THE UNTOUCHABLES * (Has redeeming facet) Directed by Brian De Palma Written by David Mamet With Kevin Costner, Charles Martin Smith, Andy Garcia, Robert DeNiro, Sean Connery, Patricia Clarkson, and Billy Drago. Like his free-form 1983 “remake” of Howard Hawks’s Scarface (1932), Brian De Palma’s The Untouchables is an exceptionally violent gangster thriller. The gangster […]
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BLIND DATE **** (Masterpiece) Directed by Blake Edwards Written by Dale Launer Starring Bruce Willis, Kim Basinger, John Larroquette, William Daniels, George Coe, Mark Blum, Phil Hartman, Stephanie Faracy, and Graham Stark. Blake Edwards’s last few films — The Man Who Loved Women (1983), Micki and Maude (1984), A Fine Mess, and That’s Life! (both […]