January 2010
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Suddenly (1954)
Directed by Lewis Allen
Starring Frank Sinatra and Sterling Hayden (The Godfather, Kubrick’s The Killing, also The Long Goodbye)
Synopsis: “In the city of Suddenly, three gangsters trap the Benson family in their own house, on the top of a hill nearby the railroad station, with the intention of killing the president of the USA.”
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Up (2009)
Directed by Pete Doctor (Monsters Inc) Starring voices of Ed Asner, Christopher Plummer, Jordan Nagai Synopsis: “By tying thousands of balloon to his home, 78-year-old Carl Fredricksen sets out to fulfill his lifelong dream to see the wilds of South America. Right after lifting off, however, he learns he isn’t alone on his journey, since Russell, a wilderness explorer 70 years his...
Marathon Man (1976)
Directed by John Schlesinger (Midnight Cowboy)
Starring Dustin Hoffman, Lawrence Olivier, Roy Scheider, and William “Secretary of State from 24” Devane
Synopsis: “A graduate history student, Dustin Hoffman, is unwittingly caught in the middle of an international conspiracy involving his CIA agent brother (Scheider), and an exiled Nazi war criminal(Olivier).”
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Year of the Dragon (1985)
Directed by Michael Cimino (Deer Hunter, Heaven’s Gate) Written by Cimino and Oliver Stone (lots of good stuff) Starring Mickey Rourke, John Lone (Ricky Tan from Rush Hour 2), Raymond J. Barry (from one of my first reviews) Synopsis: “Joey Tai becomes the head of the Chinese mafia in New York using unprecedented degrees of violence. Stanley White, the most decorated cop in New York...
The Yakuza (1974)
Directed by Sydney Pollock (The Firm, Tootsie, Out of Africa, Sabrina-1995) Written by Robert Towne (Chinatown, Mission: Impossible, The Last Detail) and Paul Schrader (Taxi Driver, Raging Bull) Starring Robert Mitchum, James Shigeta (Joseph Takagi from Die Hard) Synopsis: “Harry Kilmer returns to Japan after several years in order to rescue his friend George’s kidnapped daughter -...