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Written by James M. Tate / 1/04/2016 / No comments / adventure , cannon , eighties , john ryhs-davies , perry lang , race car , road trip , ronald lacy , sahara

BROOKE SHIELDS STARS IN SAHARA

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During the entire eighties, <a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/2015/12/blasting-cannon.html">CANNON FILMS</a> attempted to cover just about every cinematic moneymaker in their own fashion, from Sylvester Stallone providing testosterone-driven <a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/2015/12/R3.html">ROCKY</a> residual in the arm-wrestling camp classic, <a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/2015/12/stallone-OTT.html">OVER THE TOP</a>, to Arnold Schwarzenegger's popular starring role as <a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/2015/12/more-howard-in-CONAN.html">CONAN THE BARBARIAN</a> prompting two Lou Ferrigno <a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/2016/01/hercules-squared-ferrigno.html">HERCULES  ADVENTURES</a>, and the list goes on and on... and on some more...<br>
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But we'll now center and focus on how the more creative of the two Israeli filmmaking Moguls, an actual writer (of this film) and director (of a few others), Menahem Golan, partner of the wheeling-dealing Yoram Globus, attempted to recreate his/their own <a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/2013/12/peter-otoole.html">LAWRENCE OF ARABIA</a>, which is actually more funneled through a prior, completely legitimate David Lean homage in <a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/2013/05/wind-and-the-lion-interviews.html">THE WIND AND THE LION</a> directed by CONAN maverick John Milius while, at the same time, riding the INDIANA JONES bandwagon and later going full-blown in that pulpy adventurous route with <a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/2012/06/king-solomons-mines.html">KING SOLOMON'S MINES</a>: and here we have two LOST ARK actors, including John Ryhs-Davies as a sort of Anthony Quinn whose powerful, bullying yet overall friendly grouch is outmatched by a young, handsome Arabian prince who Brooke Shields... during the peak of her outrageously gorgeous perfection on the big screen (though at times sounding like she's reading dialogue instead of living it)... is forced to marry in order to remain, well, breathing...<br>

adventure, cannon, eighties, john ryhs-davies, perry lang, race car, road trip, ronald lacy, sahara

BROOKE SHIELDS STARS IN SAHARA

year: 1983 During the entire eighties, CANNON FILMS attempted to cover just about every cinematic moneymaker in their own fashion, from...

REVIEW OF THE NIGHT BEFORE

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It's tough not to compare three guys having a wild night on the town to THE HANGOVER, but with the exception of Seth Rogen's completely drugged-up, proudly Jewish Isaac during Christmas, actually, THE NIGHT BEFORE the big holiday, everything happening is very memorable and important to their lives, originated a decade earlier after Ethan, played by token vulnerable guy Joseph Gordon-Levitt, tragically lost his parents wherein Isaac and their athletic buddy, Anthony Mackie as Chris Roberts, decided to annually met up at a central location in New York and let the party begin.<br>

anthony mackie, comedy, joseph gordon-levitt, road trip, seth rogen

REVIEW OF THE NIGHT BEFORE

year: 2015 cast: Seth Rogen, Anthony Mackie, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Michael Shannon, James Franco It's tough not to compare three guy...

INTO THE WILD

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<b>year: </b>2007<br />
<b>cast: </b>Emile Hirsch<br />
<b>rating:</b> ***1/2<br />
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The best directed movie from actor/auteur Sean Penn since 1991’s underrated THE INDIAN RUNNER, this is a visually gorgeous travelogue showing the sites of America though the yearning eyes of Christopher McCandless, a suburban college graduate turned intrepid idealist who ditches everything – giving his law school funds to charity – for a trip to Alaska for what he considers the ultimate freedom. Eventually, without a car or money, McCandless meets a hippie couple; a charming tractor driver; and a dear old man with a tragic past. Each character serves as a peripheral warning for McCandless that his ill-prepared trek might not be very safe, and even those not familiar with the true story can assume it's a one way ticket. From riding a kayak through the Colorado River to climbing gorgeous mountaintops, director Penn shows more style than struggle for the main character, whose journey is mostly aesthetic and, backed by original music by Eddie Vedder, dwells in a glossy documentary style giving the isolated journey a much too rosy outlook. Except scenes in the “present” as McCandless resides in a junked “Magic Bus” in the middle of nowhere, Alaska, and eventually runs out of food and sanity. With a determined scruffy puppy countenance, Emile Hirsch balances dedicated traveler and naive optimist decently enough. With mistakes equaling accomplishments, he's never shown too perfectly despite the heavy-handed narration by his sister, who subliminally compares him to the ever-quotable philosophers instead of a normal guy on an abnormal quest. His obstacles include skinning a moose before flies take over; getting stuck in Mexico; and the temptation to sleep with a sixteen year old Kristen Stewart. Running at a breezy two and a half hours, this is a trip worth taking – and although there’s a clear anti Capitalist message throughout, the film, made by a politically polarizing celebrity, is never one-dimensional or one-sided. Anyone yearning to escape from the drudgery of city life into the “wonders of nature” will enjoy this quest. There’s a lot to experience with enough time for everything to matter.

biopic, drama, road trip, sean penn, zeroes

INTO THE WILD

title: INTO THE WILD year: 2007 cast: Emile Hirsch rating: ***1/2 The best directed movie from actor/auteur Sean Penn since 1991’s un...

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