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Written by James M. Tate / 4/07/2025 / No comments / biopic , counter-culture , crispin glover , frank whaley , kathleen quinlan , kevin dillon , kyle maclachlan , meg ryan , michael madsen , music , nineties , oliver stone , olivia barash , sam whipple , val kilmer

VAL KILMER PLAYS JIM MORRISON IN OLIVER STONE'S 'THE DOORS'

<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/AVvXsEijvKDjLXfUM9_9fsqGIt1sqYcpXW8OKOrxdHLeYA1fejE17S8rln5T0zQBpVbVr9Cmyl3dBNrN1AaYcjNlp64Y-mkpLMHYHfq-ZkF2SH7S5K3F7uEFqeuAd27mlFbFzFqBmrfrni0wLz3fK4ok-jlyNA-D2hnR0t4FiRgJ_U0pVH8tkGtONT11DAcduGun/s1386/Screen%20Shot%202025-04-06%20at%2010.19.44%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="812" data-original-width="1386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijvKDjLXfUM9_9fsqGIt1sqYcpXW8OKOrxdHLeYA1fejE17S8rln5T0zQBpVbVr9Cmyl3dBNrN1AaYcjNlp64Y-mkpLMHYHfq-ZkF2SH7S5K3F7uEFqeuAd27mlFbFzFqBmrfrni0wLz3fK4ok-jlyNA-D2hnR0t4FiRgJ_U0pVH8tkGtONT11DAcduGun/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202025-04-06%20at%2010.19.44%20PM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>CineGraphx image of Val Kilmer in Oliver Stone's THE DOORS Year: 1991 Rating: ***</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>At one point in Oliver Stone's THE DOORS, Jim Morrison is told by one of several female admirers that he's better than the band itself, and that everyone only cares about him... that HE ALONE is The Doors... which is basically how Stone's movie winds up, far too quickly shifting away from an involving biopic about how four guys met in Venice, California and started a band, wrote great songs and played (from nightclubs to auditoriums) before screaming audiences...<br></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>So the first act harbors the best scenes, with Kilmer's brooding Morrison meeting founding member keyboardist Kyle MacLachlan as Ray Manzerek, a kind of uptight Felix to Jim's grungy Oscar... as Stone's PLATOON tough-guy Kevin Dillon plays drummer John Densmore as the band's Doubting Thomas, while Jim's real life favorite Robby Krieger's portrayed by Frank Whaley like he's never taken a single drug in his life...</p><p><span></span></p>

biopic, counter-culture, crispin glover, frank whaley, kathleen quinlan, kevin dillon, kyle maclachlan, meg ryan, michael madsen, music, nineties, oliver stone, olivia barash, sam whipple, val kilmer

VAL KILMER PLAYS JIM MORRISON IN OLIVER STONE'S 'THE DOORS'

CineGraphx image of Val Kilmer in Oliver Stone's THE DOORS Year: 1991 Rating: *** At one point in Oliver Stone's THE DOORS, Jim Morr...

WHEN SCARY MET SALLY: MEG RYAN BEGINS IN 'AMITYVILLE 3D'

