Road House, 1989.Directed by Rowdy Herrington. Starring Patrick Swayze, Ben Gazzara, Kelly Lynch, and Sam Elliott.SYNOPSIS:A legendary bouncer comes to restore order at a notorious bar but runs afoul of a ruthless crime boss who controls the town.There’s a scene early in Road House where Patrick Swayze’s Dalton, a bouncer with the grace of a […]
4K Ultra HD Review – Happiness (1998)
Happiness, 1998.Directed by Todd Solondz. Starring Jane Adams, Elizabeth Ashley, Dylan Baker, Lara Flynn Boyle, Ben Gazzara, Jared Harris, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Louise Lasser, Jon Lovitz, Camryn Manheim, Rufus Read, and Cynthia Stevenson.SYNOPSIS:Todd Solondz’s 1998 movie Happiness, which takes discomfort to an extreme, makes its 4K Ultra HD debut courtesy of Criterion. Unfortunately, there aren’t […]
An Undeniable Action Classic: Road House
Tom Jolliffe looks back at the glorious action gem Road House…To quote movie aficionado Gordy LaSure (aka Richard Ayoade) from his book The Grip of Film (excellent read I shall add); “In the opening shot of Rowdy Herrington’s 1989 magnum opus about the secret world of security guards, the camera frames a pair of high […]
