Living for the Cinema
441 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 days ago - ★★★★★ - 93 ratingsShort movie reviews from the last 50+ years by Geoff Gershon. https://livingforthecinema.com/
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MAN ON FIRE (2004)
April 23, 2024 04:00 - 23 minutes - 16 MBDenzel Washington stars in this intense drama/thriller as Creasey, a sad, alcoholic ex-CIA assassin who finds a new purpose in life as he forms a special friendship with the precocious Pita played by Dakota Fanning. Pita is the daughter of a Mexican industrialist played by Marc Antony who has hired Creasey to serve as a bodyguard since there has been a rash of kidnappings in their area. Tragedy occurs and then Creasey sets off on a brutal mission of revenge where we see his old habits as a...
Sudden Death (1995)
April 19, 2024 05:00 - 14 minutes - 10.1 MBThe original Die Hard released in 1988 remains one of THE most influential movies of all time as it pretty much set the template for dozens and dozens of action films to follow....just over eight years after it was first released, this was the first one to transport that core story to an ice hockey arena. :)In the lead role of a John McClane-like hero, it starred the "Muscles from Brussels" at the peak of his popularity, Jean Claude Van Damme. And in the critical role of a commanding Hans G...
SUDDEN DEATH (1995)
April 19, 2024 05:00 - 14 minutes - 10.1 MBThe original Die Hard released in 1988 remains one of THE most influential movies of all time as it pretty much set the template for dozens and dozens of action films to follow....just over eight years after it was first released, this was the first one to transport that core story to an ice hockey arena. :)In the lead role of a John McClane-like hero, it starred the "Muscles from Brussels" at the peak of his popularity, Jean Claude Van Damme. And in the critical role of a commanding Hans G...
CIVIL WAR (2024) - 300th EPISODE!!!!
April 16, 2024 02:00 - 23 minutes - 16.5 MBHAPPY 300TH EPISODE - Thanks to all listeners and subscribers for your continued support!!! :) The acclaimed writer/director of Ex Machina and Annihilation has returned to deliver his largest production yet, a dystopian war drama taking place in a possible future where the USA (no longer) is now experiencing its SECOND Civil War as several states have seceded from the Union resulting in an ongoing brutal conflict among several different factions. This story follows four journalists (Kirst...
CIVIL WAR (2024) - 300th Episode!!!
April 16, 2024 02:00 - 23 minutes - 16.5 MBHAPPY 300TH EPISODE - Thanks to all listeners and subscribers for your continued support!!! :) The acclaimed writer/director of Ex Machina and Annihilation has returned to deliver his largest production yet, a dystopian war drama taking place in a possible future where the USA (no longer) is now experiencing its SECOND Civil War as several states have seceded from the Union resulting in an ongoing brutal conflict among several different factions. This story follows four journalists (Kirst...
Civil War (2024)
April 16, 2024 02:00 - 23 minutes - 16.5 MBHAPPY 300TH EPISODE - Thanks to all listeners and subscribers for your continued support!!! :) The acclaimed writer/director of Ex Machina and Annihilation has returned to deliver his largest production yet, a dystopian war drama taking place in a possible future where the USA (no longer) is now experiencing its SECOND Civil War as several states have seceded from the Union resulting in an ongoing brutal conflict among several different factions. This story follows four journalists (Kirst...
MONKEY MAN (2024)
April 12, 2024 04:00 - 16 minutes - 11.1 MBDev Patel, the Oscar-nominated star of acclaimed films such as Slumdog Millionaire and Lion, has become the latest Hollywood actor to take his career in a new direction.....by directing this propulsive revenge action thriller taking place in a fictional city within India modeled on Mumbai. Patel also stars as "Kid" who is a young drifter on a mission to avenge the death of his mother at the hands of corrupt local politicians, gangsters, police, and even religious leaders. And while he's att...
Monkey Man (2024)
April 12, 2024 04:00 - 16 minutes - 11.2 MBDev Patel, the Oscar-nominated star of acclaimed films such as Slumdog Millionaire and Lion, has become the latest Hollywood actor to take his career in a new direction.....by directing this propulsive revenge action thriller taking place in a fictional city within India modeled on Mumbai. Patel also stars as "Kid" who is a young drifter on a mission to avenge the death of his mother at the hands of corrupt local politicians, gangsters, police, and even religious leaders. And while he's att...
