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Tag Archives: television
The Insider (1999)
Director: Michael Mann Writers: Eric Roth & Michael Mann (Based on the Vanity Fair article “The Man Who Knew Too Much” by Marie Brenner) Great!
Posted in Drama, Thriller
Tagged 1999, 60 minutes, adaptation, al pacino, biography, bracken meyer, brown & williamson, bruce mcgill, cancer, cbs, christopher plummer, cigarettes, colm feore, corporation, court, dante spinotti, david rosenbloom, debi mazar, diane venora, eric roth, gina gershon, interview, jeffrey wigand, journalism, journalist, kentucky, lawyer, lindsay crouse, lisa gerrard, lowell bergman, marie brenner, michael gambon, michael mann, mike wallace, nda, news, paul rubell, philip baker hall, pieter bourke, pieter jan brugge, producer, rip torn, russell crowe, school, science, scientist, smoking, stephen tobolowsky, teacher, television, the insider, the man who knew too much, tobacco, true story, tv, vanity fair, whistleblower, william goldenberg
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Irresistible (2020)
Director: Jon Stewart Writer: Jon Stewart Not good!
Posted in Comedy
Tagged 2020, bill irwin, bobby bukowski, brent sexton, bruce altman, bryce dessner, cable news, campaign, chris cooper, comedy, competition, dede gardner, election, farm, farmer, jay rabinowitz, jeremy kleiner, jon stewart, lila yacoub, mackenzie davis, marine, mayor, mayoral race, mike selemon, money, news, political campaign, politician, politics, rose byrne, satire, small town, steve carell, strategist, strategy, television, topher grace, tv, veteran, will sasso, wisconsin
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Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018)
Director: Christopher McQuarrie Writer: Christopher McQuarrie (Based on the television series created by Bruce Geller) Great! Best of the series and one of the best action movies of recent years.
Posted in Action, Adventure, Thriller
Tagged 2018, action, adaptation, adventure, agent, alex baldwin, angela bassett, berlin, bomb, bruce geller, christopher mcquarrie, cia, eddie hamilton, fallout, france, frederick schmidt, germany, helicopter, henry cavill, IMF, j.j. abrams, lorne balfe, mask, michelle monaghan, mission, mission: impossible, Mission: Impossible - Fallout, motorcycle, norway, nuclear bomb, nuclear weapon, nuke, paris, plutonium, rebecca ferguson, rob hardy, sean harris, sequel, simon pegg, skydive, spy, television, thriller, tom cruise, tv, vanessa kirby, ving rhames, wes bentley, wolf blitzer
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Wayne’s World (1992)
Director: Penelope Spheeris Writers: Mike Myers and Bonnie Turner & Terry Turner (Based on characters created by Mike Myers)
Posted in Comedy
Tagged 1992, adaptation, alice cooper, arcade, band, basement, bonnie turner, brian doyle-murray, cable, carmen filpi, chris farley, comedy, dana carvey, doughnut, ed o'neill, friends, friendship, illinois, ione skye, j. peter robinson, lorne michaels, malcolm campbell, meat loaf, michael deluise, mike hagerty, mike myers, music, musician, penelope spheeris, public access, rob lowe, robert patrick, saturday night live, slacker, snl, sponsor, sponsorship, stan mikita, television, terry turner, theo van de sande, tia carrere, tv, wayne's worls
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The Howling (1981)
Director: Joe Dante Writers: John Sayles and Terence H. Winkless (Based on the novel by Gary Brandner) Good!
Posted in Horror
Tagged 1981, adaptation, belinda balaski, christopher stone, curse, dee wallace, dennis dugan, elisabeth brooks, gary brandner, horror, howling, investigation, jack conrad, joe dante, john carradine, john sayles, journalism, journalist, kevin mccarthy, michael finnell, mountain, news, patrick macnee, psychiatrist, resort, roger corman, serial killer, slim pickens, television, terence h. winkless, tv, werewolf
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Halloween: Resurrection (2002)
Director: Rick Rosenthal Writers: Larry Brand and Sean Hood (Story by Larry Brand) (Based on characters created by Debra Hill and John Carpenter) Worst in the series.
Posted in Horror, Thriller
Tagged adam arkin, bianca kajlich, brad loree, busta rhymes, daisy mccrackin, debra hill, donald pleasence, halloween, halloween 8, halloween: resurrection, jamie lee curtis, john carpenter, josh hartnett, kate sackhoff, knife, larry brand, luke kirby, mask, michael myers, murder, paul freeman, reality show, reality tv, resurrection, rick rosenthal, sean hood, sean patrick thomas, sequel, serial killer, stab, television, the shape, thomas ian nicholas, tv, tyra banks
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Broadcast News (1987)
Director: James L. Brooks Writer: James L. Brooks Great movie! One of my favorites. Holly Hunter rules.
Posted in Comedy, Drama, Romance
Tagged 1987, albert brooks, broadcast news, comedy, drama, holly hunter, jack nicholson, james l. brooks, joan cusack, john cusack, journalism, journalist, lois chiles, love, marc shaiman, news, newsroom, producer, reporter, rivalry, robert prosky, romance, television, tv, william hurt
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Richard Jewell (2019)
Director: Clint Eastwood Writer: Billy Ray (Based on the Vanity Fair article “American Nightmare: The Ballad of Richard Jewell” by Marie Brenner) (Based on the book “The Suspect: An Olympic Bombing, the FBI, the Media, and Richard Jewell, the Man … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Drama
Tagged adaptation, American nightman, atlanta, billy ray, biography, bomb, bomber, bombing, clint eastwood, crime, drama, fbi, georgia, ian gomez, investigation, jennifer davisson, jessica meier, jon hamm, jonah hill, journalist, kathy bates, kenny rogers, kent alexander, kevin misher, kevin salwen, lawyer, leonardo dicaprio, media, mike pniewski, newspaper, nina arianda, olivia wilde, olympics, park, paul walter hauser, richard jewell, sam rockwell, television, terrorism, terrorist, the ballad of richard jewell, the suspect, tim moore, true story, vanity fair
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