Showing posts with label Danny DeVito. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Danny DeVito. Show all posts

May 21, 2010

Solitary Man (2010)



Michael Douglas plays another version of disgraced businessman Gordon Gekko, just as greedy but more hapless — 60 years old, chasing college girls, pitied by his family. It’s a good performance, but there’s nothing likeable about it. “Wonder Boys” is better.

d: Brian Koppelman, David Levien | imdb.com | trailer | I could stay.

October 20, 1995

Get Shorty (1995)


Director Barry Sonnenfeld’s smart, hip adaptation of Elmore Leonard’s novel zooms along, lampooning the movie business with periodic punches to the face. John Travolta is the ultra-cool Chili Palmer, a Miami mobster who wants to be a Hollywood producer.

d: Barry Sonnenfeld | imdb.com | trailer | I’m Ray Barboni.