The Crow (1994)
April 08, 2024 20:00 - 19 minutes - 13.2 MBBack in the early days of the comic book movies, it was rare to see one released to theaters which was not only financially successful but also generally beloved by fans. There were the Batman films....and then everything else including The Rocketeer, The Shadow, and Dick Tracy. But just under thirty years, one came out which not only proved to be both financially successful and hugely influential for so many other subgenre films which were to follow up but also was being released under un...
THE CROW (1994)
April 08, 2024 20:00 - 19 minutes - 13.2 MBBack in the early days of the comic book movies, it was rare to see one released to theaters which was not only financially successful but also generally beloved by fans. There were the Batman films....and then everything else including The Rocketeer, The Shadow, and Dick Tracy. But just under thirty years, one came out which not only proved to be both financially successful and hugely influential for so many other subgenre films which were to follow up but also was being released under un...
Road House (1989 & 2024)
April 05, 2024 05:00 - 28 minutes - 19.3 MBThirty-five years ago this May, we first saw the release of a relatively small action drama starring then movie star Patrick Swayze as THE Greatest Bouncer/Cooler around who has been hired to clean up a troubled roadside bar in Missouri named the Double Deuce. The character's name was Dalton and he DID clean up that bar along with the surrounding town of Jasper, defeating the evil Brad Wesley played by Ben Gazzara. Directed by Rowdy Herrington, the movie opened to mediocre reviews and mi...
ROAD HOUSE (1989) & ROAD HOUSE (2024)
April 05, 2024 05:00 - 28 minutes - 19.3 MBThirty-five years ago this May, we first saw the release of a relatively small action drama starring then movie star Patrick Swayze as THE Greatest Bouncer/Cooler around who has been hired to clean up a troubled roadside bar in Missouri named the Double Deuce. The character's name was Dalton and he DID clean up that bar along with the surrounding town of Jasper, defeating the evil Brad Wesley played by Ben Gazzara. Directed by Rowdy Herrington, the movie opened to mediocre reviews and mi...
Blood Simple (1984)
April 02, 2024 05:00 - 18 minutes - 12.5 MBEvery major filmmaker has to start somewhere....and this Neo-Noir thriller was the feature filmmaking debut for Joel and Ethan Coen forty years ago. Yes the same brothers who have delivered many memorable films since then including Fargo, The Big Lebowski, O Brother Where Art Thou, Inside Llewelyn Davis, and No Country For Old Men for which they won Best Picture at the Oscars. This is the simple story of four people in the heart of Texas: a bar owner (Dan Hedaya), his wife (Frances McDorma...
BLOOD SIMPLE (1984)
April 02, 2024 05:00 - 18 minutes - 12.5 MBEvery major filmmaker has to start somewhere....and this Neo-Noir thriller was the feature filmmaking debut for Joel and Ethan Coen forty years ago. Yes the same brothers who have delivered many memorable films since then including Fargo, The Big Lebowski, O Brother Where Art Thou, Inside Llewelyn Davis, and No Country For Old Men for which they won Best Picture at the Oscars. This is the simple story of four people in the heart of Texas: a bar owner (Dan Hedaya), his wife (Frances McDorma...
MAJOR LEAGUE (1989)
March 29, 2024 04:00 - 19 minutes - 13.7 MBAs we approach Baseball Opening Day 2024, what better way to celebrate than to revisit one of the more beloved baseball films of the 1980's, a comedy with heart focusing on a true underdog franchise, the Cleveland Indians? Directed by David S. Ward, the story focuses on one Cinderella season for the ballclub which is now under the control of a new owner (Margaret Whitton) who is determined to have them lose enough games to kill attendance so that she can move the franchise to Miami. Lead b...
Major League (1989)
March 29, 2024 04:00 - 19 minutes - 13.8 MBAs we approach Baseball Opening Day 2024, what better way to celebrate than to revisit one of the more beloved baseball films of the 1980's, a comedy with heart focusing on a true underdog franchise, the Cleveland Indians? Directed by David S. Ward, the story focuses on one Cinderella season for the ballclub which is now under the control of a new owner (Margaret Whitton) who is determined to have them lose enough games to kill attendance so that she can move the franchise to Miami. Lead b...
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985) - "Living For The Max" Series
March 25, 2024 21:00 - 20 minutes - 14 MBWelcome to the Living for the Max series. Over the past 45 years, there has been no other film franchise QUITE as inventive nor as consistently exciting as The Mad Max Saga….four films mostly chronicling the post-apocalyptic adventures of lone wolf Max Roxatansky played three times by Mel Gibson and most recently by Tom Hardy. As each film has been directed by Australian cinematic genius George Miller, they have each reflected his unique vision while also being HUGELY influential on pop cu...
