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Jeff Bridges cuts a powerful figure as the melancholy Good Samaritan, alternately rescuing passengers in flashbacks to the crash, solving people's problems and proving his privileged status by teetering on roofs of tall buildings in a dark trenchcoat. Bridges is especially convincing in his holier-than-thou attitude, although his more rapturous love scenes with Carla and his wife ring insincere...

Author: By Edith Replogle, | Title: Crash And Burn | 11/4/1993 | See Source »

...depiction of Danny Devito in a trenchcoat with FAG (Freshman Arts Group) scrawled across his forehead was not a premeditated statement on homosexuality or homophobia. This lack of intended statement was the whole point. The letters F-A-G were taken out of political context and, after quick examination, became, instead, the innocuous acronym of a generic-sounding art group. We admit the seeming lack of creativity, but we are officially recognized as the Freshmen Arts Group; that is our name...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Arts Group Intended No Offense | 2/19/1993 | See Source »

Director Wim Wenders has a talent for making film masterpieces out of risky and unusual plot concepts. His last picture, Wings of Desire, followed the story of trenchcoat-wearing angel who falls in love--and out of grace--when he meets a trapeze artist in a Berlin circus. His new work, a high-tech detective love story that unfolds in a world on the verge of the 21st century, is equally improbable and enthralling...

Author: By Nora E. Connell, | Title: A Futuristic Journey With a Blockbuster Soundtrack | 3/5/1992 | See Source »

...FAIRLY SAFE to say that any movie whose opening night audience consists of two reviewers and a 15-year old boy in a trenchcoat will not be in video stores by the end of the month...

Author: By David A. Plotz, | Title: Richochet Mixes Senseless Violena With Gratuitous Sex A Good Night Out | 10/24/1991 | See Source »

...shadow a man in Richmond. But the local police became curious about the apprentice spy loitering on a street corner and hauled Gates in for questioning. Hours later, after a CIA instructor intervened, the spook-to-be was returned to quarters at Camp Peary. Gates then traded in his trenchcoat and eventually became the agency's top analyst...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier -- Screw-Up? | 7/29/1991 | See Source »

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