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Road House Remake Happening; There Is No God

Bill Clark — Mon, 25 Nov 2013 19:06:29 +0000

From the Hollywood Reporter comes news that the 1989 cult action classic, Road House, is being remade. As you will certainly recall, the film starred Patrick Swayze as a philosophical bouncer brought in to clean up a riotous bar in Missouri. Many fights commenced and many punches were thrown, not… Continue reading

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Hot Tub Time Machine (2010)

Bill Clark — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 04:00:48 +0000

I thought I had seen absurd comedy. Until this week, I hadn’t seen Hot Tub Time Machine. I can only begin to imagine the pitch meetings for this movie. Or maybe it was just one meeting. “We have an idea for a movie: four guys will travel back to the… Continue reading

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Quantum of Solace (2008)

Bill Clark — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 05:00:04 +0000

There are many facts of life, but one is that Hollywood will be making Bond films until the end of the time. That much I have conceded. That reality was a much darker one after, say, Die Another Day, but after the upstart that was Casino Royale, Bond is now… Continue reading

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Lions for Lambs (2007)

Bill Clark — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 05:00:18 +0000

There’s a scene in Lions for Lambs in which reporter Janine Roth (Streep), during one of several down times in her interview with Senator Jasper Irving (Cruise), takes a stroll around the Senator’s office. The camera pans across a photo of Irving with President Bush, who is giving the trademark… Continue reading

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Mr. Brooks (2007)

Bill Clark — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 04:00:04 +0000

Mr. Brooks is that uncommon celluloid specimen that succeeds not only as a thriller, but as a biting black comedy. That this mix stays involving for its full runtime is a true rarity, but the screenplay, by director Bruce A. Evans and Raynold Gideon, manages to stay a step or… Continue reading

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Premonition (2007)

Bill Clark — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 04:00:18 +0000

Just when it looked like Sandra Bullock was getting her stuff together in films like Infamous and Crash she comes down with a bad case of Ashley Judd-itis (AJI, for the uninitiated) and retreats to the formulaic, gimmicky fare that put her on the map in the first place. Her… Continue reading

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Rocky Balboa (2006)

Bill Clark — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 05:00:48 +0000

Ditching right to the front of the line and running away with this year’s “Most Unnecessary Sequel” award is Rocky Balboa, the sixth installment in what was an already-prolonged series before this brain fart even bubbled to the surface. Amateurish and unintentionally hilarious, the project reeked of desperation from the… Continue reading

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School for Scoundrels (2006)

Bill Clark — Fri, 29 Sep 2006 04:00:35 +0000

You ever notice how some comedies are just too nice for their own good? School for Scoundrels is such a specimen; a film that is, on the surface, about the age-old battle of two men competing for the affection of one woman. Under the surface, however, there is a darker… Continue reading

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The Amityville Horror (2005)

Bill Clark — Tue, 12 Apr 2005 04:00:15 +0000

I love it when the tagline for a movie doubles as hidden instructions to the unassuming crowd about to view it. It’s almost like a disclaimer that you only understand after, in this case, eighty-seven minutes of life draining stupidity that you can’t get back without a time machine and… Continue reading

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Be Cool (2005)

Bill Clark — Wed, 02 Mar 2005 05:00:16 +0000

There seems to be a relatively new undeclared law in Hollywood for some films, particularly sequels. These are the movies that have such awful scripts that the studios think they can cover up the whole mess with loads of star power. 2004’s The Whole Ten Yards is a fine example… Continue reading

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