MAD MAX BEYOND THUNDERDOME (1985) - "LIVING FOR THE MAX" SERIES
March 25, 2024 21:00 - 20 minutes - 13.9 MBWelcome to the Living for the Max series. Over the past 45 years, there has been no other film franchise QUITE as inventive nor as consistently exciting as The Mad Max Saga….four films mostly chronicling the post-apocalyptic adventures of lone wolf Max Roxatansky played three times by Mel Gibson and most recently by Tom Hardy. As each film has been directed by Australian cinematic genius George Miller, they have each reflected his unique vision while also being HUGELY influential on pop cu...
STREETS OF FIRE (1984)
March 22, 2024 04:00 - 20 minutes - 14 MBWhat happens when a top-flight director (Walter Hill - 48 Hours, The Driver) decides to to spearhead a new original story blending various genres including gritty crime drama, rock musical, and star-crossed love story....also setting it within an unrecognizable urban setting and time period? Well the result is one of the more bizarre financial flops of the 1980's which no one at the time truly knew what to make of....not critics, not audiences, not even much of the cast! :) This "Rock and...
Streets of Fire (1984)
March 22, 2024 04:00 - 20 minutes - 14 MBWhat happens when a top-flight director (Walter Hill - 48 Hours, The Driver) decides to to spearhead a new original story blending various genres including gritty crime drama, rock musical, and star-crossed love story....also setting it within an unrecognizable urban setting and time period? Well the result is one of the more bizarre financial flops of the 1980's which no one at the time truly knew what to make of....not critics, not audiences, not even much of the cast! :) This "Rock and...
Go (1999)
March 19, 2024 01:00 - 22 minutes - 15.8 MBOf all of the dozens of post-Pulp Fiction imitators to be released throughout the 1990's, this might be one of the more memorable ones even though it opened roughly 25 years ago to middling box office. It director Doug Liman's follow-up to his seminal indie gem of just three years - Swingers - and while he once again kept the cast young and the locations limited to LA (and Las Vegas), he went a different route with the overall setting and vibe. Whereas Swingers brushed upon swing/cocktail ...
State of Grace (1990)
March 15, 2024 04:00 - 20 minutes - 14.4 MBIn the lead-up to St. Patrick's Day, what better time to celebrate than to revisit what is considered by some to be a modern crime drama classic focusing on the Irish mafia? Directed by Phil Joanou (Three O'Clock High), this story focuses on Terry (Sean Penn) who has recently moved back to the old neighborhood - Hell's Kitchen in New York City - and decides to join a "Westie" gang which includes his childhood best friend Jackie (Gary Oldman) and is also lead by Jackie's older brother Franki...
Uncut Gems (2019)
March 12, 2024 04:00 - 19 minutes - 13.1 MBWhat better way to celebrate March Madness than to revisit a basketball movie which actually isn't a basketball movie but does still feature lots of basketball.....sorta? :) Benny and Josh Safdie followed up their breakout success of a couple of years prior - the extremely tense urban thriller Good Time starring Robert Pattinson - with an even TENSER crime thriller starring Adam Sandler as a fast-talking New York jeweler who also happens to be a gambling addict. His habit of betting on NBA ...
Desperately Seeking Susan (1985)
March 08, 2024 04:00 - 19 minutes - 13.2 MBThis is the story of a bored suburban housewife Roberta (Rosanna Arquette) who finds herself drawn to reading personal ads and becomes especially interested in those featuring a mysterious woman named Susan (Madonna) who she ends up sorta stalking. And through a series of unfortunate events, Roberta inadvertently becomes mistaken for Susan while also getting amnesia. :o Along the way she ends up striking up a romance with a charming film projectionist Dez (Aidan Quinn) who happens to be frie...
Marie Antoinette (2006)
March 05, 2024 02:00 - 18 minutes - 12.4 MBKicking off Women's History Month, here is a truly unique take on one of the most famous (or infamous) monarchs in the history of French royalty. Kirsten Dunst stars as the eponymous Queen married to King Louis XVI (Jason Schwartzman) - their reign lasted from 1774 through 1793 and happened to be during one of the most tumultuous periods in French history. Though you would be forgiven for not noticing this for most of their story as we watch Marie live a legendarily decadent lifestyle fill...
