Posts Tagged ‘Harrison Ford’
Hail To The Chief: A Brief History of American Movie Presidents
Written by James on October 13, 2008 – 1:23 pm -
Following the victory of Barack Obama in the 2008 US Presidential Elections, Cillian Donnelly (author of what was Picturenose’s most popular post, 100 Movies To Be Seen Before You Die, until James’s Quantum of Solace review blew it away, ha-ha) returns with a look at how America’s Chief Executive has been portrayed on the silver screen. So, another list of films, eh Cillian? Nice one…
Tags: Abraham Lincoln, Airforce One (1997), Alexander Knox, Amistad (1997), Annie (1982), Anthony Hopkins, Biff McGuire, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989), Bill Pullman, Birth of a Nation, Blind Ambition (1979), Bob Gunton (1995), Churchill and the Generals (1979), Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course (2002), Dan O’Herlihy, Dave (1993), DC 9/11: Time of Crisis (2003), Dean Stockwell, Dennis Quaid, Dick (1999), Dr Strangelove, Dr Strangelove (1964), DW Griffith, Fail Safe (1964), Freedom: A History of US (2002), Frost/Nixon, George Bush, George W.Bush, George Washington, Harrison Ford, Henry Fonda, Independence Day (1996), It Happened One Night (1935), J. Edgar Hoover (1987), James Stewart, Jason Robards, John Fitgerald Kennedy, John Quincy Adams, John Voight, Kevin Kline, Kissenger and Nixon (1995), Krusty the Klown, Lyndon Johnson, MacArthur (1977), Night Moves (1975), Nixon (1995), Oliver Stone, Oppenheimer (1980), Paul Schrader, Pearl Harbor (2001), Richard Milhouse Nixon, Robin Williams, Ronald Reagan, Roosevelt, Secret Honour (1984), Seven Days in May (1963), Sullivan's Travels (1941), That's My Bush! (2001), The American President (1995), The Blue and the Grey (1982), The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951), The Godfather (1972), The Grapes of Wrath (1938), The Longest Yard (1974), The Walker (2007), Three Days of the Condor (1975), Timothy Bottoms, Tom Hanks, Tricky Dicky, Truman at Potsdam (1976), Ulysses S Grant, W (2009), Watergate, Werewolf of Washington (1973), Wilson (1944), Winchell (1998), Woodrow Wilson, Woody Harrelson, You Only Live Twice (1967), Young Mr Lincoln (1939)
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Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
Written by James on May 20, 2008 – 11:47 pm -
So long, Doctor Jones…
You’re all expecting a rave, aren’t you? Shades of ‘your reviewer arrived flushed and breathless, gentle reader, after thrilling once more to the exploits of Indiana Jones in the latest action-packed installment, and couldn’t wait to share his joy with world’. Sorry, but think again, and prepare yourself for a rude awakening. The magic is over, and all we’re left with, in chapter four, is an historical artefact of bygone glories.
Tags: Cate Blanchett, David Koepp, George Lucas, Harrison Ford, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, John Hurt, Karen Allen, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Ray Winstone, Sean Connery, Steven Spielberg
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