Directed by Jon Watts In Cop Car two ten year-old runaways stumble upon a cop car somewhere in the woods. They hop in, fantasizing their way through a joy ride. Then they find the car keys and after some brief debate jump into an actual joyride. The cop is Sheriff Kretzer (Kevin Bacon), and for … Continue reading Cop Car (2015)
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Singles (1992)
Directed by Cameron Crowe Singles is a tough hang. It's deeply immersed in the same Gen X culture as Reality Bites, Slacker and the tv show Friends, but Cameron Crowe's second film has none of the commentary or unbridled energy of those films (and show). We're presented with a specific time and place, much more about the atmosphere … Continue reading Singles (1992)
Phenomenon (1996)
Directed by Jon Turtletaub There's a little It's a Wonderful Life in the small-town melodrama Phenomenon, starring a guy (John Travolta) who surely wouldn't have been offered the role were it not for the success of 1994's Pulp Fiction. Travolta plays an affable and affectionately dull mechanic named George Malley. He's very, very much an everyman, purposefully so in … Continue reading Phenomenon (1996)