Dune Part II (2024)
March 01, 2024 01:00 - 19 minutes - 13.7 MBSince we are apparently still several years away from the next Star Wars or Star Trek movie on the big screen, director Denis Villeneuve has given us the next best thing....or maybe something even better? :) This long-awaited sequel to the Oscar nominated sci-fi blockbuster Part 1 picks up EXACTLY where the previous film left off.....Paul (Timothee Chalomet) and Jessica (Rebecca Ferguson) now venturing on the desert planet of Arrakis (otherwise known as Dune) with the Fremen tribe lead by ...
Drive-Away Dolls (2024)
February 27, 2024 03:00 - 18 minutes - 12.5 MBThe Coen Brothers are back! Well actually just one of them (Ethan Coen) but he's here to direct while also co-writing and co-producing with his wife and long-term Coen's collaborator Tricia Cooke. And what they have collaborated to deliver is an ambling, quirky, violent crime drama/comedy in the GREAT tradition of previous Coen Brothers' films like Burn After Reading, Fargo, or Raising Arizona.....but is it quite as good as those films? Well the cast certainly helps as it stars Margaret...
The Road Warrior (1981) - "Living For The Max" Series
February 23, 2024 23:00 - 18 minutes - 12.8 MBWelcome to the Living for the Max series. Over the past 45 years, there has been no other film franchise QUITE as inventive nor as consistently exciting as The Mad Max Saga….four films mostly chronicling the post-apocalyptic adventures of lone wolf Max Roxatansky played three times by Mel Gibson and most recently by Tom Hardy. As everyone has been directed by Australian cinematic genius George Miller, they have each reflected his unique vision while also being HUGELY influential on pop cul...
Bob Marley: One Love (2024)
February 21, 2024 03:00 - 16 minutes - 11.2 MBConsidering that he was one of the most influential musical performers of the 20th Century pioneering an entire genre (reggae) of music, it was only a matter of time before we were to see a big budget studio of biopic of the late, great Robert Nesta Marley hailing from Nine Mile, Jamaica. His life was tragically short but his music has lived on decades after his untimely passing in 1981. This film directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green (King Richard, We Own This City) focuses on a few critical ...
BOB MARLEY: ONE LOVE (2024)
February 21, 2024 03:00 - 16 minutes - 11.2 MBConsidering that he was one of the most influential musical performers of the 2st Century pioneering an entire genre (reggae) of music, it was only a matter of time before we were to see a big budget studio of biopic of the late, great Robert Nesta Marley hailing from Nine Mile, Jamaica. His life was tragically short but his music has lived on decades after his untimely passing in 1981. This film directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green (King Richard, We Own This City) focuses on a few critical y...
THE LAST DRAGON (1985)
February 16, 2024 05:00 - 20 minutes - 13.9 MBProbably the best way to describe this movie would be as a "Kung Fu Musical Comedy" but that MIGHT not do it justice! Produced by the founder of Motown Records (Berry Gordy) and directed by one of the early pioneers of African American cinema (Michael Schultz), it was a tale as old as time....of Bruce Leroy (Taimak), a young aspiring martial artist from New York City who aspires to become as accomplished as his idol, the legendary Bruce Lee. Of course, some folks stand in the way of our he...
The Last Dragon (1985)
February 16, 2024 05:00 - 20 minutes - 13.9 MBProbably the best way to describe this movie would be as a "Kung Fu Musical Comedy" but that MIGHT not do it justice! Produced by the founder of Motown Records (Berry Gordy) and directed by one of the early pioneers of African American cinema (Michael Schultz), it was a tale as old as time....of Bruce Leroy (Taimak), a young aspiring martial artist from New York City who aspires to become as accomplished as his idol, the legendary Bruce Lee. Of course, some folks stand in the way of our he...
Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
February 13, 2024 06:00 - 17 minutes - 11.8 MBJust a couple of years before the breakout success of his seminal horror classic, John Carpenter directed this low-budget action thriller focusing on the siege of a soon-to-be-closing LA police station by a some local gangs who are trying to take down a rival gang-leader being held in custody by the police. As the gun fire and violence escalate, every one inside - both cops and criminals - eventually team up to defend themslves and hopefully survive through the morning. This highly influen...
