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Written by James M. Tate / 9/01/2023 / No comments / action , adam roarke , allen garfield , barbara hershey , charles bail , eighties , hollywood satire , peter o'toole , richard rush , steve railsback

PETER O'TOOLE DIRECTING STEVE RAILSBACK AS 'THE STUNT MAN'

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM6o3dZkypjlho0RUMVh2I1_g0UPLeg9ksAVBbNr1nFwrDoUoF_Gpv2Xw-0d-3bosnPZPOlZMvU4n5olLqk1YKJUYCPsgw3ezPIEVE8hAbgtPAa03NrCiWyKYEjZQs-lyNsGBKLKHIJydb2uqblogO-H0uolCpSqZIQxsn6piTPxnToHzPIhh7-bMbYEA1/s1465/lighter.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="702" data-original-width="1465" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM6o3dZkypjlho0RUMVh2I1_g0UPLeg9ksAVBbNr1nFwrDoUoF_Gpv2Xw-0d-3bosnPZPOlZMvU4n5olLqk1YKJUYCPsgw3ezPIEVE8hAbgtPAa03NrCiWyKYEjZQs-lyNsGBKLKHIJydb2uqblogO-H0uolCpSqZIQxsn6piTPxnToHzPIhh7-bMbYEA1/s16000/lighter.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Iconic devilish imagery of Peter O'Toole from THE STUNT MAN Year: 1980 Rating: ****</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>It's no surprise director Richard Rush took a decade to make THE STUNT MAN since it adheres to his early creatively-maneuvered camerawork — visually making every scene matter and every moment count... </p><p>Only in this case, instead of 90-minute drive-in flicks, it's an epic labor-of-love Hollywood satire starring Peter O'Toole as a flamboyant, borderline psychotic director who desperately hires a Vietnam-vet criminal as his titular STUNT MAN...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZkKNoFCgpiVgJyEgd8RqovVMIUCEg1ITHB-ZYjw_DzVqDIKhpK3y6_LlphqpbzsHi4fcGlhH6h4AeJ-ZpyJkhFVdLlE50wZo_WH6pgeH2mNFqj_Wn1W2GeS2TLoO-I8YxJg6ktwe2dDS0EUtBaXIJPW2CmWiEiqJFxC_TwQICOkUV4Frp_lNa4079TqnB/s2174/Screen%20Shot%202023-09-01%20at%201.37.01%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1034" data-original-width="2174" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZkKNoFCgpiVgJyEgd8RqovVMIUCEg1ITHB-ZYjw_DzVqDIKhpK3y6_LlphqpbzsHi4fcGlhH6h4AeJ-ZpyJkhFVdLlE50wZo_WH6pgeH2mNFqj_Wn1W2GeS2TLoO-I8YxJg6ktwe2dDS0EUtBaXIJPW2CmWiEiqJFxC_TwQICOkUV4Frp_lNa4079TqnB/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202023-09-01%20at%201.37.01%20PM.png"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Peter O'Toole in THE STUNT MAN</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Herein second-billed Steve Railsback is the true lead, which is good and bad since, during the more dramatic, expository sequences mostly involving vulnerable ingenue (as a vulnerable actress) Barbara Hershey, he still bares campy residual from playing Charles Manson in HELTER SKELTER... </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>And is far more naturally-suited to intense physical action, either by his character Cameron, initially chased by cops in a fast-paced prologue — or taking on the spontaneous fall guy gig...</p><p><span></span></p>

action, adam roarke, allen garfield, barbara hershey, charles bail, eighties, hollywood satire, peter o'toole, richard rush, steve railsback

PETER O'TOOLE DIRECTING STEVE RAILSBACK AS 'THE STUNT MAN'

Iconic devilish imagery of Peter O'Toole from THE STUNT MAN Year: 1980 Rating: **** It's no surprise director Richard Rush took a de...

DAVID CARRADINE DIRECTS 'AMERICANA' AKA 'AROUND'

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>David Carradine's AMERICANA Filmed: 1973 Released: 1983</u></td></tr>
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Started in 1973 and released a decade later, AMERICANA is a nice-looking low-budget film about an ex military drifter played by famous KUNG FU
 drifter David Carradine who happens upon a small town with an abandoned
 merry-go-round (originally with a more aptly title AROUND) in an empty 
field, and how he goes about fixing it up and, most importantly, and quite symbolically, getting it working again. But it's no easy feat as he has to overcome more than manual labor, like the town sheriff and local bullies.<br />
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Along with his then-girlfriend (in the seventies, during the BOXCAR BERTHA era) Barbara Hershey, the 
movie flows in a spontaneous nature. And while some of the intentionally realistic-for-realism
non-actor side-characters can be distracting 
at first, it's eventually overcome by the purposefully laidback aura: 
everything fitting into an non-contrived organic template about real life 
and real people... back then. Or in this case, back, back then.

barbara hershey, counter-culture, cult, david carradine, drama, eighties, indie, seventies

DAVID CARRADINE DIRECTS 'AMERICANA' AKA 'AROUND'

David Carradine's AMERICANA Filmed: 1973 Released: 1983 Started in 1973 and released a decade later, AMERICANA is a nice-looking low...

Written by James M. Tate / 9/15/2013 / No comments / 2013 , barbara hershey , franchise , horror , patrick wilson , sequel

INSIDIOUS CHAPTER 2

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">year: 2013 cast: Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Lin Shaye, Barbara Hershey, Angus Sampson rating: ***</td></tr>
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Having avoided the first INSIDIOUS, this is an attempt to review CHAPTER 2, a haunted house horror flick that goes beyond sudden jolts and cheap thrills with a creative, multi-layered storyline…<br />
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Centering again on the Lambert family, we begin with Patrick Wilson’s Josh as a young boy. Like the poor kid in SIXTH SENSE he sees dead people, and, according to paranormal expert Ellise, played by Lin Shaye, one wraith has stubbornly latched on, making the “Why don’t they just move out of the house?” question completely futile: The scares are effective, and most importantly, so are the chills. The difference being: scares occur for the moment while chills are omnipresent. But what really makes this work is the eclectic cast, sharing equal time in a story building mystery along with terror and, thanks to neurotic ghost hunters Specs and Tucker, a few worthy laughs as well.<br />
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As Josh goes under a spell from the formidable lead ghost, whose presence is revealed further in, the changeling makes him a dead ringer for Jack Nicholson’s Jack Torrance in THE SHINING, including a frantic door-bashing scene sans the ax, and Rose Byrne as wife Renai is the perfect Shelley Duvall: Her sheepish aura helps boost Josh's frantic intensity, and the multiple back stories – gliding smoothly to the forefront while a few confusing layers taper off – lead to an ambitious third act when a few characters enter (or reenter) a misty spirit world that, although resembling the exterior of Disney’s Haunted Mansion, makes for a satisfying, unpredictable experience...

2013, barbara hershey, franchise, horror, patrick wilson, sequel

INSIDIOUS CHAPTER 2

year: 2013 cast: Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Lin Shaye, Barbara Hershey, Angus Sampson rating: *** Having avoided the first INSIDIOUS, t...

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