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>A glimpse into the brilliant three dimensions in Amityville 3D Year: 1983</u></td></tr>
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It was the best of times; it was the worst of 3D Cinema; or at the very least, the most contrived in its production, perfectibility, and logic...<br />
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Case in point, the first Third Film in The Third Dimension worth noting was JAWS 3D, a campy masterpiece of banality wherein the grownup kids of Roy Scheider's Chief Brody work at a Sea World type locale where a shark gets in past an underwater gate, and without a ticket. Then there's the third FRIDAY THE 13TH where the Effect is actually pretty good, that is, better than JAWS 3D since bloody machetes — as opposed to random sporadic decorations — pop out at the audience (this is Cult Film Freak's favorite F13TH film). And the most bizarre example is directed by our all-time favorite director, Richard Fleischer: Not only is AMITYVILLE 3D no FANTASTIC VOYAGE or SOYLENT GREEN, it's not even RED SONYA...<br />
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Although, surprisingly enough, it <i>is</i> entertaining at times, especially the opening sequence where grieving marrieds Tony Roberts and Candy Clark seek the voice of their deceased son through a clairvoyant couple renting the titular house and — the twist is that they're not married but workmates for a magazine disproving not only ghosts but the shams who con vulnerable families...<br />
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This is followed by an overweight, neurotic real estate agent (familiar looking/always working character-actor John Harkins), interesting for more reasons than being an obvious first victim. He sells the house to Roberts, who wants to write his Great American Novel, and, being in the business of disbelief, he can care less about the house's ghoulish reputation. Meanwhile, Candy Clark's intrepid yet equally superstitious photographer, Melanie — far more important than a very whiny Tess Harper as Tony's separated wife — fills the "investigator" shoes, veering outside the box, an idea that works and doesn't: While we <i>do</i> stray from the usual claustrophobic haunted house template, if elevators and cars are equally cursed, why does the legendary manor mean anything?<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Lori Loughlin maybe isn't what she seems</u></td></tr>
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Like AMITYVILLE 2: THE POSSESSION, which is arguably superior than the famous Rod Steiger "Get Ouuuut!" original, involves a young, innocent and downright gorgeous daughter, Diane Franklin, born to be in peril. Herein, another lovely and vulnerable daddy's girl, played by future sitcom starlet Lori Loughlin, is the only character that the parents and the audience seem meant to <i>really</i> care about...<br />
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Scenes with playful friend Meg Ryan, along with two vapid teenage boys, actually work because finally, we're <i>inside</i>. There's an underlying element of suspense, but the 3D aspect is overused to a hilarious level. Practically every object, from a boom mic to a bright red frisbee, makes its utterly contrived way towards the camera so many times there's not enough room for the horror to stretch beyond dated special effects and especially those banal flies buzzing up a ludicrous storm! But, like flies on crap, there's a bigger, campier and more ridiculous beast downstairs, which is supposed to be the end-all, tie-in culprit of all the films, lurking inside a well in the basement that harbors the Gate of Hell...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>When Scary Met Sally: Meg Ryan & Lori Loughlin in Amityville 3D</u></td></tr>
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Like any horror flick that runs out of creative gas by the second or third act, it's up to an actual creature/monstrosity to push the vehicle into fifth gear — but this remains mostly in neutral. When ATLANTIC CITY actor Robert Joy, as a good ghost hunter (what Beatrice Straight was in POLTERGEIST), wrestles with the animated wraith, the camp value rises tremendously. <br />
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And for fans of classic movies, it's nearly impossible to believe that the director, around seventy-years old and having worked nonstop since the 1940's, would stoop so low. But without his guidance, who knows — it might have been so bad there'd be nothing to discuss at all. The fact is, A3D is a painfully worthwhile guilty pleasure that, at times, actually flows.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>When Satan Met Sally: Meg Ryan goes Ouiji Boarding with Lori Loughlin in AMITYVILLE 3D</u></td></tr>
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camp, franchise, horror, lori loughlin, meg ryan, richard fleischer, robert joy, sequel, tony roberts

WHEN SCARY MET SALLY: MEG RYAN BEGINS IN 'AMITYVILLE 3D'

A glimpse into the brilliant three dimensions in Amityville 3D Year: 1983 It was the best of times; it was the worst of 3D Cinema; or at...

Written by James M. Tate / 9/21/2012 / No comments / comedy , dennis quaid , dick miller , eighties , joe dante , kevin mccarthy , martin short , meg ryan , remake , robert picardo , science-fiction , steven spielberg , wendy schaal

JOE DANTE DIRECTS INNERSPACE

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">year: 1987 cast: Dennis Quaid, Martin Short, Meg Ryan, Dick Miller, Robert Picardo rating: ***</td></tr>
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THE RIGHT STUFF stud Dennis Quaid plays another cocky test pilot – this time he’s transformed into a cell-sized explorer placed inside the body of Martin Short in this modernized FANTASTIC VOYAGE directed by Joe Dante, whose prior edgy thrillers like PIRANHA and THE HOWLING are only reminiscent in the lethal assassins that really mean business.<br />
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Quaid was supposed to go inside a test rabbit but the experiment leader is hunted and killed, and after desperately injecting everyman Short, the chase is on. Meg Ryan is Quaid’s journalist girlfriend aiding Short in the old school runaround action that, after characters are introduced (and others are shrunken to dwarves), gets way too complicated for its own good.<br />
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There are relatively few scenes inside the human body. Most of the film has Short providing physical comedy as Quaid roves around within. Although they hardly share screen together, both have great chemistry. And while Dante stock actors Robert Picardo and Kevin McCarthy are nice to have on board, there are too many cooks and the running time drags on thirty minutes too long.<br />
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Director Joe Dante seems at home with the science aspect – especially the ten-minute setup to the initial human shrinking, which looks real and makes everything else seem legit.<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Innerspace-Dennis-Quaid/dp/B0000648ZQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1348128035&sr=8-1&keywords=innerspace"><br /></a><br />
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