W.

W.

Global Entertainment Group etc.

October 17, 2008

Drama

DVD
D+

Not a president I'm particularly interested in.  Oliver Stone directed.

Sicario: Day of the Soldado

Sicario: Day of the Soldado

Lionsgate etc.

June 29, 2018

Crime Drama

DVD
D-

Less violent but more racist than I expected.  Stefano Sollima directed.

Only the Brave

Only the Brave

Columbia etc.

October 20, 2017

Drama

DVD
D+

I was surprised to discover that this is based on a true story, because the writing and acting are a bit cliched and stilted.  Joseph Kosinski directed.

Milk

Milk

Focus Features etc.

November 26, 2008

Historical Drama

DVD

B-

I was really moved by this movie when I saw it in the theater, but rewatching it I felt more distant, I think partly because a lot of the supporting characters are barely sketched in.  Still, Penn remains solid as the title character.  Gus Van Sant directed, and I've tagged some of the real people who appear in archival footage.

Hail, Caesar!

Hail, Caesar!

Universal

February 5, 2016

Historical Comedy
DVD
D+

Unfunny story about a '50s movie studio, with some nice design elements.  The Coen brothers co-wrote and co-directed.

The Goonies

The Goonies

Warner Bros.

June 7, 1985

Crime Comedy

DVD
D+

This was a little after my time, but even if I'd been younger than seventeen, I don't think I would've liked the characters.  Still, the setting of Astoria, Oregon is cool.  Chris Columbus based the screenplay on a Spielberg story, and Richard Donner directed.

Road Killers

Road Killers
Miramax
May 7, 1994*
Action
DVD
D

This is from the collection 20 Film Action Pack, so, one, we're going to go out of alphabetical order even more so, and two, I'm going to have to sit through a lot of my least favorite genre.  (I calculate five hours, unless one of these suckers actually makes it through more than my pity quarter-hour.)  This one has a very slow start, with people bickering in a car, while a father and son (13-year-old Joseph Gordon-Levitt, before 10 Things I Hate About You and 3rd Rock from the Sun but around the time he had a recurring role on Roseanne) in another car get along, and then the boy almost gets run over by a speeding car, and then the boy's teenage cousin (I think) flirts in a restroom with what turns out to be the callous driver, so her uncle (I think) throws water in the guy's face.  And I guess the rest of the movie has various acts of vengeance.

Josh Brolin plays I think the father of the girl.  Tedi Sarafian wrote the screenplay and his brother Deran Sarafian directed.


*Normally, I'll put the release date for the home country of production, but it looks like this was mostly straight-to-video, not coming out in America until almost a year after it debuted in South Korea.