De Niro, Hackman, Hoffman, Nicholson and Pacino...a journey
Gene Hackman Ranked
Hackman #20
It's Hackman's birthday so that seemed a good reason to get back into this challenge.
Zandy's Bride has a nice folky score and good performances from both Hackman and Liv Ullman. Set in the old frontier and directed by Swedish filmmaker Jan Troell
Zandy, played by Hackman, is an unforgiving character and this film is often a tough watch but one that has a rewarding character arc…
You know what I did this weekend? I watched the entire trilogy. If trilogy is the correct term. This is basically a straight to video cash-in. By now the tale of The Fisherman has become folklore and the opening scene sees the story told as an urban myth. The film takes a vaguely similar format to the original only this time it's a prank gone wrong which incriminates the cast of new characters.
It's all very low rent. Shoddy. One…
Who remembers that this film begins to the sound of Type O Negative! Rad!
I used to think this film was the bees knees. So I still have a lot of residual affection for it. Sure, it's no Scream, but what is? I Know What You Did Last Summer plays it straight down the line. Less overtly post-modern but it has that slick wryness that permeates the late 90s slasher films. I still like it a lot.
There was a time between 1997 and 1999 that if you had asked me what the best film ever made was, I’d have told you Scream. It’s influence on my discovery of movies, and horror specifically, was monumental. Scream was the catalyst to so many films; Halloween, Friday the 13th, A Nightmare on Elm Street and so many more. I’ve seen it innumerable times, yet somehow when I watch Scream I still notice new things. Last year when…
