Showing posts with label George C. Scott. Show all posts
Showing posts with label George C. Scott. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 22, 2023

The transporter


THE LAST RUN

1971
Directed by Richard Fleischer
Written by Alan Sharp

Spoilers: see above? (highish, if you're a real stickler)

Wednesday, March 17, 2021

What a disaster: Airport '37


THE HINDENBURG

1975
Directed by Robert Wise
Written by Nelson Gidding, Richard Levinson, and William Link (based on the novel by Michael M. Mooney)

Spoiler alert: moderate

Wednesday, April 15, 2020

G-d Week: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?


THE BIBLE: IN THE BEGINNING

1966
Directed by John Huston
Written by Christopher Fry (based on the book by P, D, and J)

Spoiler alert: oh, inapplicable

Thursday, August 16, 2018

...He doesn't even know how to fold a map


THE RESCUERS DOWN UNDER

Better than you could possibly have expected from a sequel to The Rescuers, Down Under was and remains the most unsung—ha ha—masterpiece of the Disney Renaissance, and one of the most uniquely great films the studio ever made.

1990
Directed by Hendel Butoy and Michael Gabriel
Written by Jim Cox, Karey Kirkpatrick, Byron Simpson, and Joe Ranft
With Eva Gabor (Bianca), Bob Newhart (Bernard), Tristan Rogers (Jake), John Candy (Wilbur), Adam Ryen (Cody), Frank Welker (Marahute and Joanna), and George C. Scott (McLeach)

Spoiler alert: high

Thursday, July 7, 2016

Pywokinesis


FIRESTARTER

It turns out it's not actually as easy to make an awesome movie about psychic powers as BDP and Cronenberg made it look.

1984
Directed by Mark Lester
Written by Stanley Mann (based on the novel by Stephen King)
With Drew Barrymore (Charlie McGee), David Keith (Andy McGee), Heather Locklear (Vicky McGee, nee Tomlinson), Martin Sheen (Capt. Hollister), and George C. Scott (John Rainbird)

Spoiler alert: moderate