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Hooked (book)
''Hooked: Film Writings, 1985–88'' (1989) is the ninth collection of movie reviews by the critic Pauline Kael, covering the period from July 1985 to June 1988. All articles in the book originally appeared in ''The New Yorker''. She reviews more than 170 films giving rich praise to the work of directors and performers she admires - in this collection for example, Robert Altman; Alan Rudolph - for his film ''Songwriter (1984 film), Songwriter''; Nick Nolte; Susan Sarandon; Melanie Griffith; Lesley Ann Warren; Steve Martin in ''Roxanne (film), Roxanne''. And she attacks what she regards as second rate, for example, George Lucas, -"George Lucas should believe less in himself - he keeps trying to come up with an original idea, and he can't"; and the film ''Heartbreak Ridge'' - "It would take a board of inquiry made up of gods to determine whether this picture is more offensive aesthetically, psychologically, morally, or politically." The films she recommends include: *''The Best ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hooked - Kael
Hooked may refer to: Literature * Hooked (book), ''Hooked'' (book) (1989), by Pauline Kael * ''Hooked'' (2014), by Nir Eyal * ''Hooked: Food, Free Will, and How the Food Giants Exploit Our Addictions'' (2021), by Michael Moss Film and television * Hooked (Casualty), "Hooked" (''Casualty''), a 1987 television episode * Hooked (Doctors), "Hooked" (''Doctors''), a 2004 television episode * Hooked (How I Met Your Mother), "Hooked" (''How I Met Your Mother''), a 2010 television episode * Hooked (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit), "Hooked" (''Law & Order: Special Victims Unit''), a 2005 television episode * ''Hooked: Illegal Drugs & How They Got That Way'', a documentary List of programs broadcast by History (American TV network), on the History Channel * ''Hooked'', a documentary television mini-series on MSNBC Documentaries, MSNBC * Hooked (film), ''Hooked'' (film), a 2008 Romanian film, also known as ''Pescuit Sportiv'' * ''Hooked'', an alternative name to a 1957 American film cal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Down And Out In Beverly Hills
''Down and Out in Beverly Hills'' is a 1986 American comedy film co-written and directed by Paul Mazursky, based on the 1919 French play ''Boudu sauvé des eaux'', which was later adapted into the 1932 film '' Boudu sauvé des eaux'' by Jean Renoir. The film stars Nick Nolte, Bette Midler, and Richard Dreyfuss. The plot follows a rich but dysfunctional family who save the life of a suicidal homeless man. Musician Little Richard appears as a neighbor, and performs "Great Gosh A'Mighty" during a party scene. Released by Touchstone Films, a film label of The Walt Disney Studios, ''Down and Out in Beverly Hills'' has the distinction of being the first film released by Disney to receive an R rating by the MPAA. The film was Dreyfuss' first substantial success after his much publicized drug problems and helped to reignite his career. Plot Dave Whiteman and his wife, Barbara, are a '' nouveau-riche'' couple in Beverly Hills whose 20-year marriage has become stale and sexless. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Law Of Desire
''The Law of Desire'' () is a 1987 Spanish comedy thriller film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar. Starring Eusebio Poncela as Pablo, Carmen Maura as Tina and Antonio Banderas as Antonio, it was the first film Almodóvar made independently with his own production company El Deseo. The story focuses on a complex love triangle between three men. Pablo, a successful gay film director, disappointed in his relationship with his young lover, Juan, concentrates in a new project, a monologue starring his transgender sister, Tina. Antonio, an uptight young man, falls possessively in love with the director, and in his passion would stop at nothing to obtain the object of his desire. The relationship between Pablo and Antonio is at the core of the film; however, the story of Pablo's sister, Tina, plays a strong role in the plot. Shot in the later part of 1986, ''The Law of Desire'' was Almodóvar's first work centered on homosexual relationships. He considers '' The Law of Desire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Stepfather (1987 Film)
