The Jewel of the Nile (1985)
The Jewel of the Nile is a sequel to the successful romantic adventure comedy of the year prior, Robert Zemeckis’ Romancing the Stone, featuring the same main players in Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, and Danny...
Tagged: michael douglas
Romancing the Stone (1984)
Joan Wilder (Kathleen Turner), a best-selling writer of romance novels, has little romance in her own life. She dreams of a tall, dark and handsome man to rescue her and whisk her off her...
Ant-Man and The Wasp (2018)
In this second solo Ant-Man adventure, set before the cataclysmic events in the climax of The Avengers: Infinity War, ex-burglar Scott Lang (Rudd, Mute) is found serving out the final days of his two-year sentence under...
Ant-Man (2015)
A bit of an also-ran in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Ant-Man may not have the ready-made name recognition of the rest of the Avengers, but it does tie in with the overall story arc of the...
Last Vegas (2013)
About once every couple of months, we can count on a release that pits together a group of likeable, veteran actors for a romp in which we can see them in a fun, frivolous...
Haywire (2011)
Steven Soderbergh (Ocean’s Thirteen, Ocean’s Twelve) directs, giving a starring role to MMA fighter and former participant on “American Gladiator” Gina Carano, a novice actress with an intense physical presence and prowess, this retro-vibed thriller...
The War of the Roses (1989)
Based on the William Adler novel, The War of the Roses, an allusion to the bloody Middle Ages battle between the Houses of Lancaster and York, is director (and co-star) Danny DeVito’s (Hoffa, Duplex) second theatrical directorial...
Fatal Attraction (1987)
This modern rehash of Eastwood’s Play Misty for Me would go on to be the second highest-grossing film of 1987 in the US (bested narrowly by 3 Men and a Baby). It would instantly make “fatal attraction”...
The Game (1997)
You have to concede at least a certain brilliance to any consciously manipulative film in which a man looks into the eyes of a puppet, only for the puppet (represented by a dummy, a...
Black Rain (1989)
Michael Douglas (Romancing the Stone, The Star Chamber) stars as macho NYC detective Nick Conklin, under investigation from Internal Affairs for possibly covering up theft done by his fellow officers in the line of duty....