Leon: The Professional Compiling a list of the greatest child performances in cinema history would be a short one. Obviously Haley Joel Osment in Sixth Sense and Jodie Foster in Taxi Driver come to mind, while others like Peter Billingsley in Christmas Story or Brandon DeWilde in Shane are considered more iconic than high quality […]
Lethal Weapon 2 Sometimes the original intentions of the screenwriter can be (through the trial and error of Hollywood rewrites, actor improvs, and director’s changes) diluted to the point where even that very same screenwriter will state that he longer recognizes the finished product. Shane Black was one such writer who in 1987 sold his […]
Lethal Weapon 3 In many ways, the first Lethal Weapon can now be considered a standalone movie due to its raw, gritty nature about a suicidal, psychotic cop who finds his redemption in busting bad guys along with the love and acceptance he receives from the family of his new partner. The transition from those […]
Lethal Weapon 4 So now things come full circle for The Lethal Franchise. From being a dark, moody hardcore action movie in Part 1 all the way to Part 4, an unashamed, unabashed, goofball action comedy with a touch of a sitcom feel to it with the mostly comedic interactions amongst its various regulars, topped […]
Liar, Liar There is little doubt now that Jim Carrey can certainly ACT, as his Oscar-worthy turns in Truman Show and Man On The Moon would prove, but back around 1997 when this comedy was released, he was still in the throes of playing overdone “goofy” parts, and depending on your point of view, it […]
Little Miss Sunshine You don’t need to remind me that the world of child beauty pageants is little more than a salacious, repugnant industry: an eternal hot spot for various types of pedophiles where they can see sweet little darlings dolled up like street walkers and pushed on stage by their equally disgusting parents to […]
Little Shop Of Horrors (Director’s Cut) Movie musicals are a dying breed nowadays, and many would say rightly so, simply because what you have usually is a simple, nondescript story enhanced only by making the audience believe that they are viewing the events through the prism of an alternate universe where at any given time […]