Barry Bowe's Blog, page 61
March 30, 2020
Oklahoma City Bomber
Oklahoma City Bomber I was sitting in Dick DeGuerins office in Houston on the night of April 20, 1995 ─ the day after Timothy McVeigh planted the bomb that blew up the federal building in Oklahoma City and killed 168 innocent bystanders. I was the expert on Dicks defense team for the Operation Lightning Strike []
March 29, 2020
Where the Money Is
Where the Money Is Paul Newman plays a convicted bank robber who pretends to suffer a stroke to get himself moved from prison to a retirement home to get better treatment. Somehow ─ until last night ─ I never saw 2000s Where the Money Is starring Paul Newman, Linda Fiorentino, and Dermott Mulroney. Most likely []
March 28, 2020
Skank Ass Skank
Skank Ass Skank Breaking Bad is my second-favorite crime series and Skank Ass Skank is a memorable scene from Season 2, subtitled: Peekaboo, Episode 6. After Skinny Pete gets ripped off, Walter White makes Jesse chase the meth. This leads Jesse into the den of a couple meth heads, and a life and death showdown. []
March 27, 2020
Jennifer 8
Jennifer 8 Jennifer 8 is 1992 crime drama mystery starring Andy Garcia, Uma Thurman, and Lance Henrikson. In case Henriksons name doesnt ring a bell, I remember him best as Bishop in Aliens (1986). That said, he has 253 acting credits and hes still very much active at 79. John Malkovich has a minor, but []
March 26, 2020
Odd Job
Odd Job Odd Job ─ from 1964s Goldfinger ─ tangles in a death match with James Bond inside the gold vaults at Fort Knox. Without saying very much ─ if anything at all ─ Odd Job established himself in my mind as one of the most sinister movie villains ever. Harold Sakata plays Odd Job. []
March 25, 2020
The In-Laws 2003
The In-Laws 2003 The 2003 version of The In-Laws is a comedy starring Albert Brooks, Michael Douglas, and Ryan Reynolds ─ with Robin Tunney and David Suchet, and Candice Bergen on the undercard. The new version moves from Manhattan to Chicago. One of the main characters switches from a dentist to a foot doctor (Albert []
March 24, 2020
The In-Laws 1979
The In-Laws 1979 The 1979 version of The In-Laws is a comedy starring Peter Falk, Alan Arkin, and Richard Albertini as General Garcia. Sheldon Kornpett (Alan Arkin) is a New York City dentist and Vince Ricardo (Peter Falk) is a CIA agent. Sheldons daughter is marrying Vinces son, but 48 hours before the wedding Vince []
March 23, 2020
Edward Burns
Edward Burns Edward Burns is a writer, director, and actor. His name popped up yesterday when I wrote about Life or Something Like It. I also mentioned that when I was going to the New York Film Academy during the early-1990s the in-thing to do was to try to produce an independent movie for as []
March 22, 2020
Life or Something Like It
Life or Something Like It Life or Something Like It is a 2002 comedy romance starring Angelina Jolie, Edward Burns, and Tony Shalhoub. Anglina Jolie plays a TV news reporter who seems to have the world by the balls until a homeless-looking psychic (Tony Shalhoub) predicts her death. Edward Burns is Jolies cameraman and reluctant []
March 21, 2020
Someone to Watch Over Me
Someone To Watch Over Me Someone to Watch Over Me is a 1987 crime drama with some romance thrown in ─ starring Tom Berenger, Mimi Rogers, and Lorraine Bracco. On the undercard are Jerry Orbach and Andreas Katsulas who plays a magnificent Bad Guy. Ridley Scott directed, so you know its a good movie. For []
