Larry Franco

Escape from New York (1981)

Escape from New York (1981)
Rating: ★★★★
Jul 5, 2002Action/New York as a Future Prison
One of the key films from John Carpenter with Kurt Russell giving his best ever performance, a slick exciting action film that imagines a future Manhattan Island having been transformed into a lawless prison
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Starman (1984)

Starman (1984)
Rating: ★★★
May 5, 2000Alien Visitor
John Carpenter abandons horror to make one of the better E.T.-inspired cute and cuddly alien visitor films. The film’s grasp of science is sometimes shaky but the film gains an enormous amount from Jeff Bridges’ performance as the alien trying to adjust to being in a human body
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Big Trouble in Little China (1986)

Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
Rating: ★★★
May 7, 2003Chinese Supernatural/Martial Arts Fantasy
John Carpenter film that was marketed as a Raiders of the Lost Ark copy but is more Carpenter trying to emulate Hong Kong’s Wu Xia cinema, which was largely unknown in the West at the time. All with highly enjoyable conic results.
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Jurassic Park III (2001)

Jurassic Park III (2001)
Rating: ★★
Jul 20, 2001Genetically-Engineered Dinosaurs Amok
Steven Spielberg handed the directorial reins of the series over to Joe Johnston and this emerges as a better film than The Lost World was, even if it is only ever arranged around a series of effects set-pieces
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The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018)

The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018)
Rating: ★★
Feb 22, 2019Fairytale Adaptation
Big, no-expense-spared Disney production of the fairytale. The film is stunning to look at it in terms of design and costuming but has a simplicity that leaves little for adults to engage with
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