A stoic and effective performance from the principle actor is undercut by production: plastic flowers in close-up, plastic armor in close-up, actor swaps from the first film, actor holdovers from the first film, emperors in terrible makeup, monkeys in dresses, monkeys in dresses with stained diapers, monkeys ruining takes, plastic jewelry in close-up, extras running into the path of things with inertia to grab horse reins, making a noble character from the first film a slut (not in a liberating…
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Moonrise Kingdom 2012
I am deeply moved by an honest and plain representation of how hard being twelve can be, and how wonderful connecting to others can make one's life.
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Frankenhooker 1990
Frankenstein may have been the modern Prometheus, but "Doctor" Jeff Franken is the modern Orpheus.
Delving deep into the hooker-lined underbelly of 1989's Manhattan, Jeff teams up with a magnanimous pimp named Zorro to bring his Elisabeth back from the clutches of a lawn-mower Hades.
There are no beguiling seeds in this dark realm: there is only super cocaine (TM).
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Die Hard 1988
Ellis, an up-and-coming dealmaker at the wealthy and prosperous Nakatomi Corporation, is stuck at work on Christmas Eve! He has enough snow in his pocket to make it through the speeches and attaboys, but maybe not for when German gunmen take control of the building.
With his boss shot dead and his senior keeping calm, it's up to Ellis to negotiate with the terrorists. Somebody has to show this Eurotrash how to make a deal, and it's up to him to make sure they all make it home for Christmas.
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