''The Stepfather'' is a 1987 American psychological horror film directed by Joseph Ruben and starring Terry O'Quinn, Jill Schoelen, and Shelley Hack. O'Quinn stars as an identity-assuming serial killer who marries a widow with a teenage daughter. Having killed his previous family and changed his identity, his murderous tendencies continue after his stepdaughter becomes suspicious of him. The film is loosely based on the life of mass murderer John List, although the plot is more commonly associated with slasher films of the era. The film was written by Donald E. Westlake, from a story by Westlake, Carolyn Lefcourt and Brian Garfield (the latter of '' Death Wish'' fame), with an uncredited rewrite by David Loughery. The film was theatrically released in the United States on January 23, 1987. It grossed $2.5 million at the box office and was well-received by critics. It has since gained a cult following and was followed by two slasher sequels, '' Stepfather II'' (1989) and '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hour Of The Star
''Hour of the Star'' () is a Brazilian film directed by Suzana Amaral and released in 1985. The film is an adaptation of Clarice Lispector novel of the same name. It follows Macabea ( Marcélia Cartaxo), an impoverished orphan teenager girl living in Rio de Janeiro. The film had its international premiere at the main competition of the 36th Berlin International Film Festival, where Marcélia Cartaxo won the Silver Bear for Best Actress. It was selected as the Brazilian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 59th Academy Awards, but was not nominated. Plot Macabea is an impoverished 19 year old orphan girl who recently moved to Rio de Janeiro after her aunt, who raised her, died. She works as a typist and shares a room with three other women. Though she works for less than minimum wage, she seems unaware of her impoverishment. She is described as unattractive by coworkers and makes many mistakes at work since she slowly types one key at a time. She seems unaware of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Something Wild (1986 Film)
''Something Wild'' is a 1986 American comedy thriller film directed by Jonathan Demme, written by E. Max Frye, and starring Melanie Griffith, Jeff Daniels and Ray Liotta. It was screened out of competition at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival. The film has some elements of a road movie combined with screwball comedy. Plot Charlie Driggs is a conventional yuppie investment banker who works in New York City. After he leaves a greasy spoon diner without paying, a wildly dressed woman with a brunette bob who calls herself Lulu confronts him. Lulu offers Charlie a ride downtown but instead heads for New Jersey and throws his beeper from the moving car. Lulu openly drinks liquor while driving and stops in a town to buy more. While Charlie phones his office, Lulu — unbeknownst to him — robs a liquor store. Charlie claims the cash he is carrying is for his Christmas club account, but Lulu persuades him to pay for a room at a roadside motel. Once inside she handcuffs him t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Re-Animator
''Re-Animator'' (also known as ''H. P. Lovecraft's Re-Animator'') is a 1985 American comedy horror film loosely based on the 1922 H. P. Lovecraft serial novelette " Herbert West–Reanimator". Directed by Stuart Gordon and produced by Brian Yuzna, the film stars Jeffrey Combs as Herbert West, a medical student who has invented a reagent which can re-animate deceased bodies. He and his classmate Dan Cain ( Bruce Abbott) begin to test the serum on dead human bodies, and conflict with Dr. Carl Hill ( David Gale), who is infatuated with Cain's fiancée ( Barbara Crampton) and wants to claim the invention as his own. Originally devised by Gordon as a theatrical stage production and later a half-hour television pilot, the television script was revised to become a feature film. Filmed in Hollywood, the film originally was released without a rating from the Motion Picture Association of America, and was later edited to obtain an R rating. It garnered its largest audience through t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
She's Gotta Have It
''She's Gotta Have It'' is a 1986 American black-and-white comedy drama film written, directed, produced, and edited by Spike Lee in his feature-length directorial debut. It stars Tracy Camilla Johns, Tommy Redmond Hicks, John Canada Terrell, and Lee. The film follows a young woman who is dating three men and explores the feelings this arrangement provokes. Filmed on a low budget of $175,000, it earned positive reviews and grossed $7.1 million, launching Lee's career. Lee adapted the film into a Netflix series of the same name in 2017, and it was selected for preservation in the U.S. National Film Registry by the Library of Congress for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" in 2019. Plot Nola Darling is a young, attractive graphic artist living in Brooklyn who juggles three suitors: polite and well-meaning Jamie Overstreet; self-obsessed model Greer Childs; and immature, motor-mouthed Mars Blackmon. Nola is attracted to the best in each of them, b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue Velvet (film)
