http://www.theparallaxreview.com/ en Copyright 2012 Fri, 15 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification The Killer Elite: Gun fights and car chases in San Francisco! James Caan and Robert Duvall together post-Godfather! Mid-’70s Peckinpah!]]> http://www.theparallaxreview.com/on_cable/the_killer_elite.html http://www.theparallaxreview.com/on_cable/the_killer_elite.html On Cable Fri, 15 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0600 Easy Money, it’s no surprise he spends the running time firing off one after another when he’s not chain-smoking joints.]]> http://www.theparallaxreview.com/on_cable/easy_money.html http://www.theparallaxreview.com/on_cable/easy_money.html On Cable Fri, 15 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0600 Willy Wonka. That’s no great sin, but it’s a shame people forget just how ripe the ’70s were for him, when he appeared in a succession of smart comedies that played off his type, freakish as it was (and is) among Hollywood leading men. Nervy, cartoonish, yet doe-eyed and vulnerable, he cut a figure that really hasn’t been replicated since.]]> http://www.theparallaxreview.com/on_cable/the_adventures_of_sherlock_holmes_smarter_brother.html http://www.theparallaxreview.com/on_cable/the_adventures_of_sherlock_holmes_smarter_brother.html On Cable Fri, 08 Oct 2010 00:00:05 -0600 Down Periscope, because it’s the film’s most persistent gag.]]> http://www.theparallaxreview.com/on_cable/down_periscope.html http://www.theparallaxreview.com/on_cable/down_periscope.html On Cable Fri, 08 Oct 2010 00:00:03 -0600 The Sandlot. Truthfully, if they want to keep those memories, they ought to avoid re-watching it. The appreciation seems mostly fueled by nostalgia, which is ironic, seeing as the film itself is a condensed shot of gauzy reminiscence, like The Wonder Years without the very important lessons and sense of humor.]]> http://www.theparallaxreview.com/on_cable/the_sandlot.html http://www.theparallaxreview.com/on_cable/the_sandlot.html On Cable Fri, 01 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0600 Hamburger Hill is a bleak film, one that attempts to recreate the sheer horror of the war along with the desperate, quiet moments in between fighting.]]> http://www.theparallaxreview.com/on_cable/hamburger_hill.html http://www.theparallaxreview.com/on_cable/hamburger_hill.html On Cable Fri, 01 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.theparallaxreview.com/on_cable/the_man_with_one_red_shoe.html http://www.theparallaxreview.com/on_cable/the_man_with_one_red_shoe.html On Cable Fri, 27 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0600 The Brady Bunch this is not. Still, Author! Author! is surprisingly sentimental. It’s a story that acknowledges the orphans of divorce, kids abandoned by adults acting like kids. That’s not to say that its lead, played by Al Pacino, is a paragon of maturity. On the contrary, he’s a misfit like them, determined to shield them further from the disaster areas of the grown-up world, while fighting to keep his own head above water.]]> http://www.theparallaxreview.com/on_cable/author_author.html http://www.theparallaxreview.com/on_cable/author_author.html On Cable Fri, 20 Aug 2010 00:00:07 -0600 Out For Justice, after all, and it offers a pretty satisfying serving of vengeance. The only thing standing in its way is the story.]]> http://www.theparallaxreview.com/on_cable/out_for_justice.html http://www.theparallaxreview.com/on_cable/out_for_justice.html On Cable Fri, 20 Aug 2010 00:00:03 -0600 http://www.theparallaxreview.com/on_cable/just_one_of_the_guys.html http://www.theparallaxreview.com/on_cable/just_one_of_the_guys.html On Cable Fri, 13 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.theparallaxreview.com/on_cable/running_scared.html http://www.theparallaxreview.com/on_cable/running_scared.html On Cable Fri, 13 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0600 Brubaker aims to bring the story to wider audiences while also serving as an “issues” movie. It’s a sickening depiction of what happens when foxes mind a henhouse, but is often too preoccupied with delivering its prison reform message to offer characters that are more than archetypes.]]> http://www.theparallaxreview.com/on_cable/brubaker.html http://www.theparallaxreview.com/on_cable/brubaker.html On Cable Fri, 06 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0600 Class Action is a case where one great actor can make a movie look bad. It plays like a made-for-TV script, with a mediocre A-story about the shark-like legal world and a class-action lawsuit brought against an unscrupulous car manufacturer. But it’s the B-story, about a father and daughter who are equally cutthroat counselors that you find yourself looking forward to, and you realize it’s largely because Gene Hackman is featured more prominently in those scenes.]]> http://www.theparallaxreview.com/on_cable/class_action.html http://www.theparallaxreview.com/on_cable/class_action.html On Cable Fri, 06 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0600 The Scout is proof that Albert Brooks needs to come back to the big screen. Despite his voice being featured in Little Nemo and a recent stint on Weeds, Brooks has been largely absent in recent years. This is a shame because he is a true pleasure in the film industry, a comic genius who can make light, pop entertainment that’s also quirky and clever.]]> http://www.theparallaxreview.com/on_cable/the_scout.html http://www.theparallaxreview.com/on_cable/the_scout.html On Cable Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:00:03 -0600 The Missouri Breaks is no Heaven’s Gate, but it is still an uneven film. Like Gate, remembered largely as the biggest boondoggle of its decade, it’s an ambitious western about authority, greed and how both fuel and corrupt the American spirit.]]> http://www.theparallaxreview.com/on_cable/the_missouri_breaks.html http://www.theparallaxreview.com/on_cable/the_missouri_breaks.html On Cable Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:00:05 -0600