cult film freak: powers booth

Written by James M. Tate / 8/14/2023 / No comments / action , adventure , body count , charlie sheen , frank mcrea , harry dean stanton , jennifer grey , johh milius , lea thompson , powers booth , war , william smith

JOHN MILIUS DIRECTS 'RED DAWN' STARRING PATRICK SWAYZE

<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/AVvXsEhiOEEf9-VoH8pGxBqdBaSTog_W0gLDEJd-RPKhwqRhOnq3fmIcLpjobTn1W56UZMu0QR3Y2SYFqB_d4NTVBlG5jYFMeWjLKV8e3RRWW0mTP7fRteyMeMsCxjjx5aPdyoxhZFIOhSl9dH0CmkC7kipwJzJzuX5w0MWUQUcNrNLnX5iHOJEWwDETS2WIZjxG/s2506/366355594_1784408195321682_5276256121142775162_n.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1190" data-original-width="2506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiOEEf9-VoH8pGxBqdBaSTog_W0gLDEJd-RPKhwqRhOnq3fmIcLpjobTn1W56UZMu0QR3Y2SYFqB_d4NTVBlG5jYFMeWjLKV8e3RRWW0mTP7fRteyMeMsCxjjx5aPdyoxhZFIOhSl9dH0CmkC7kipwJzJzuX5w0MWUQUcNrNLnX5iHOJEWwDETS2WIZjxG/s16000/366355594_1784408195321682_5276256121142775162_n.jpg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Title: RED DAWN Year: 1984 Director: John Milius Rating: ***1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>By the time Powers Booth's Air Force Lt. Col. Andy Tanner is found near his crashed jet fighter plane, and then begins helping a band of young rebels fighting against an insanely unanticipated World War III, it seems like John Milius is finally directing the film he wanted to make all along... <br></p><p></p><p></p><p>Which is basically an old-fashion war picture, in this case beginning with a high school's perspective of being attacking by commandos, destroying and ultimately taking over the connected rural small town...</p><p><span></span></p>

action, adventure, body count, charlie sheen, frank mcrea, harry dean stanton, jennifer grey, johh milius, lea thompson, powers booth, war, william smith

JOHN MILIUS DIRECTS 'RED DAWN' STARRING PATRICK SWAYZE

Title: RED DAWN Year: 1984 Director: John Milius Rating: ***1/2 By the time Powers Booth's Air Force Lt. Col. Andy Tanner is found near ...

Written by James M. Tate / 8/22/2014 / 1 Comment / christopher lloyd , franchise , james brolin , joseph gordon-levitt , mickey rourke , neo noir , powers booth , sequel , stacy keach

FRANK MILLER'S SIN CITY: A DAME TO KILL FOR

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">year: 2014 rating: ***</td></tr>
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“I was born at night,” Josh Brolin’s gritty Dwight tells the title femme fatale. “But it wasn’t last night.”<br />
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That’s the kind of  pulpy camp delivered in Frank Miller’s graphic novel Film Noir purgatory, which is extremely graphic. But all the limbs flying and blood gushing, bathed in a surreal backdrop even stranger than Mickey Rourke’s abundant Dick Tracyesque jawbone, doesn’t seem very real, and that’s a good thing – escapism reigns in SIN CITY. <br />
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Consisting of three intertwined tales, the best has Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Johnny, a young idealistic card shark who takes on the super nefarious Senator Roark (Powers Booth) – learning all about luck and experience the hard way. The main story centers on Brolin, who falls desperately hard for the DAME TO KILL (and/or die) FOR... Although Eva Green’s Ava isn’t entirely spellbinding, and it’s never really clear what the fuss is about. And least entertaining for last: Jessica Alba as Nancy, a stripper with a heart of golden vengeance, headed after the Senator, who has more than earned his villainy at this point... he's the Bill to Kill. Meanwhile, Rourke's muscular Marv serves as bodyguard for the vulnerable and needy. <br />
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The action scenes are fun, involving, explosive, and completely over the top. But in a world where excess is commonplace, it all makes perfect sense even though the characters, intentionally befitting their dime novel personas, aren’t as memorable or significant as the trouble they quickly get into and out of. In this particular venture, once again directed by Robert Rodriquez and creator Frank Miller, it's more about the path than the journey.

christopher lloyd, franchise, james brolin, joseph gordon-levitt, mickey rourke, neo noir, powers booth, sequel, stacy keach

FRANK MILLER'S SIN CITY: A DAME TO KILL FOR

year: 2014 rating: *** “I was born at night,” Josh Brolin’s gritty Dwight tells the title femme fatale. “But it wasn’t last night.” Th...

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