Well, here we have Nicolas Cage at his nadir, Chad Michael Murray early in a downswing, and Jordin Sparks at the peak of her acting career.
When I worked at a book store in the mid and late 2000s these Left Behind series seemed really interesting, because the premise has so many possibilities and you could tell so many stories with it. I never read them, but I think the movie was trying to be the beginning of a blockbuster…
I seem to be inadvertently running through the filmography of Canadian Treasure Tyler Labine, and here is an extremely early film for him! He basically has the goofy persona he represented on screen for the next decade already perfected right here. Also unexpectedly showing up (but confirming that this movie was indeed shot in Vancouver) was Ryan Reynolds as the main love interest! He definitely looked handsome enough, but nowhere near the level of charisma or even confidence he would…
Soooooooooo . . . racist?
Sayonara points out the racism inherent in the attitudes of the military and the people who partake of those institutions (pro); but every aspect of Japanese culture portrayed is all lotus blossoms and tea ceremonies (con).
Ricardo Montalban portrays a Japanese kabuki performer (con); but the portrayal is about a 3 on the offensiveness scale (pro). For the record, Mickey Rooney in Breakfast at Tiffany's rates a 10.
It bases its view of Japan as…
I *was* going to be all, "Hey, here's a Yosemite Sam appearance!" and be done with it, but then the presence of the second, black-haired Yosemite Sam triggered a massive annoyance that I just can't shake. The Wikipedia entry "List of Daffy Duck Cartoons" note that Along Came Daffy co-stars Yosemite Sam and his brother Orville, this was news to me, because I had never heard of the Sam clone being called Orville before. The Wikipedia entry "Along Came Daffy"…
