Strange Days (1995)
Directed by Kathryn Bigelow
Screenplay by James Cameron and Jay Cocks, story by James Cameron
Produced by James Cameron, Steven-Charles Jaffe
Running time: 145 minutes
Should I Care?
For all those movie geeks wondering how cool it would be if James Cameron and Kathryn Bigelow ever made a movie together — a sci-fi epic conceived, co-written and [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Woman in jeopardy'
Highly Chaotic, Explosive, Volatile, Armageddon-like Ending
February 21st, 2010 · 7 Comments
Tags: Alternate universe · Crooked officer · Cult favorite · End of the world · Femme fatale · Gangsters and hoodlums · Murder mystery · Prostitute · Psycho killer · Woman in jeopardy
Horses and Wagons and Hats
February 14th, 2010 · 9 Comments
Heaven’s Gate (1980)
Directed by Michael Cimino
Written by Michael Cimino
Produced by Joann Carelli
Running time: 219 minutes (original cut)
Should I Care?
As the 1970s came to a close, five runaway film productions loomed on the horizon, piling up doom and gloom courtesy of the mainstream news media. Suffering from fiscal recklessness at best, studio mismanagement at worst, if [...]
Tags: Drunk scene · Hitman · Prostitute · Shootout · Small town · Train · Unconventional romance · Western · Woman in jeopardy
A Jewish Girl and a Nazi Officer
January 31st, 2010 · 4 Comments
Black Book (2006)
Written by Gerard Soeteman & Paul Verhoeven
Directed by Paul Verhoeven
Produced by San Fu Maltha, Jens Meurer, Teun Hilte, Jeroen Beker, Frans van Gestel, Jos van der Linden
Running time: 145 minutes
Should I Care?
At the age of 67, Paul Verhoeven got his filmmaking groove back by following the flight plan taken by so many [...]
Tags: Crooked officer · Femme fatale · Interrogation · Military · Music · Shootout · Train · Unconventional romance · Woman in jeopardy
It Can Come From the Future
October 25th, 2009 · 2 Comments
The following is my contribution to The Class of ‘84 Blogathon convening here at This Distracted Globe.
The Terminator (1984)
Screenplay by James Cameron & Gale Ann Hurd and William Wisher (uncredited), story by James Cameron
Directed by James Cameron
Produced by Pacific Western/ Hemdale Film Corporation
Running time: 108 minutes
Should I Care?
After three sequels and a Fox TV [...]
Tags: Alternate universe · Beasts and monsters · Dreams and visions · End of the world · Famous line · Hitman · Interrogation · Man vs. machine · Psychoanalysis · Shootout · Woman in jeopardy










