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Written by James M. Tate / 9/27/2024 / No comments / 2024 , adam driver , aubrey plaza , dustin hoffman , francis ford coppola , jon voight , laurence fishburne , neo noir , new , science-fiction , shia labeouf

BELATED REVEIW OF FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA'S 'MEGALOPOLIS'

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 theatrical trailer/promotions promising the Francis Ford Coppola who 
made THE GODFATHER and APOCALYPSE NOW, the infamous MEGALOPOLIS is 
actually a reworking of Coppola's SE Hinton adaptation RUMBLE FISH: as a
 giant clock beneath rolling clouds shadow an urban city skyline with a 
massive metronome-like clock ticking; an overall theme about time; and 
Laurence Fishburne as a narrating tagalong/bodyguard to a misunderstood 
dark-haired male lead... </p><p>And the only two characters that 
actually seem to matter are Adam Driver, the utopian creator of a 
gelatin-like substance to build cities, with his rival mayor's beautiful
 daughter Nathalie Emmanuel, who loves him — particularly since a 
superpower to literally stop time only occurs if she's around... </p><p><span></span></p>

2024, adam driver, aubrey plaza, dustin hoffman, francis ford coppola, jon voight, laurence fishburne, neo noir, new, science-fiction, shia labeouf

BELATED REVEIW OF FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA'S 'MEGALOPOLIS'

Nathalie Emmanuel and Laurence Fishburne in MEGAOLPOLIS Year: 2024 Rating: *1/2 With theatrical trailer/promotions promising the Francis Fo...

DUSTIN HOFFMAN ALONGSIDE JON VOIGHT IN 'MIDNIGHT COWBOY'

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An obvious nod for an inevitable detour within a disturbing, almost sadistic character-driven story that's also bright and cheerful, particularly when initially centered on Jon Voight's title character, who shows enough humanity and vulnerability in what he's hiding as first-billed sidekick Dustin Hoffman's crippled con-man hustler, Ratso Rizzo, only <i>seems</i> helpful up front... <br></p><p><span></span></p>

buddy, classic, drama, drug culture, dustin hoffman, jon voight, m. emmett walsh, oscar, sixties

DUSTIN HOFFMAN ALONGSIDE JON VOIGHT IN 'MIDNIGHT COWBOY'

Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight in MIDNIGHT COWBOY Year: 1969 Rating: ***** A simplistic but mostly naive young man from Texas, Joe Buck, iro...

JENNIFER SALT REBORN: THE FIRST CULT FILM FREAK INTERVIEW

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Parking the 2007 Interview with Jennifer Salt at its new location</u></td></tr>
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<i>Now an executive producer of the hit series AMERICAN HORROR STORY and had been a writer for NIP/TUCK, when the name Jennifer Salt shows up on the modern hi-def television screen, memories flash back of a young actress who played cute yet headstrong characters in cult exploitation classics... </i><br>
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<i>Her eclectic roles and credits range from Crazy Annie, Jon Voight's Texas girlfriend shown via flashback in MIDNIGHT COWBOY to Woody Allen's first date in PLAY IT AGAIN SAM...</i><br>
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<i>The buried lead in Brian De Palma's SISTERS opposite two Margot Kidders; Cornel Wilde's scream queen daughter in the TV-movie GARGOYLES: Yet with all that and more under her belt, she's probably best known as Eunice Tate on the situation comedy, SOAP: And here she is on the very first Cult Film Freak interview, from 2007, initially on the now defunct original website (cult film freak dot com, singular) and hereby eternally resurrected on our main blog site (cult film freaks, plural)...</i><br>

brian de palma, charles durining, exploitation, interview, jennifer salt, john schlesinger, jon voight, seventies, sixties, TV, waldo salt, woody allen

JENNIFER SALT REBORN: THE FIRST CULT FILM FREAK INTERVIEW

Parking the 2007 Interview with Jennifer Salt at its new location Now an executive producer of the hit series AMERICAN HORROR STORY and ...

PENN STUCK IN STONE'S DESERT NOIR U-TURN

billy bob thorton, claire danes, jennifer lopez, joaquin phoenix, jon voight, julie hagerty, neo noir, nick nolte, nineties, oliver stone, sean penn

PENN STUCK IN STONE'S DESERT NOIR U-TURN

Sean Penn phones in Oliver Stone's mindtrip neo noir excursion within a small town purgatory Year Released: 1997 "If I were a b...

ETHAN HAWKE & SELENA GOMEZ IN GETAWAY

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">year: 2013 cast: Ethan Hawke, Selena Gomez, Jon Voight, Paul Freeman, Bruce Payne rating: **</td></tr>
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For an opening weekend tally, a 3.9 on imdb provides fair warning to casual moviegoers, although for someone into cult films, this might result in a worthwhile two-hour bag fest. But GETAWAY isn't the kind of flick that jovially stinks up the room. There’s just not much of a story past the plot description...<br />
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A former race car driver named Brent Magna, played by Ethan Hawke, is given a supped-up Mustang to pull off risky "stunts" so that his kidnapped wife isn’t killed by a mysterious man, giving orders from the dashboard speaker. Brent ends up unintentionally picking up a teenage punk, billed as The Kid, and Selena Gomez spouts more dialogue than a commentator at the Indy 500. Within this moon-faced starlet is all the technical exposition needed for Brent to reluctantly trust his uncompromising remora. And please don’t let the title fool you…<br />
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Just one word shy of the Sam Peckinpah/Steve McQueen 1970's classic, this is neither an old-school road frolic or even a FAST AND FURIOUS style shredder. Most of the uncreative “cockpit” angles are from built-in cameras so that Jon Voight’s mysterious villain, The Voice, can keep steadier watch than a GPS navigational system, while each and every exterior shot occurs in a loud, shaky flash. But all the rapidly-edited racing around town sure beats the conversations between our reluctant duo: Hawke and Gomez have less chemistry than a road cone and a burnt out flare... left on a dead end highway.<br />
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2013, action, ethan hawke, jon voight, paul freeman, race, road movie, selena gomez