Last Detail Sometimes with a movie (especially one considered a “classic”) the individual parts (performances, writing, cinematography) of said movie can actually be thought of as being even greater than the entire whole of the film itself. This usually happens due to a misstep on the director’s part, given a script and story with certain […]
Last Man Standing Legendary and underrated director Walter Hill’s attempt to do a modern day update on Kurosawa’s Yojimbo (and Leone’s Fistful Of Dollars) certainly LOOKS good: The brown, dusty, sepia-colored tones of the cinematography seems to give this story a timeless feel, even if it’s clearly set in the 1920s Prohibition era. As Willis’ […]
Last Movie In 1969, Dennis Hopper was the toast of Hollywood having changed the cinematic landscape forever with a little film called Easy Rider and cementing the longtime antiestablishment rebel himself (who had always had numerous clashes with many of his peers in Hollywood) as an undisputed genius and all of the additional accolades that […]
Last Stand Arnold Schwarzenegger remains to this day the greatest of all action movie stars, a guy whom while he wasn’t a driving creative force in the genre (like Stallone) was still someone who brought an unmistakable presence and air about him that nobody else could ever touch (including Stallone). A string of classics in […]
Last Starfighter Amid all the cheesy and blatant references to Star Wars (and the use of several Star Trek guest stars in minor roles), this is actually a fun and enjoyable sci-fi write-off from the 1980s in the hands of director Nick Castle (best remembered as Michael Myers in the original Halloween). As Alex Rogan, […]
Late Shift The much ballyhooed battle for control of the Tonight Show hosting gig features one of the toughest tasks for any movie, and that is having three well-known pop culture figures portrayed by actors with varying results. The first is Daniel Roebuck as Jay Leno: While we get the fancy cars, motorcycles, and wardrobe […]
Lawrence Of Arabia Whenever you hear an old-timer say, “They don’t make em like they used to!”, there can be no doubt that they could be referring to this sumptuous, technically brilliant epic made in 1962, which features beautiful cinematography, top notch acting, and an engrossing story, but alas for young people of today, clocks […]
Laws Of Attraction Ya know, as I continue to watch Pierce Brosnan in his post-Bond career, I keep wondering just WHEN he will break away from the silly / dumb romantic comedies where he plays something other than his stock, suave ladykiller persona to at least gain the respectability that Connery did, because it seems […]
League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen Towards the tail end of his legendary career, it became clear that Sean Connery was clearly at the point where he was doing roles just for the money, with one bad, embarrassing effort after another. On this 2003 effort, the onset relationship between Connery and director Stephen (Blade) Norrington became so […]
Leaving Las Vegas There are countless stories in the history of cinema when it comes to examples of The Oscars getting it WRONG, and this 1995 release is no exception, except maybe that what happened here was them really just getting it half right. That season saw Nicolas Cage (in what was definitely his career […]