Tuesday, June 10, 2025

90 More Great '90s Characters

The scariest depiction of an outlaw biker in any medium.
Keaton
Clint
Pacino
Beatty

Sunday, June 8, 2025

Thursday, April 3, 2025

R.I.P. Val Kilmer 1959-2025

The world was saddened to learn of the death of Val Kilmer at age 65 after a long battle with throat cancer. One of the coolest, most interesting actors of his generation, the California-born, Julliard-trained stud seemed destined for stardom when he took on Tom Cruise in 1986's earth-shaking instant classic, "Top Gun". The momentum of that Tony Scott megahit led to some extremely enviable roles. It's retroactively outrageous that the Oscars didn't recognize his career-best work as Jim Morrison in "The Doors" and Doc Holliday in "Tombstone", while the Clinton-era crescendo of "Batman Forever" and "Heat" were Hollywood heights that proved impossible to match. Was he difficult at his peak? Maybe, he certainly wouldn't be the only one. He was also brave and bold and romantic and poetic(just ask Mare Winningham, Cher, Michelle Pfeiffer, Joanne Whaley, Cindy Crawford, Angelina Jolie, and Daryl Hannah!). We'll never get another personality or performer quite like Val Kilmer.
Complete filmography- "Top Secret!"(1984), "Real Genius"(1985), "Top Gun"(1986), "Willow"(1988), "Kill Me Again"(1989), "The Doors"(1991), "Thunderheart"(1992), "The Real McCoy"(1993), "True Romance"(1993), "Tombstone"(1993), "Batman Forever"(1995), "Heat"(1995), "The Island of Dr. Moreau"(1996), "The Dead Girl"(1996), "The Ghost and the Darkness"(1996), "The Saint"(1997), "The Prince of Egypt"(1998)- voice role, "At First Sight"(1999), "Joe the King"(1999), "Pollock"(2000), "Red Planet"(2000), "The Salton Sea"(2002), "Hard Cash"(2002), "Wonderland"(2003), "The Missing"(2003), "Blind Horizon"(2003), "Masked and Anonymous"(2003), "Spartan"(2004), "Stateside"(2004), "Alexander"(2004), "Mindhunters"(2005), "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang"(2005), "Summer Love"(2006), Moscow Zero"(2006), "10th & Wolf"(2006), "Played"(2006), "Deja Vu"(2006), "Conspiracy"(2008), "Felon"(2008), "Delgo"(2008)- voice role, "2:22"(2008), "Columbus Day"(2008), "The Love Guru"(2008), "The Chaos Experiment"(2009), "Streets of Blood"(2009), "American Cowslip"(2009), "The Thaw"(2009), "Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans"(2009), "Hardwired"(2009), "Double Identity"(2009), "The Traveler"(2010), "Bloodworth"(2010), "MacGruber"(2010), "Gun"(2010), "Kill the Irishman"(2011), "Blood Out"(2011), "5 Days of War"(2011), "Twixt"(2011), "Seven Below"(2012), "Wyatt Earp's Revenge"(2012), "The Fourth Dimension"(2012), "Breathless"(2012), "Riddle"(2013), "Planes"(2013)- voice role, "Standing Up"(2013), "Palo Alto"(2013), "Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn"(2014), "Song to Song"(2017), "The Snowman"(2017), "The Super"(2017), "Jay and Silent Bob Reboot"(2019), "1st Born"(2019), "A Soldier's Revenge"(2020), "Paydirt"(2020), "The Birthday Cake"(2021), "Val"(2021)- documentary, "Top Gun: Maverick"(2022)

Thursday, March 6, 2025

The Best Movies From All 50 States

"transportation business" Jerry Bruckheimer. You won't find "Eyes Wide Shut" under NY
Alabama- You probably thinking about Forrest Gump who grew up in the fictional town of Greenbow- but Bob Zemeckis actually filmed Tom Hanks primarily in South Carolina.
Alaska-
Arizona- It's right there in the title
Arkansas-
California- Here we go. I could have devoted this entire blog to the Golden state. Most movies are at least partially filmed there. Here's an incomplete list of every great California movie- "Sunset Boulevard", "Singin' in the Rain", "Rebel Without a Cause", "Vertigo", "The Graduate", "Dirty Harry"(all five), "American Graffiti", "Chinatown", "The Conversation", "Coming Home", "Grease", "48 Hrs."(1982,1990), "Beverly Hills Cop"(all four), "Into the Night", "Fletch", the "Back to the Future" trilogy, "Die Hard", "Lethal Weapon"(all four), "Colors", "Pretty Woman", "L.A. Story", "Boyz 'n' the Hood", "The Player", "Reservoir Dogs", "Falling Down", "Mrs. Doubtfire", "Pulp Fiction", "Clueless", "Heat", "Boogie Nights", "L.A. Confidential", "Jackie Brown", "Magnolia", "Training Day", "Collateral", "Sideways", "La La Land", "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood". Whew
Colorado- Hands down, it's "Here's at Elstree Studios, England.
Connecticut-
Delaware-
Florida-
Georgia-
Hawaii-
Idaho-
Illinois-
Indiana- Congratulations to director David Anspaugh for his entry into the sports movie HOF AND for receiving Indiana's highest civilian honor(Sagamore of the Wabash). He's retired and now lives there, hopefully secure in the knowledge that "Hoosiers" and "Rudy" are uflifting all-timers. Shout-out to Ralpie
Iowa- Speaking of sports movies, there was only one choice for
Kansas- a no brainer, even though it was filmed in California
Kentucky- Sissy
Louisiana-
Maine-
Maryland-
Michigan-
Minnesota-
Mississippi-
Missouri-
Montana-
Nebraska-
Nevada-
New Hampshire-
New Jersey- Stallone's fat sheriff Freddie gets an honorable
New Mexico-
New York- Everyone wants to shoot here if they can afford it.
North Carolina-
North Dakota-
Ohio-
Oklahoma-
Oregon-
Pennsylvania-