Falling Down
In a departure from his usual sleazebag roles, Michael Douglas plays a scumbag in Joel Schumacher’s hit comedy about racist violence and cot death. As with many 80s/90s films, a […]
Tag Archives: Robert Duvall
We Own the Night
Joaquin Phoenix plays Bobby, a nightclub manager who has disappointed his dad and brother (Robert Duvall and Mark Whalberg) by not following in their policing footsteps. But when his club […]
The Godfather
The Godfather needs no introduction. But in spite of how well known it is, and after being extensively referenced and parodied, it never feels ruined by its status in pop […]
The 6th Day
The 6th Day is set in the near future (“sooner than you think”), when a cloning company called RePet can make genetic copies of your deceased pets so you never […]
Bullitt
Bullitt is an early example of the great tradition of giving your main character an exciting-sounding-if-preposterous last name so you can use it as the title of the film. In […]
Network
Two of the best films of 2014 were Nightcrawler and Maps to the Stars, both of which owe at least a slight debt to Network; a brilliant satire of the television industry […]
The Judge
Robert Downey Jr. plays Robert Duvall Jr. in this courtroom-cum-family drama about a hotshot lawyer (Downey Jr.) who ends up defending his estranged father (Duvall), a respected judge accused of […]
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