Tag Archives: Dennis Hopper

470 – Hell Ride (***)

Posted on September 3, 2009 by root

The late 1960s and early 1970s saw a huge influx in outlaw-biker movies, thanks in no small part to Easy Rider. Audiences loved the lone wolf riding a hog, bad men who were sort of good inside because they took … Continue reading →

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Play Blurby for Me

Posted on January 15, 2007 by root

(Originally published in The Gleaner of Rutgers University-Camden.) Speed ***1/2   Forget about all other action films. Somewhere there is a blueprint on how to successfully make an action film; how to film just the right amount of death-defying stunts; … Continue reading →

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Son of Random Blurbs

Posted on July 13, 2006 by root

The Cutting Edge (1992) *** Often sweet, sometimes derivative romance of big, burly hockey player (D. B. Sweeney) and frigid ice queen (Moira Kelly). The leads click pretty well, and the movie never descends into oversentimentality. Cute fun. Parenthood (1989) ***1/2 Hilarious … Continue reading →

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233 – Land of the Dead

Posted on December 9, 2005 by root

George Romero’s third followup to his seminal 1968 zombie flick isn’t quite as awesome as you might expect from such a widely respected auteur of brain gore. True, there’s plenty of blood and guts and the added twist of semisentient … Continue reading →

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