All Posts Tagged With: "Films"
The best film ending? Deliverance and its impact on future generations
The 1972 production of Deliverance will stay with many a boy as he grows into manhood. A basically simple plot,based upon the novel of the same name by James Dickey has surprising power and is a brooding psychological analysis of modern man being lost in the wilderness and how he struggles to cope with the […]
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The return of the hero - Rambo - a lesson still relevant after 28 years
The Rambo franchise of films were based around the book
First blood, by David Morrell.
Sylvester Stallone is the main character in all the films.
To date there have been four films
First Blood ( 1982)
Rambo, first blood II ( 1985)
Rambo III ( 1988)
and again
Rambo (2008)
The initial film, “First Blood” is probably the seminal performance. It introduces the character, […]
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Michael Douglas and Charlie Sheen, No winners on Wall Street
Wall Street ( the film, released 1987) was a seminal production which over time has come to represent all that was bad about the boom years in Wall Street with corporate raiders, mega bonuses and fear & loathing. It wouldn’t be until three years later the corporate raider stereotype had a chance of redemption through […]
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Pretty Woman - Gere and Roberts start a fashion for romantic comedies
Pretty Woman is a romantic comedy released in 1990 starring Richard Gere and Julia Roberts.
Initially it was planned as a dark story of prostitution in Los Angeles, but as time passed it turned into a Romantic Comedy and was critically acclaimed as follows:
Roberts received a Golden Globe Award for her role, and was nominated for […]
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