Late Shift The much ballyhooed battle for control of the Tonight Show hosting gig features one of the toughest tasks for any movie, and that is having three well-known pop culture figures portrayed by actors with varying results. The first is Daniel Roebuck as Jay Leno: While we get the fancy cars, motorcycles, and wardrobe […]
Lawrence Of Arabia Whenever you hear an old-timer say, “They don’t make em like they used to!”, there can be no doubt that they could be referring to this sumptuous, technically brilliant epic made in 1962, which features beautiful cinematography, top notch acting, and an engrossing story, but alas for young people of today, clocks […]
Laws Of Attraction Ya know, as I continue to watch Pierce Brosnan in his post-Bond career, I keep wondering just WHEN he will break away from the silly / dumb romantic comedies where he plays something other than his stock, suave ladykiller persona to at least gain the respectability that Connery did, because it seems […]
League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen Towards the tail end of his legendary career, it became clear that Sean Connery was clearly at the point where he was doing roles just for the money, with one bad, embarrassing effort after another. On this 2003 effort, the onset relationship between Connery and director Stephen (Blade) Norrington became so […]
Leaving Las Vegas There are countless stories in the history of cinema when it comes to examples of The Oscars getting it WRONG, and this 1995 release is no exception, except maybe that what happened here was them really just getting it half right. That season saw Nicolas Cage (in what was definitely his career […]
The Legacy With the success of The Omen in 1976, there was a brief spate of so called “supernatural” horror movies made which were defined by featuring “creative deaths” (happy accidents), killings that were perpetrated by a mysterious force usually against individuals whom for one reason or another stood in the way of that omnipotent […]
Legend Of Billie Jean Not many remember this film, released in the summer of 1985 head to head against Back To The Future (and subsequently crushed as a result), but it does retain a strong cult following to this day while exhibiting themes that might be more relevant than ever. The story concerns a poor […]
Lenny It’s funny how Martin Scorsese’s Raging Bull (which came out in 1980) has had such a phenomenal run through the years when it comes to being remembered as a classic for the ages. A expansive biographical picture of someone who was an extremely unlikable type who nonetheless was a major sports celebrity in the […]
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 […]