Poor Things (2023) & Showgirls (1995)
February 09, 2024 04:00 - 29 minutes - 20 MBPoor Things is a high-brow steam-punk fantasy which just garnered the second largest number of Oscar nominations for 2023 including BEST PICTURE and has received universal acclaim for this surrealist tale of Bella Baxter (Emma Stone, also nominated for Best Actress), a young woman in Victorian England (?) who has recently been reborn/revived via a series of questionable experiments by a mad scientist Dr. Godwin played by Willem Dafoe. We follow her on several adventures throughout Europe as...
Duplicity (2009)
February 06, 2024 05:00 - 19 minutes - 13.5 MBOnce the Queen of Rom-Com's, Julia Roberts returned to the genre which made her a household name fifteen years ago and she also reuinited with Clive Owen, her co-star of Closer, their acclaimed drama about about five years prior. And they were both being directed by Tony Gilroy who just about 18 months prior had directed the seminal legal thriller Michael Clayton. It also featured the promising premise of a romantic partnership between an ex-CIA agent (Roberts) and ex-MI6 agent (Owen) join...
Purple Rain (1984)
February 01, 2024 23:00 - 20 minutes - 14.4 MBForty years ago this summer, we saw the release of this seminal biopic/concert movie from first-time director Albert Magnoli. It was the feature film debut of Prince who was a rising rock and pop phenomenon at the time and it featured wall-to-wall new songs from Prince and his band at the time, The Revolution. Both the film and its soundtrack became instant phenomenons launching the late, great Prince Rogers Nelson into the stratosphere of all-time musical legends! The story is only loo...
Taken (2009)
January 30, 2024 03:00 - 17 minutes - 11.7 MBFifteen years ago, we saw the release of one of THE most surprising word-of-mouth hits of the 21st Century and that was this straightforward action thriller directed by Pierre Morel. It starred Oscar Nominee Liam Neeson as Brian Mills, an ex-spy/assassin with a "particular set of skills" who has just found out that his teenage daughter (Maggie Grace) was "taken" while on vacation with her friend in Paris. So he then single-handedly embarks on a dangerous mission to not only find her but to...
Mad Max (1979) - "Living For The Max" Series
January 26, 2024 02:00 - 16 minutes - 11.1 MBWelcome to the Living for the Max series. Over the past 45 years, there has been no other film franchise QUITE as inventive nor as consistently exciting as The Mad Max Saga….four films mostly chronicling the post-apocalyptic adventures of lone wolf Max Roxatansky played three times by Mel Gibson and most recently by Tom Hardy. As everyone has been directed by Australian cinematic genius George Miller, they have each reflected his unique vision while also being HUGELY influential on pop cul...
Whiplash (2014)
January 23, 2024 02:00 - 21 minutes - 14.6 MBTen years ago at the Sundance Film Festival, every one who saw it was just dazzled by this low-budget music drama directed by then up-and-comer Damian Chazelle. And as the year progressed, so did more buzz before it was eventually released worldwide later that year to much acclaim and lots of awards attention. In fact, this film ended up being nominated for five Oscars including Best Picture and ended up winning three, including for Best Supporting Actor. J.K. Simmons won that award for p...
WHIPLASH (2014)
January 23, 2024 02:00 - 21 minutes - 14.5 MBTen years ago at the Sundance Film Festival, every one who saw it was just dazzled by this low-budget music drama directed by then up-and-comer Damian Chazelle. And as the year progressed, so did more buzz before it was eventually released worldwide later that year to much acclaim and lots of awards attention. In fact, this film ended up being nominated for five Oscars including Best Picture and ended up winning three, including for Best Supporting Actor. J.K. Simmons won that award for p...
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)
January 20, 2024 03:00 - 21 minutes - 14.9 MBNAVAL WEEK concludes with a highly acclaimed period seafaring adventure which just turned 20! Adapted from a series of beloved historical fiction novels from Patrick O'Brian, this film chronicles the journey of the HMS Surprise, a British seafaring vessel sailing across the Southern Hemisphere and in a continuous cat-and-mouse with the French Navy, this being during the height of the Napoleonic Wars in the 1800's. This ship and crew are lead by Captain Jack Aubrey played by Russell Crowe ...
MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD (2003)
January 20, 2024 03:00 - 21 minutes - 14.9 MBNAVAL WEEK concludes with a highly acclaimed period seafaring adventure which just turned 20! Adapted from a series of beloved historical fiction novels from Patrick O'Brian, this film chronicles the journey of the HMS Surprise, a British seafaring vessel sailing across the Southern Hemisphere and in a continuous cat-and-mouse with the French Navy, this being during the height of the Napoleonic Wars in the 1800's. This ship and crew are lead by Captain Jack Aubrey played by Russell Crowe ...
