Without the film After Hours, we wouldn’t have many of Martin Scorsese’s finer work. He was so frustrated about the delays in making The Last Temptation of Christ that he said that he was going to quit the filmmaking business altogether.
Skeleton Twins begins with a dark coincidence of siblings attempting suicide on the same day. Luckily the characters portrayed by Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig aren’t successful. These estranged twins reunite with the hope of repairing their relationship. Writer and director, Craig Johnson uses some of his experiences with his own sibling relationships to inform his choices in this film.
Identity Thief was released 10 years ago but if feels like yesterday that we watched Jason Bateman, the original Sandy Patterson, chase down Melissa McCarthy’s Sandy Patterson to clear his name. Seth Gordon directs this Craig Main and Jerry Eetten written hilarious film about Identity theft. Rounding out the cast is John Cho, Amanda Peet and Jon Favreau as a very jerky boss. Robert Patrick is a skip tracer trying to find Dawn Budgie, AKA Melissa McCarthy, thus chasing the two of them and Eric Stonestreet is a hilarious side character.
In Wonderful World, Matthew Broderick portrays Ben Singer (who was a successful children’s singer) but now has a very cynical view of the world. It get’s worse when his roommate, Ibu’s sudden hospitalization brings in his sister Khadi who might be able to help him see a better worldview.
The Spanish Prisoner is a film that keeps the audience on it’s toes. Written and directed by David Mamet and released in 1997 is largely set in New York City. The synopsis as curated from IMDB.com states “An employee of a corporation with a lucrative secret process is tempted to betray it. But there’s more to it than that.” This one confused us a bit. It stars Campbell Scott, Ben Gazzara, Steve Martin and Rebecca Pidgeon.
Happy Gilmore, a film from 1996 written by Tim Herligy and Adam Sandler. Directed by Dennis Dugan who is known for also directing Big Daddy and You Don’t Mess with the Zohan. It stars Adam Sandler, Christopher McDonald, and Julie Bowen, along side an ensemble cast telling the story of a hockey player with a strong slap shot and parlays those skills on the golf course in an attempt to win a monetary prize to save his grandmother’s house.
Extraordinary Measures (2010) stars Brendan Fraser, Harrison Ford and Keri Russell. It is the story of John Crowley and his wife Aileen and their dedication to find a cure for their children’s rare genetic disorder, POMPE disease.
The film Bandits from the mind of Harley Peyton and the direction Barry Levinson is the film that we are discussing in this episode.
PIG is a film about a truffle hunter who lives in the Oregon forests. When his truffle pig is stolen he must return to the city to find her. Also, making him face his past as a renowned chef. Nicholas Cage stars as Robin Feld, Alex Wolff and Adam Arkin round out the cast.
Another film by Dean Devlin, Bad Samaritan came out in 2018. It stars David Tennant, Robert Sheehan and Kerry Condon and was filmed here in Portland. Two young burglars take advantage of their occupation as valets to break into homes while people dine at the restaurant. What they don’t expect is to find a woman being held captive in one of the homes that they rob.
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