Propelled by Cliff Martinez’s other terrific score of 2011 (“Drive” being the other), “Contagion” starts there, on day two of a new, highly lethal virus’ outbreak. Why not day one? There’s a valid reason for that. With the skill of a circus veteran, Soderbergh and writer Scott Z. Burns (“The Informant!”) keep many plates spinning, […]
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The Hunters / Removal
Looks fairly cool, no? At least I thought so. Turns out, however, that the trailer is hardly representative of the film that “The Hunters“ really is. For starters, it doesn’t even show its leading man! That is Chris Briant, a Frenchman whose grasp of the English language is sub-Schwarzeneggerian. He plays an idealistic investigator fresh […]
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The Hunters / Removal
Looks fairly cool, no? At least I thought so. Turns out, however, that the trailer is hardly representative of the film that “The Hunters“ really is. For starters, it doesn’t even show its leading man! That is Chris Briant, a Frenchman whose grasp of the English language is sub-Schwarzeneggerian. He plays an idealistic investigator fresh […]
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The Nickel Ride / 99 and 44/100% Dead
Both from 1974, “99 And 44/100% Dead” and “The Nickel Ride” represent minor blips on the filmographies of their A-list directors — Robert Mulligan (“To Kill a Mockingbird”) and John Frankenheimer (“The Manchurian Candidate”), respectively — and for good reason: They’re decidedly average. In “Nickel,” Jason Miller plays a “warehouse manager” in the world of […]
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The Nickel Ride / 99 and 44/100% Dead
Both from 1974, “99 And 44/100% Dead” and “The Nickel Ride” represent minor blips on the filmographies of their A-list directors — Robert Mulligan (“To Kill a Mockingbird”) and John Frankenheimer (“The Manchurian Candidate”), respectively — and for good reason: They’re decidedly average. In “Nickel,” Jason Miller plays a “warehouse manager” in the world of […]
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Night Watch
Now on DVD courtesy of Warner Archive, the 1973 thriller casts Taylor as Ellen Wheeler, a woman of privilege, which means she doesn’t have a whole helluva lot to do around the huge house she calls home. Therefore, looking out the window is a viable option, and one night, she swears she sees her dead […]
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Night Watch
Now on DVD courtesy of Warner Archive, the 1973 thriller casts Taylor as Ellen Wheeler, a woman of privilege, which means she doesn’t have a whole helluva lot to do around the huge house she calls home. Therefore, looking out the window is a viable option, and one night, she swears she sees her dead […]
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Night Watch
Now on DVD courtesy of Warner Archive, the 1973 thriller casts Taylor as Ellen Wheeler, a woman of privilege, which means she doesn’t have a whole helluva lot to do around the huge house she calls home. Therefore, looking out the window is a viable option, and one night, she swears she sees her dead […]
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No Blade of Grass
Opening with a heavy hand — perhaps the least subtle opening theme in history is interrupted by explosion — the film explores what would happen if a virus resulted in death and destruction of crops, paving the way for famine — and, thus, wonders newscasters, perhaps cannibalism. Upon hearing rumors that big cities may be nerve-gassed, […]
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No Blade of Grass
Opening with a heavy hand — perhaps the least subtle opening theme in history is interrupted by explosion — the film explores what would happen if a virus resulted in death and destruction of crops, paving the way for famine — and, thus, wonders newscasters, perhaps cannibalism. Upon hearing rumors that big cities may be nerve-gassed, […]