“Runaway Train” is a reminder that the great adventures are great because they happen to people we care about. That was true of “The African Queen,” and of “Stagecoach,” and of “The Seven Samurai,” three movies that would otherwise seem to have little in common. And it is also...
Man versus machine action movie grounded in reality.Runaway Train(1985) is one of the best action thrillers of the 1980’s, it’s got depth plus fierce snowstorm scenery. Jon Voight and Eric Roberts garnered Oscar nominations for Best Actor and Supporting Actor respectively, rare for an actio...
Her enduring popularity cements her status as an iconic and influential figure in film. Played By: Carrie Fisher Dig Deeper 16 Things You Probably Didn't Know About Princess Leia Organa Also ranks #1 on The Greatest Fictional Princesses, Ranked Also ranks #2 on 15 Times Movie ...
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Runaway Train (dir. Andrey Konchalovskiy) Brazil (dir. Terry Gilliam) Smooth Talk (dir. Joyce Chopra) Death of a Salesman (dir. Volker Schlöndorff) Lost in America (dir. Albert Brooks) Tampopo (dir. Jûzô Itami) Ran (dir. Akira Kurosawa) No End (dir. Krzysztof Kieslowski) The...
Granted, we’re talking about the minority of sequels, given that this is the easiest of cash-grab genres, but that’s not what this article is about, dagnabit! In a week when not one, but two sequels will be competing for the top slot at the box office (How To Train Your Dragon...
imagination.” Composer Tan Dun’s film score was a huge help in this effort, bringing together Chinese themes with typical Hollywood soundtrack flourishes, courtesy of the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra. Tan Dun’s ability to speak to both audiences helped make the film a runaway success. – ...
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"But it's OK, we got paid more than the train." Unstoppable is Denzel's fifth film with British director Tony Scott. It involves a race against time, a runaway train and Denzel trying to save everyone. Sounds familiar? That's because Denzel was in another rail thriller last year, ...
So—high hopes for this movie to engage me more than the first one did (no one can complain about the amount of Action in The Raid but I was really not invested in the leading character or the villain because I didn't know enough about them up front.) Here's hoping the STELLAR ...