Crash Sometimes the greatest films can be the ones that are the most polarizing, a split between those who see its undeniable greatness and those who spew their hateful venom at it for a variety of concocted reasons, but really are haunted by the fact that said film probably managed to touch a very sensitive […]
Crazy Heart This 2009 release, which won for its star Jeff Bridges a long overdue Oscar for Best Actor, may not be the slam bang type of piece that matinee audiences flock to, but it is something that allows a veteran like Bridges to have the breathing room needed to craft a subtle, brilliantly nuanced […]
Crimewave Coming off the mindblowing success of his original, unparalleled Evil Dead, a lot of people were wondering just where exactly Sam Raimi was going next in his suddenly red hot directing career. Evil Dead 2 (which topped the original) would come later, but first Raimi decided to branch out into making an all out […]
Crocodile Dundee Australia has always prided itself on being a country built on an image of rugged individualism, a so called “man’s world” where being tough and able to withstand the elements of nature (and life) are considered to be part and parcel of living in that region of the world. A slightly off stereotype […]
Crocodile Dundee 2 As a movie character and pop culture phenomenon, Paul Hogan’s amicable outback bushman was indeed a big deal in the 80s, and this quick sequel to the classic original sets out to give the audience more of the same, with mixed results. Many standard elements of 80s films are here, including drug […]
Crocodile Dundee In Los Angeles Sadly produced about ten years too late when the general moviegoing public could have cared less about the iconic 80s character, this third entry about the amicable crocodile hunter nonetheless retains the easy charm of the prior films, even if the writing and comedy bits are a lot more inconsistent. […]
Crow The instances where the star of a movie or TV show being killed on set are rare but notable (Vic Morrow, Jon-Erik Hexum, and Roy Kinnear come to mind), but the most notorious (and thus, legendary) event is no doubt the accidental death of Brandon Lee in 1993 (nearly twenty years ago) on the […]
Cry Baby There is little doubt among serious film buffs that, based on his body of work, John Waters is consistently among the worst filmmakers of all time, even by cult movie standards, and this 1990 effort, which in many ways is a cheap knockoff of Grease, is another fine example of that. The shame […]
Cutter’s Way Sometimes an actor goes an entire career in establishing a screen persona that can almost be considered safe, reliable and dependable, essentially looking, talking and usually acting the same way (with some variation) in such a way that the persona not only comes to define the actor, but unfortunately also results in people […]
DC Cab Sometimes there’s something to be said for certain types of movies (namely comedies) where it’s quickly obvious that there was absolutely no script whatsoever and they then instead chose to derive their humor from that of their actors literally adlibbing their dialogue and comedy bits almost every step of the way with the […]