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Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang Well, any film that features the directing debut of one of the greatest action screenwriters ever and features a teaming of two Future Oscar Winners should be a must-see for everyone. And as much as I enjoyed seeing the Legends Kilmer and Downey together, I was pleasantly surprised to see that […]

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Knight And Day

Knight And Day A few years ago, a little movie came out called Mr. And Mrs. Smith, which promoted itself in the ads as a romantic action comedy where a man and a woman who were involved with each other took part in a fast-paced action adventure storyline. Unfortunately, that movie failed MISERABLY due mostly […]

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Knight’s Tale

Knight’s Tale One of the most persistent problems with period piece films is that the filmmakers involved strive to make it seem as if the PRODUCTION was made during the same era as well, resulting many times in a turgid work right down to using the music of that era which comes across as a […]

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Krull

Krull In the wake of Star Wars and Conan The Barbarian, sci-fi / fantasy films became a hot commodity in Hollywood, and with the economy as good as it was in 1983, studios were willing to take a chance on original ideas, such as this opus written by Stanford Sherman (best known as the head […]

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L.A. Confidential

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 […]

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LA Story

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 […]

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Lady And The Tramp

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 […]

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Lake House

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 […]

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Last Action Hero

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 […]

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Last Boy Scout

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 […]