Volunteers People often forget that before Tom Hanks became the Oscar favorite dramatic actor he is today, he was one of the sharpest and quickest witted comedy stars of the 80s, and this 1985 film is sadly one of his most overlooked and underrated entries of the era. Playing a rich, snobby, Yale graduate (complete […]
Wake Up Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie Sometimes during the filming of a major comedy, the director of said comedy manages to pick up so much improv material (usually much more than expected) that it turns out that there is enough extra footage to POSSIBLY justify a whole entire second movie out of the initial […]
Walk The Line Biographical films can always be a tricky thing in using actors to portray famous figures whose general look and demeanor are already of great familiarity to the moviegoing public. But the pressure mounts even moreso when said film is about a famous musician since not only must the main actor impersonate […]
Wall Street The 1980s must have been a REALLY tough time for Oliver Stone, what with the Reagan era and the booming economy that was going on, and this is certainly his “in the moment” work from 1987 where he lifted the dark underside on Wall Street fatcats who profited heavily during this time. Charlie […]
War Of The Roses This ultra-black comedy from 1989 certainly shows off the directorial skills of Danny DeVito: The shot composition and camera angles are spot on, and DeVito shows some real style in having the story play out. However, throughout the movie, the biggest problem is the one-sided dynamic the screenplay displays in depicting […]
Warlock 2: The Armageddon The concept for The Warlock Franchise should have been a can’t miss: An evil being who has been alive and around for Time Immortal (and might just literally be The Son Of Satan) using every opportunity that another installment in the series would give him to carry out one plan after […]
Warriors Sometimes you get a filmmaker who pulls off a real miracle by coming up with a movie where it turns out that neither the story, script, performances, or any one actor are particularly significant, but somehow through the use of style, pacing, cinematography, and other miscellaneous factors, manages to pull off a masterpiece with […]
Watchmen: Ultimate Cut As sprawling in its epic scope as any comic book movie even beyond The Dark Knight, director Zack Snyder’s adaptation of the once-thought unfilmable graphic novel by Alan Moore brings all the elements action-wise one could hope for yet so much more: A political subtext through this alternate universe of costumed crimefighters […]
Waterboy This football comedy starring Adam Sandler in many ways is hard to score. Having actively played the game myself for a number of years, my criticisms of football movies is usually harsher than it is for most sports movies, yet this film has an undeniable goofy earnestness that manages to win the viewer over. […]