The Hunt for Red October (1990)
January 17, 2024 05:00 - 20 minutes - 13.8 MBNAVAL WEEK kicks off with what might be The LAST Great Cold War Thriller?? Could be as this adaptation of Tom Clancy's best-selling novel was released literally just a few months after the fall of the Soviet Union. It all takes place during the height of the Cold War back in the early 1980's. There's a brand new Russian submarine in the water which can be apparently run silent and it's lead by Captain Ramius played by Sean Connery....who COULD pass for Russian right? :o Regardless, rumor...
THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER (1990)
January 17, 2024 05:00 - 20 minutes - 13.8 MBNAVAL WEEK kicks off with what might be The LAST Great Cold War Thriller?? Could be as this adaptation of Tom Clancy's best-selling novel was released literally just a few months after the fall of the Soviet Union. It all takes place during the height of the Cold War back in the early 1980's. There's a brand new Russian submarine in the water which can be apparently run silent and it's lead by Captain Ramius played by Sean Connery....who COULD pass for Russian right? :o Regardless, rumor...
CAPRICORN ONE (1977)
January 12, 2024 07:00 - 17 minutes - 12.2 MBWhat's this, a well-regarded science fiction conspiracy thriller which featured an all-star cast and yet no one remembers it?? Well yeah if this film happens to come out the same year as Star Wars and Close Encounters of the Third Kind....two BEHEMETHS from this era directed by master filmmakers/household names George Lucas and Stephen Spielberg respectively. Whereas this was directed by Peter Hyams....who actually built up a nice filmography himself over the next ten years including Runnin...
Capricorn One (1977)
January 12, 2024 07:00 - 17 minutes - 12.2 MBWhat's this, a well-regarded science fiction conspiracy thriller which featured an all-star cast and yet no one remembers it?? Well yeah if this film happens to come out the same year as Star Wars and Close Encounters of the Third Kind....two BEHEMETHS from this era directed by master filmmakers/household names George Lucas and Stephen Spielberg respectively. Whereas this was directed by Peter Hyams....who actually built up a nice filmography himself over the next ten years including Runnin...
FOOTLOOSE (1984)
January 09, 2024 03:00 - 18 minutes - 12.6 MBForty years ago amidst a crop of various pop music-driven movies (Flashdance, Breakin), this Herbert Ross-directed teen musical drama hit the world by storm and made a star of its lead performer, the legendary Kevin Bacon. Beyond that, it also had a one of the most memorable soundtracks of the decades featuring several catchy pop gems including the EXTREMELY popular title track from Kenny Loggins. It's generally a simple story of the new kid (Bacon) from the big city who has just moved to ...
Footloose (1984)
January 09, 2024 03:00 - 18 minutes - 12.6 MBForty years ago amidst a crop of various pop music-driven movies (Flashdance, Breakin), this Herbert Ross-directed teen musical drama hit the world by storm and made a star of its lead performer, the legendary Kevin Bacon. Beyond that, it also had a one of the most memorable soundtracks of the decades featuring several catchy pop gems including the EXTREMELY popular title track from Kenny Loggins. It's generally a simple story of the new kid (Bacon) from the big city who has just moved to ...
TO LIVE AND DIE IN LA (1985)
January 05, 2024 07:00 - 20 minutes - 14.3 MBFrom the director of The French Connection, The Exorcist, and.....Cruising :o....this was somewhat of a comeback vehicle for the late, great William Friedkin in the mid '80's after a series of highly publicized flops and commercial disappointments. It's a hard-edged LA-based crime story revolving around two Secret Service agents (William Peterson, John Pankow) attempting to take down the ruthless California King of Counterfeiting played by a then baby-faced Willem Dafoe. And along the way ...
To Live and Die In LA (1985)
January 05, 2024 07:00 - 20 minutes - 14.3 MBFrom the director of The French Connection, The Exorcist, and.....Cruising :o....this was somewhat of a comeback vehicle for the late, great William Friedkin in the mid '80's after a series of highly publicized flops and commercial disappointments. It's a hard-edged LA-based crime story revolving around two Secret Service agents (William Peterson, John Pankow) attempting to take down the ruthless California King of Counterfeiting played by a then baby-faced Willem Dafoe. And along the way ...