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Tag Archives: Sean Connery
Entrapment -
Hollywood’s fascination with the older man-younger woman romance continues in the heist drama, Entrapment. Sean Connery and Catherine Zeta-Jones are the cross-generational lovers. Their lukewarm romance is the pitiful highlight of this thoroughly ridiculous film. Robert MacDougal (Sean Connery), aka … Continue reading
Posted in 1999, Movie Reviews
Tagged Action, Catherine Zeta Jones, Crime, Sean Connery, Will Patton
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Playing by Heart -
Playing by Heart is a film that would like to think of itself as an intricate puzzle, whose pieces smoothly slide into place as the film progresses. However, as a puzzle, Playing By Heart is fairly simple. Luckily, observing the … Continue reading
Posted in 1998, Movie Reviews
Tagged Anjelina Jolie, Anthony Edwards, Dennis Quaid, Ellen Burstyn, Gena Rowlands, Gillian Anderson, Jay Mohr, Madeleine Stowe, Romance, Ryan Phillippe, Sean Connery
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The Avengers -
With Hollywood’s fascination with television series remakes, it is surprising that no one has tackled The Avengers before. The comically cool spy adventure series seems like just the type of “franchise” material usually sought by the studios. However, franchise hopes … Continue reading
Posted in 1998, Movie Reviews
Tagged Action, Ralph Fiennes, Sean Connery, Uma Thurman
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The Rock -
Freneticaly paced action flick truly thrills. When decorated war hero General Hummel (Ed Harris) seizes control of Alcatraz island, holds 81 tourists as hostages, and threatens to launch several rockets laced with chemical weaponry upon San Francisco unless his demands … Continue reading
Posted in 1996, Movie Reviews
Tagged Action, Ed Harris, Michael Bay, Nicolas Cage, Sean Connery
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Dragonheart -
An amazing technological achievement is wasted in this rather bland fantasy. Dennis Quaid stars as Sir Bowen, a valorious knight who follows the old code of King Arthur’s round table. He is the tutor for Prince Einon, a bratty little … Continue reading
Posted in 1996, Movie Reviews
Tagged Action, David Thewlis, Dennis Quaid, Fantasy, Julie Christie, Sean Connery
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First Knight -
Colorful, but ultimately disappointing version of the King Arthur legend. Jettisonned are all but the three main characters (Arthur, Guinevere, and Lancelot), as well as most of the magic of the original story. What remains is a standard action story … Continue reading
Posted in 1995, Movie Reviews
Tagged Julia Ormond, Richard Gere, Sean Connery
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