L.A. Confidential 1997 saw what many consider to be a travesty in the Best Picture Oscar race, with the award going to arguably the most bloated epic film of all time in Titanic, buoyed by its incredible popularity among females, an overdone FX budget that overwhelmed the screen to cosmic proportions, and a near messiah […]
LA Story A hilarious spoof of the eccentric shallowness of the people of Los Angeles, Mick Jackson has crafted, with Steve Martin’s script, one of the first great comedies of the 90s. Martin in the lead shows why he is one of the best everyman comedy stars of all time, showing his trademark mass frustration […]
Lady And The Tramp The classic, old school (1937-Early 80s) era of Disney animated movies was a glorious one indeed, that being a time of having quality, extremely well made (usually moreso than that of most live action flicks) and above all, entertaining family films that emphasized the actual characters themselves rather than the distraction […]
Lake House Time travel movies often fluctuate between wild and wacky comedy (Back To The Future, Bill And Ted) and something that tries to be serious but usually straddles the line of falling into ridiculousness (Timecop, Trancers). But the trickiest thing of all might be to use the concept of time travel to tell either […]
Last Action Hero Intended to be a paean as to why we all love going to the movies and watching mindless action films, this 1993 release was slammed by the critics when it came out and garnered less than impressive box office results, but has since endured over the years to at least become recognized […]
Last Boy Scout High octane action movies were at a preminum during the 1980s with Arnold, Sly, Bruce, and many other guys in their prime kicking ass and taking names to the delight of audiences everywhere as they defeated bad guys who either were of a disagreeable political ideology or were just some nasty dudes […]
Last Days Of Frankie The Fly After the massive success of Pulp Fiction, a lot of film companies (usually indie outfits) started looking for their own kind of similar hit, leading to the greenlighting at the time of several offbeat, âquirkyâ crime films, which leads to this release from 1996, certainly a curiosity item from […]
Last Detail Sometimes with a movie (especially one considered a âclassicâ) 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 directorâs part, given a script and story with certain […]
Last Man Standing Legendary and underrated director Walter Hillâs attempt to do a modern day update on Kurosawaâs Yojimbo (and Leoneâs 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 itâs clearly set in the 1920s Prohibition era. As Willisâ […]
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 […]