Word: oldman
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...because no one gave a particularly bad performance, though Matt LeBlanc did have more than his share of horrible lines. The one expectation that everyone had for the movie, the only thing that fans really remember from the old show, was the role of the evil doctor Smith. Gary Oldman gives an evil performance, to be sure, but since his reasons are explained in the plot exposition, he just doesn't seem as bad as the man from the sitcom. The script also brings random psychology into the relationship with the Robinson family. Ultimately, the best part of the movie...
There is no doubt that Gary Oldman's poignant, visceral portrait of family life in seedy South London is an impressive piece of work--not to mention a sterling, writing/directing debut for Oldman. Nil takes no prisoner. From the outset, the film unleashes a barrage of unpleasantness, in the form of nonstop expletives, explosive bouts of chillingly realistic domestic violence and frequent screaming. The contaminating influence of American pop culture is everywhere, as indicated by choice shots of American brand names (Ford automobiles, Prozac "happy pills"), clips from American movies and glimpses of American cultural icons. Through a gray haze...
...Zhivago (1965). Julie Christie, and lots and lots of snow. True Romance (1993). A CP favorite; check out Gary Oldman as the pimp. Witness (1985). Kelly McGillis. The bathing scene. Gun Crazy (1950). Lovers on the lam; a cult classic. Brief Encounter (1945). Strangers on a train platform. A very British romance. Summertime (1955). David Lean. Katharine Hepburn. Venice. Casablanca (1942). Speaks for itself. Breathless (1959). The Godard original, please. Almost makes you want to be French. Betty Blue (1986). French too; a very very sexy movie. An Affair to Remember (1957). Okay, ladies, it's your day. But come...
...directing seemingly every other male movie star in Hollywood in a big-scale World War II combat epic. The picture is The Thin Red Line, based on the James Jones novel about the battle of Guadalcanal. The cast includes George Clooney, John Cusack, Woody Harrelson, Nick Nolte, Gary Oldman, Sean Penn, Bill Pullman and John Travolta. And they are only, with the exception of Penn, members of the supporting cast...
...brief glimpses of General Radek (Jurgen Prochnow) plunge us back into the Cold War: As he strides across the prison yard in highly decorated military uniform, he looks the epitome of a maniacal tyrant. But it's Oldman's performance as Korshunov that gives the film its tension and intensity, adding layers to his character's coolly calculating role with outbursts of frightening patriotic zeal for "Mother Russia." There is also a revealing moment when Korshunov gently kisses Alice on the forehead and strokes back her hair from her tear-stained face, suggesting that beneath the seemingly cold-blooded terrorist...