''Blue Velvet'' is a 1986 American neo-noir mystery thriller motion picture written and directed by David Lynch. Blending psychological horror with film noir, the film stars Kyle MacLachlan, Isabella Rossellini, Dennis Hopper, and Laura Dern, and is named after the 1951 song of the same name. The movie follows a college student who returns to his hometown and discovers a severed human ear in a field, which leads him to uncover a criminal conspiracy involving a troubled nightclub singer. The screenplay of ''Blue Velvet'' had been passed around multiple times in the late 1970s and early 1980s, with several major studios declining it because of its strong sexual and violent content. After the failure of his 1984 film ''Dune'', Lynch made attempts at developing a more "personal story", somewhat characteristic of the surrealist style displayed in his first film, '' Eraserhead'' (1977). The independent studio De Laurentiis Entertainment Group, owned at the time by Italian produc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike's Murder (film)
''Mike's Murder'' is a 1984 American neo-noir mystery film written and directed by James Bridges and starring Debra Winger, Mark Keyloun and Paul Winfield. Plot In Los Angeles, bank teller Betty Parrish (Debra Winger) has a one-night stand with a young tennis instructor named Mike Chuhutsky (Mark Keyloun), but then has only random contact with him over the course of the next two years. Mike is a drug dealer on the side. One day she sees him on the street and gives him a ride. He tells her he is being chased for encroaching on another criminal's territory. Later, a friend of his calls to tell her that Mike is dead, brutally murdered. Betty cannot let go of him without understanding him better and tries to find out more. It leads to her discovering Mike's hidden side, including a disturbed acquaintance of his named Pete ( Darrell Larson) and a record producer named Philip (Paul Winfield) who apparently was involved with Mike in a gay relationship. Betty's life is placed in peri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Club Paradise
''Club Paradise'' is a 1986 American comedy film directed by Harold Ramis and starring Robin Williams, Twiggy, Peter O'Toole and Jimmy Cliff. Set in a fictional Caribbean banana republic, it follows a group of vacationers' attempts to create a luxury resort from a seedy nightclub, and the series of events that take place. The film reunites director and cowriter, Ramis, with most of his ''SCTV'' co-stars — ''SCTV'' cast members, Andrea Martin, Eugene Levy, Rick Moranis, Joe Flaherty and Robin Duke play supporting roles in the film, as does cowriter, Brian Doyle-Murray, a former ''SCTV'' staff writer. It was the final film of actor Adolph Caesar, who died in March 1986, four months before the film's release. Plot Jack Moniker is a Chicago firefighter who is injured on the job. Using his disability insurance payout, he retires to the small (fictional) Caribbean island of Saint Nicholas, and buys a small property. Anthony Croyden Hayes, appointed by the British crown as gov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salvador (film)
''Salvador'' is a 1986 American war drama film co-written and directed by Oliver Stone. It stars James Woods as Richard Boyle, alongside Jim Belushi, Michael Murphy and Elpidia Carrillo, with John Savage and Cynthia Gibb in supporting roles. Stone co-wrote the screenplay with Boyle. The film tells the story of an American journalist covering the Salvadoran Civil War who becomes entangled with both the FMLN and the right-wing military dictatorship while trying to rescue his girlfriend and her children. The film is highly sympathetic toward the left-wing revolutionaries and strongly critical of the US-supported military dictatorship, focusing on the murder of four American Catholic missionaries, including Jean Donovan, and the assassination of Archbishop Óscar Romero by death squads. The film was nominated for two Academy Awards: Best Actor in a Leading Role (Woods) and Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen (Stone and Boyle). Plot Veteran photojour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
