Sunburn
In Richard C. Sarafian’s film Sunburn (1979) Charles Grodin plays an insurance investigator sent by William Daniels to look into the mysterious death of a rich industrialist. To pose as… Read more »
Tag: Charles Grodin
Ishtar
By now the reputation of Ishtar (1987) is more widely known than the film is seen. The narrative of that reputation has changed over the intervening decades from one of… Read more »
Midnight Run
I grew up with Midnight Run (1988) on VHS. I didn’t like Midnight Run as much as Clifford (1994) or The Lonely Guy (1984) and it wasn’t as comforting as… Read more »
Taking Care Of Business
Gone Fishin’ (1997) is one of the most insane buddy movies I’ve ever seen. Jill Mazursky’s scripting is a work of comic genius run amok like a manic Jerry Lewis… Read more »
King Kong
With Shout! Factory’s announcement today that they’ll be releasing John Guillermin’s King Kong (1976) I thought it would be fitting to discuss this childhood favorite. I must have watched King… Read more »
Clifford
Back in the day, Clifford (1994) was one of the films I rented most often from Pathmark (back when grocery stores rented VHS tapes). It’s always been a favorite film… Read more »
Real Life
Consider the films of Woody Allen; he is a filmmaker who expresses, in his efforts toward self-awareness, the importance of his own intellectual credentials and his own filmic knowledge in… Read more »
