Movie thoughts and fiction updates.
#14 in my ranking of Clint Eastwood's films. Following up a grand, period piece, Clint Eastwood gravitated towards a much smaller script by Nick Schenk (based on a story that he and Dave Johannson came up with) that feels like Eastwood just playing himself. The last time a role so fully felt like Eastwood playing… Continue reading Gran Torino
#26 in my ranking of Clint Eastwood's films. The first film Clint Eastwood made that wasn't based on a book in several years, Space Cowboys is a fun, geriatric adventure for most of its running time. Without taking itself too seriously through its first two acts, it is consistently entertaining until it suddenly shifts tones… Continue reading Space Cowboys
#30 in my ranking of Clint Eastwood's films. Obviously an attempt by Warner Brothers to replicate the success of 48 Hrs. from eight years earlier and the Lethal Weapon movies, The Rookie was the price Clint Eastwood had to pay to get the funding for White Hunter Black Heart. And you know what? I think… Continue reading The Rookie
I really thought that Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story had cornered the market on musical biopic satires. There was nothing else to say or even make fun of. And then Weird Al Yankovic took the Funny or Die short from a decade ago and, along with his co-screenwriter and director for the film, Eric… Continue reading Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
#10 in my ranking of the Classic Universal Monster movies. How weird is it that Abbott and Costello star in not only the best monster team up movie of the classic era but also the best Mummy movie of the 30s, 40s, and 50s? It's weird, but it's true. Their effort with the Invisible Man… Continue reading Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
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