Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Brett Ratner Stars: Nicolas Cage, Tea Leoni, Don Cheadle, Jeremy Piven, Saul Rubinek, Josef Sommer, Harve Presnell, Amber Valletta, Mackenzie Vega. The spirit of Frank Capra's enduring Christmas classic It's A Wonderful Life runs throughout this well meaning romantic comedy/drama in which a rapacious, uptight Wall Street broker suddenly discovers that maybe greed is not so good and, sometimes, the best things in life are the simple things. Thirteen years ago, hot shot financial whiz kid Jack Campbell (Nicolas Cage) left his Continue reading
THE FAMILY MAN
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Filed Under: Drama, Film Review, T Tagged With: brett ratner, don cheadle, film review, greg king, Harve Presnell, Josef Sommer, mackenzie vega, nicolas cage, tea leoni, the family man
THE CHAMBER
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Reviewed by GREG KING Director:James Foley Stars:Chris O'Donnell, Gene Hackman, Faye Dunaway, Lela Rochon, Robert Prosky, David Marshall Grant, Raymond Barry, Bo Jackson, Josef Sommer, Nicholas Pryor, Harve Presnell, Richard Bradford Running Time:110 minutes A far cry from the lightweight drama and largely implausible conspiracy themes of The Pelican Brief, etc, The Chamber is possibly the darkest and most sombre in tone of the five screen adaptations of John Grisham's popular legal thrillers. It is also more character driven, and this noticeable shift in Continue reading
Filed Under: Drama, Film Review, T Tagged With: Bo Jackson, brian grazer, capital punishment, Chris O'Donnell, David Marshall Grant, Faye Dunaway, Gene Hackman, greg king, Harve Presnell, james foley, john grisham, Josef Sommer, Lela Rochon, Nicholas Pryor, Raymond Barry, Richard Bradford, Robert Prosky, ron howard, the chamber, the chamber film review, william goldman
