The Drowning Pool (1975)
Starring: Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Melanie Griffith, and Scorpio from Dirty HarryGrade: A The Drowning Pool thrives on a lot of subtle humor compared to [Read More…]
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Harper (1966)
Starring: Paul Newman, Lauren Bacall, Janet Leigh, Robert Wagner, Shelley Winters, Robert Webber, and Strother MartinGrade: A The most underrated moment in Harper had to [Read More…]
Lady in Cement (1968)
Starring: Frank Sinatra, Raquel Welch, and Richard ConteGrade: C- How you don’t bring back Nancy Sinatra’s all-timer “Tony Rome” theme from the first movie and [Read More…]
Tony Rome (1967)
Starring: Frank Sinatra, Jill St. John, Sue Lyon, Richard Conte, and Rocky GrazianoGrade: C+ The corporation that handles the Kosterman’s jewelry is the ACME insurance [Read More…]
Murder by Death (1976)
Starring: Truman Capote, Peter Sellers, Peter Falk, Alec Guinness, David Niven, Maggie Smith, James Coco, Eileen Brennan, Elsa Lanchester, and James CromwellGrade: B- If you [Read More…]
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995)
Starring: Jim Carrey, with small roles from Tommy Davidson, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, and Bruce SpenceGrade: A It’s funny to think that just a few months earlier, [Read More…]
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994)
Starring: Jim Carrey, Courtney Cox, Sean Young, Tone Lōc, Dan Marino, and Randall “Tex” Cobb, with a cameo from Cannibal CorpseGrade: Classic In early 1994, [Read More…]
The Two Jakes (1990)
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Harvey Keitel, Madeleine Stowe, Eli Wallach, Frederic Forrest, James Hong, and David Keith, with a cameo from Tom Waits and a voiceover [Read More…]
Chinatown (1974)
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston, Burt Young, Diane Ladd, James Hong, and Roman PolanskiGrade: Classic On top of having one of the best [Read More…]
Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)
Starring: Denzel Washington, Tom Sizemore, Jennifer Beals, and Don CheadleGrade: B+ Denzel Washington in a neo-noir film? You had me at Denzel Washington. Summary In [Read More…]
