Hollywood Bitchslap

Jack Sommersby · Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2011 11:41 am Post subject:

Right you are, young Jedi! One of my top-10 favorite films of all time. I still can't believe this undervalued jewel was given a paltry limited release back in the day. It's not for everyone, but those who it responds to can't say enough great things about it.

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Jack Sommersby · Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2011 6:21 pm Post subject:

Nobody?

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UDM · Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2011 11:21 pm Post subject:

Jack Sommersby · Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2011 11:13 am Post subject:

Yep! And here's a clip from that funny test-cheating scene:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL9-7AeFD5w

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Jack Sommersby · Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 2:55 pm Post subject:

Pay attention the actor on the right; and also to the one standing up in the background, for he was in the director's hit comedy 4 years prior.
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Jack Sommersby · Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2011 10:23 am Post subject:

Ok, that's Judd Nelson holding a vibrator in a courtroom in Bob Clark's From the Hip.

Next...

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Jack Sommersby · Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2011 6:06 pm Post subject:

For those still participating, that's Willem Dafoe and Johnny Depp in John Waters' career-best movie, Cry-Baby.

Here's one from a film that managed to make my top-10 list; and it was directed by one of my favorites who's never gotten the recognition he deserves.

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MP Bartley · Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2011 1:27 pm Post subject:

A red cross? Twisted Evil

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Jack Sommersby · Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2011 2:51 pm Post subject:

OK, a new one. And it was my second-favorite film of its year -- and it was also Gene Siskel's #2 film of that year, too. (And, no, don't cheat by looking Siskel's top-10 lists up...)

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Jack Sommersby · Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2012 10:41 am Post subject:

Allllllllright, you hopeless suckwads -- that's Jason Patric and Rachel Ward in James Foley's extraordinary After Dark, My Sweet. No actor gave a better performance in 1990 than Patric.

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Jack Sommersby · Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2012 7:41 pm Post subject:

Yep.

And one of my favorite actors played a classic villain in this film:

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Jack Sommersby · Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 12:07 pm Post subject:

That's from Vice Squad. Another...

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Jack Sommersby · Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2012 12:25 pm Post subject:

OK -- that's William Hurt and Lee Marvin in Gorky Park.

Rolling Eyes

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MP Bartley · Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2012 5:24 pm Post subject:

It's not a Dirty Harry film, is it?
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Jack Sommersby · Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2012 7:44 pm Post subject:

Dude, not even cop-salary Harry would wear crappy clothes like that!

Laughing

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MP Bartley · Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2012 9:35 am Post subject:

Well, that's what I was thinking. Wink

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Jack Sommersby · Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2012 4:49 pm Post subject:

Look at the expression on the cops' faces in the background, and this'll give an indication of the genre.
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Kand El · Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 3:01 pm Post subject:

I want to say that's Heartbreak Ridge.
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MP Bartley · Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 6:25 pm Post subject:

No idea what the film is, but just realised the irony of the sign behind Clint. Very Happy

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Jack Sommersby · Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 8:21 pm Post subject:

It got mostly negative reviews back in the day, but I enjoyed a fair amount of it, with Eastwood doing a couple of good Fletch-like impersonations.

Here's one from one of the best thrillers of the '80s:

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MP Bartley · Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2012 5:46 am Post subject:

OK, I know that's Spader and the girl is also very familiar.
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Erik The Movieman · Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2012 11:56 am Post subject:

Jack's Back?
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Jack Sommersby · Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 9:36 am Post subject:

Score one for Erik! Yep -- a dandy serial-killer thriller that Siskel and Ebert gave some very flattering words to. I think the studio marketed the thing all wrong, like it was a cheap slasher flick or something.

Now, this next one is interesting because it's, to my mind, the only movie to showcase a major star wearing a pink Members Only jacket!

Ooooooookay, another photo from it:

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Jack Sommersby · Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2012 6:52 pm Post subject:

Well, I guess you people aren't die-hard Burt Reynolds fans like myself -- it's from his mediocre 1985 Stick.

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CharlesTatum · Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2012 10:25 am Post subject:

Malice (?)
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