Philip Baker Hall

The Spirit (1987)

The Spirit (1987)
Rating: ★★
Nov 27, 2018Comic-Book Superhero
Few people today have an idea of what a huge name comic-book creator Will Eisner was. This was an unsold tv pilot adaptation of Eisner's most famous creation, the masked hero The Spirit. The pilot is not a very successful effort but at least it makes an effort to get many of the details and zany spirit of the comic right
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Magnolia (1999)

Magnolia (1999)
Rating: ★★★½
Dec 31, 1999Interwoven Stories/Unexplained Phenomena
From Paul Thomas Anderson, a series of interlinking stories and character sketches, featuring some great performances. Underlining everything is a fascination with the inexplicable and the works of Charles Fort
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The Sum of All Fears (2002)

The Sum of All Fears (2002)
Rating: ★★
Aug 25, 2002Nuclear Terrorism/Tom Clancy Adaptation
Fourth of the Tom Clancy Jack Ryan films, which performs a confusing continuity reset to recast the role with the younger Ben Affleck. The film's release was delayed by 9/11, which makes the plot about nuclear terrorism on US soil seems absurdly tame in retrospect
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