Cast: Thomas Jane, Keanu Reeves, Claire Forlani, Gretchen Mol, Adrien Brody, Cristine Rose, Marg Helgenberger, John Doe
Written by: Stephen Kay, based on a letter by Neal Cassady
Director: Stephen Kay
Genre: Biography, Romance
Running Time: 1 hour, 32 minutes
Release Date: June 20, 1997
MPAA rating: R
Cast: Norman Reedus, Deborah Harry, Elina Löwensohn, Peter Appel, Holter Graham, Adrien Brody, Jerry Adler, Issac Hayes, Clark Gregg
Writers: screenplay by Adam Bernstein and Marc Gerald; based on the novel “Portrait of a Young Man Drowning” by Charles Perry.
Producer: Jonathan Demme (one of my favorite directors)
Director: Adam Bernstein
Genre: Crime, Dark Comedy
Running Time: 1 hour, 37 minutes
Released: September, 1997 (October, 1998 in the U.S.)
MPAA Rating: R
I’m going to level with you: this is a strange movie. Dark comedy mixed with gangster flick. Disturbing, violent, dark and somehow funny. If you’re a fan of films by the Cohen Brothers (such as Fargo), then you might dig this. In spite of the bloodshed and off-putting subject matter, this film is actually not bad.
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Cast: Mario Van Peebles, William Sadler, Barry Corbin, Adrien Brody, Seidy Lopez, Abraham Verduzco, Farnecio de Bernal…
Writers: Screenplay by David Corley, based on the novel “Weapon” by Robert Mason.
Director: Norberto Barba
Genre: Action (with some Science Fiction elements)
Running Time: 1 hour, 34 minutes
Released: August 23, 1996
MPAA Rating: PG-13
I’m going to be straight with you, my dear readers: this movie is not great. It has its impressive moments, but overall… it’s kind of cheesy. As with Bullet, though, I think it may have impressed me more upon its release in 1996.
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Cast: Mickey Rourke, Tupac Shakur, Ted Levine, Adrien Brody, John Enos III, Jerry Grayson, Suzanne Shepherd… Donnie Wahlberg has a small role, also.
Written by: Mickey Rourke (as “Sir Eddie Cook”) and Bruce Rubenstein
Directed by: Julien Temple
Genre: Crime, Drama
Running Time: 1 hour, 36 minutes
Released: October, 1996 (U.S. limited release)
MPAA Rating: There is both an R, and an “unrated” version
also known as Sweet Jersey, occasionally known as Nothing to Lose
Cast: Adrien Brody, Michael Gallagher, Sybil Temchen, Tony Gillan, James E. Moriarty, Lisa Roberts Gillan, Frank Vincent.
Written & Directed by: Eric Bross
Genre: Drama
Running Time: 1 hour, 48 minutes
Released: April 9, 1995
MPAA Rating: R
Ten Benny is one of those films that is kind of hit and miss. It comes close to greatness many times, but comes close to cheesy nearly as often.
On paper, our main character, Ray (Adrien Brody) is… well… an a**h***. The relationship with his long-suffering girlfriend, Joanne, is a troubling one. He seems to have little to no respect for his father (although that changes some), he fails his friends at every turn, and he basically uses his job as a way to make connections for his gambling addiction. Continue reading “Ten Benny”
A positive thing I can say about Jailbreakers is that Adrien’s character, “Skinny” (that’s the only name he’s ever given) appears right away. So… it has that going for it.
Cast: Shannen Doherty, Antonio Sabato Jr., Adrien Brody, Sean Whalen, Adrienne Barbeau… and what amounts to a cameo from Charles Napier.
Written by: Debra Hill, Gigi Vorgan
Directed by: William Friedkin
Genre: Made-for-TV drama/”B-Movie”
Running Time: 1 hour, 16 minutes
Released: September 9, 1994
MPAA Rating: not rated
Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Milton Davis Jr., Danny Glover, Brenda Fricker, Tony Danza, Christopher Lloyd, Dermot Mulroney, Taylor Negron, Adrien Brody, Matthew McConaughey… it’s a big cast.
Writers of the original (1951): Dorothy Kingsley, George Wells, Richard Conlin
This version: Dorothy Kingsley, George Wells, Holly Goldberg Sloan
Director: William Dear
Genre(s): Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Running time: 1 hour, 42 minutes
Released: July 15, 1994 (U.S.)
MPAA Rating: PG
I found this to be kind of a cool coincidence, so I made a video. I hope you enjoy it.
When I received an email stating this domain was coming up for renewal, I made a choice… I’m keeping it. I’ll start writing again this week.
There will also be a companion YouTube channel this time around. Some things are just better expressed in video, rather than text alone.
Now, we come to one that is definitely in my top 10 of Adrien’s performances.
Cast: Jeroen Krabbe’, Lisa Eichhorn, Karen Allen, Spalding Gray, Elizabeth McGovern, and Jesse Bradford as Aaron (featuring: Adrien Brody, Amber Benson, Katherine Heigl and Lauren Hill)
Written by: A.E. Hotchner (memoir), Steven Soderbergh (screenplay)
Directed by: Steven Soderbergh
Genre: Drama, Biography/History
Running Time: 1 hour, 43 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Released: August 20, 1993 (U.S.)
King of the Hill is, to use an overused phrase: a powerful film.
It gives you an unflinching look into The Great Depression (a time of great economic hardship in the 1930s) from a young man’s perspective.
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