They Shot the Piano Player (2024)
Spanish director Fernando Truaba is one of those [...]
Archive for December, 1985
Enemy Mine (1985)
Enemy Mine reminds me of the kinds of science fiction that I read as a child in books as varied as “A Wrinkle in Time” and “Starship Troopers.” It’s simple enough to digest but intelligent enough to be about more than just ray guns and starships. I like that approach because it gives the material […]
The Jewel of the Nile (1985)
Word has it that neither Kathleen Turner nor Michael Douglas particularly wanted to make a sequel to Romancing the Stone. I get that, I really do. That earlier film was so special because of the love story that blossomed between the two leads even while running around the Colombian jungle, pursued by banditos, policía, milicia, […]
Runaway Train (1985)
Oh boy! I wanted to like Runaway Train so much. I wanted to be engaged. I wanted to be thrilled. I wanted the characters to break my heart. I wanted to be along for the ride, but ultimately, I just stepped off and waited for the to be over. Needless-to-say, it was not from lack […]
