

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Fargo (1996)

Although the blurb at the beginning states that Fargo is based on a true story, it’s actually not.  Oh, those wacky Coen brothers are an odd couple, aren’t they?  The film starts off with William...

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State and Main (2000)

Highly acclaimed playwright and screenwriter David Mamet takes the helm as director for the seventh time, and while he’s certainly done better as a writer, this is the film where he finally hits his...

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Mystery Men (1999)

In a city of comical superheroes, its most prominent, Captain Amazing (Kinnear, As Good As It Gets), gets captured by its most feared villain, Casanova Frankenstein (Rush, Elizabeth). A fledgling crew of ineptitude band together to...