Under Fire

Under Fire

Orion Pictures

October 21, 1983

War Drama

DVD
D+

Bumped up a notch for Joanna Cassidy's lowcut red dress.  Roger Spottiswoode directed, before The Best of Times and Turner & Hooch, although he did go on to A Street Cat Named Bob eventually.

Turner & Hooch

Turner & Hooch

Touchstone etc.

July 28, 1989

Crime Comedy
DVD
D+

Unlikable title characters but a bit of nice coastal scenery.  Roger Spottiswoode directed, about three years after The Best of Times, and over twenty years before A Street Cat Named Bob.

A Street Cat Named Bob

A Street Cat Named Bob

Stage 6 Films etc.

4 November 2016

Dramedy

DVD
B

Both heartwarming and heartbreaking, this honestly would be a C+ or B- without Bob as himself.  Without doing anything un-catlike or anthropomorphized, he offers his viewpoint and is both wise and adorable.  The human acting is pretty good, too, although there are some faults in the writing that might be due to the adaptation of the based-on-real-life book.  Roger Spottiswoode directed, thirty years after The Best of Times.

The Best of Times (1986)

The Best of Times (1986)
Universal
January 31, 1986
Sports Comedy
DVD
C-

I wanted to like this movie, because I read the very positive Pauline Kael review ages ago (not quite at the time, but a few years later), and I like Kurt Russell and sometimes love Robin Williams.  Unfortunately, I disliked Williams's character, who is the protagonist, as he's a whiner and a cheater and just not funny.  Too bad.  It would be nice to like a sports comedy for a change.

Roger Spottiswoode directed.