Celluloid Heroes

This film is made to bring together a handful of fresh young faces (well, they were fresh at the time), but the story isn't bad. Though I'm not up on my mob history, the fact that "Lucky" Luciano (Christian Slater) and Meyer Lansky (Patrick Dempsey) reshaped the mafia as it was into the mafia that it became is a pretty interesting one to see.

What's too bad is that it looks too much like a teeny-bopper movie than a serious flick, so instead of being a competitor to Goodfellas, it's seen more as a joke. That's a shame.

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Posted by Chad Everett on April 29, 2006 in Action

Like Dennis the Menace, this movie won't win many awards - but it is a pretty decent family flick. The only problem it has in that regard, in fact, is one scatalogical expletive (a fairly funny one, but still).

Beyond that, the plot is simple. Jason Alexander is the manager of a five-star hotel in New York, and his two kids live there with him. They are naturally hard at work trying to make his life miserable and he is hard at work trying to keep the hotel up-to-snuff for its high-falutin' guests.

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Posted by Chad Everett on April 29, 2006 in Family

This film is made to bring together a handful of fresh young faces (well, they were fresh at the time), but the story isn't bad. Though I'm not up on my mob history, the fact that "Lucky" Luciano (Christian Slater) and Meyer Lansky (Patrick Dempsey) reshaped the mafia as it was into the mafia that it became is a pretty interesting one to see.

What's too bad is that it looks too much like a teeny-bopper movie than a serious flick, so instead of being a competitor to Goodfellas, it's seen more as a joke. That's a shame.

Read All of "Mobsters (1991) Review" »
Posted by Chad Everett on April 29, 2006 in Action

Like Dennis the Menace, this movie won't win many awards - but it is a pretty decent family flick. The only problem it has in that regard, in fact, is one scatalogical expletive (a fairly funny one, but still).

Beyond that, the plot is simple. Jason Alexander is the manager of a five-star hotel in New York, and his two kids live there with him. They are naturally hard at work trying to make his life miserable and he is hard at work trying to keep the hotel up-to-snuff for its high-falutin' guests.

Read All of "Dunston Checks In (1996) Review" »
Posted by Chad Everett on April 29, 2006 in Family