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Articles tagged "john travolta"Featured Article DVD Film ReviewSaturday Night Feverby Marco Lanzagorta[12.Oct.07] :. Unfortunately, even though our collective cultural memory has rightfully situated Saturday Night Fever as the film that launched disco music into the mainstream, it also has ignored or forgotten the powerful story it told.  DVD Film ReviewFace/Offby Jesse Hassenger[13.Sep.07] :. This may be the last time the Woo signatures -- slow-mo gun battles flanked by slo-mo birds; "balletic" leaps through the air; two-man Mexican stand-offs -- were effective in a remotely serious manner  DVD TV ReviewWelcome Back, Kotter: The Complete First Seasonby Matt Cibula[17.Aug.07] :. Everything I ever needed to know I learned from Gabe Kaplan.  Film ReviewHairspray (2007) (2007)by Todd R. Ramlow[20.Jul.07] :. Hairspray doesn't just replay Waters' film, it extends and complicates the original parody. Featured ArticleFilm ReviewHairspray (2007)by Bill Gibron[20.Jul.07] :. When Hairspray is good, it’s fantastic. It radiates an energy and a joy that’s beyond infectious.  DVD Film ReviewBe Cool (2005)by Tim O'Neil[18.Jul.05] :. The John Travolta movie starts off on the wrong foot and proceeds downwards. Ladder 49 (2004)by Cynthia Fuchs[7.Mar.05] :. As he watches his firefighters guys bond and scuffle, director Jay Russell explains that he began the project with some qualms because of 'all the emotion involved with 9/11.'" Be Cool (2005)by Cynthia Fuchs[4.Mar.05] :. Utterly out of place, the Rock is the most convincing character in sight. Get Shorty (Special Edition) (1995)by Jesse Hassenger[17.Feb.05] :. Sonnenfeld keeps all of this under two hours by cutting the movie at a dazzling clip. The film moves like Travolta, quickly and with style. Ladder 49 (2004)by Cynthia Fuchs[1.Oct.04] :. Sentimental and surprisingly uncomplicated, Ladder 49 seems a disservice to the very folks it wants to extol. The Punisher (2004)by Stephen Rauch[12.May.04] :. It is a revenge story, and while we shy away from revenge as a valid motive, at least we still understand it. The Punisher (2004)by Cynthia Fuchs[15.Apr.04] :. Ungainly and grim, the movie is loaded with comic-book heroic clichés and explosive effects. Basic (2003)by Cynthia Fuchs[28.Mar.03] :. As its title suggests, John McTiernan's new action-thriller, 'Basic' is not very new. Battlefield Earth (2000)by Cynthia FuchsAs one of four producers for the film, Travolta helped to secure the $100 million independent financing, most of which seems to have gone into the Psychlos' elaborate dreadlocked wigs and the enormous platform boots that make the big meanies look eight feet tall and terribly slow on their feet. Domestic Disturbance (2001)by Cynthia FuchsDomestic Disturbance goes through the motions, slowly at first, and then with a speed that would seem remarkable if you cared a whit what was going on. The General’s Daughter (1999)by Cynthia FuchsThe title character in The General's Daughter is dead. The image gets your attention. It's grotesque and horrifying. And it's recalled several times in the film, verbally and visually, to impress on you the threat that it supposedly poses for military, moral, sexual, and aesthetic orders. Swordfish (2001)by Cynthia FuchsIntrigue, deception, display, betrayal. All this is what it is, typical action flick sex-play, foreplay for the big explosion or something equally prosaic. Swordfish (2001)by Todd R. RamlowWhat is most distressing about 'Swordfish' is John Travolta. More and more, Travolta is becoming a caricature of himself as action anti/hero. |
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