Jungle Fever (1991) or, Black and White Difficulties in New York, USA

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A powerful image of the interlocked white and black hands of a black man and a white female evocatively used on the poster for Spike Lee's Jungle Fever

Explores the struggles of an interracial young couple, an African-American architect and an Italian-American secretary in New York, a crack addict and their more or less understanding surroundings.

 

Jungle Fever is written, produced and directed by Georgian master filmmaker Spike Lee (She's Gotta Have It (1986)), whose 5th feature it is. He also co-stars as Cyrus.

Jungle Fever is a very good 'local' film, - 'local' meaning that it is very much an American and a New-Yorker film, which may seem superfluous to audiences not Americans or New-Yorkers, or at least to those uninterested in America and New York. But as someone who falls into this third group, I find it absolutely wonderful. 

The film puts a spotlight on modern, American racism, which is a favorite theme of Lee's, and he certainly doesn't make it easy for the characters of Wesley Snipes (The Fan (1996)) and Annabella Sciorra (Luke Cage (2018, TV-series)), who venture on the extra-marital, interracial affair at the film's core. Besides these two blazing stars, the film enjoys strong turns from Samuel L. Jackson (The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996)) (as the crack addict), John Turturro (The Jesus Rolls (2019)), Ossie Davis (Philly (2002, TV-series)) and Lee himself. There are fresh songs from Stevie Wonder to enjoy along with the film, and the dialog is great. SPOILER Only the somewhat disappointing "NOOOOO!" ending weighs down on this great piece of filmmaking.

 

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Watch a trailer for the movie here

 

Cost: 14 mil. $

Box office: 43.8 mil. $

= Box office success (returned 3.12 times its cost)

[Jungle Fever premiered 16 May (Cannes Film Festival, main competition) and runs 132 minutes. Jackson had left crack rehab two weeks before filming and his ravaged look was reportedly caused by this. Shooting took place from August - December 1990 in New York. Universal Pictures made Lee scrap a prologue with his views on racism from the film. It opened #3, behind fellow new release City Slickers and holdover hit Backdraft, to a 5.3 mil. $ first weekend in North America, where it spent one more weekend in the top 5 (#4), grossing 32.4 mil. $ (74 % of the total gross). The film won a National Board of Review award and was nominated for a Grammy, among other honors. It lost the Palme d'Or to Barton Fink. Roger Ebert gave it a 3.5/4 star review, equal in rating to this one. Lee returned with 9 music videos prior to his theatrical return with Malcolm X (1992). Snipes returned in The Waterdance (1992); Sciorra in The Hand that Rocks the Cradle (1992). Jungle Fever is certified fresh at 84 % at Rotten Tomatoes.]

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No Man's Land/Ничија земља (Ničija zemlja) (2001) - Gimmicky Bosnia War hit

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Two grown men in underpants wave white cloth in the air as UN soldiers look on in this poster for Danis Tanovic's No Man's Land

During the Bosnian War (1992-95) a soldier trips and lands on top of a landmine. Can he now cooperate with an enemy about this matter, and how do the media and UN play a role in the war?

No Man's Land is written and directed by feature-debuting Danis Tanovic (Budjenje (1999, documentary)), who also composed the score. The English title is a literal translation of the original Serbian one. 

Become a bit more knowing about the Bosnia War by watching this Oscar-intended feature that has brutality and high ambitions but no promising core or any greater cinematic qualities. There are no surprises and little insight to gain from this film about unthinking killing in a beautiful landscape by people that the surrounding world take little interest in. The news media need their stories; and the UN are without balls. Spend an hour and a half to learn this here in Tanovic's unremarkable film.

  

Watch a trailer for the film here

 

Cost: 2 mil. €, approximately 1.8 mil. $

Box office: 4.8 mil. $

= Box office success (returned 2.66 times its cost)

[No Man's Land premiered 12 May (Cannes Film Festival, main competition) and runs 98 minutes. 19 companies and support bodies collaborated in the financing and production of the film. Shooting took place in Slovenia. The film opened #53 to a 22k $ first weekend in 2 theaters in North America, where it peaked at #39 and in 38 theaters (different weekends), grossing 1 mil. $ (20.8 % of the total gross). The film won the Best Foreign Language Oscar and the Best Screenplay award at Cannes as well as 1/2 César award nominations. It was also nominated for 2 David di Donatello awards, won 1/2 European Film award nominations, a Golden Globe, 2/3 AFI award nominations, a National Board of Review award and many other honors. Roger Ebert gave it a 3.5/4 star review, translating to 3 notches over this one. Tanovic returned with a segment of September 11 (2002) and with a proper feature with L'Enfer (2005). Branko Djuric (Teater Paradiznik (1994, TV-series), director) returned in Kajmak i marmelada (2003); Rene Bitorajac (Minions (2015)) with a voice performance in Cats & Dogs (2001) and a physical performance in 24 sata (2002). No Man's Land is certified fresh at 93 % with a 7.80/10 critical average at Rotten Tomatoes.]

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The Innocent/L'Innocente (1976) - A cinematic farewell from a true master

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An impeccably dressed couple by a fireplace are elegantly inserted into this classy poster for Luchino Visconti's The Innocent

 

In the Italian aristocracy of the 1890s, Tullio admits to his wife that he now loves his mistress more than he has ever loved anyone else in his life, - but where does this confession leave their marriage?

 

The Innocent is written by Suso Cecchi D'Amico (Panni Sporchi (1999)), Enrico Medioli (Tosca e Altre Due (2003)) and co-writer/director, Italian master filmmaker Luchino Visconti (Ossessione (1943)). It is an adaptation of the same-titled 1892 novel by Gabriele D'Annunzio (The Child of Pleasure/Il Piacere (1889)). The title is a literal translation of the original Italian one.

Delectable and uniquely Viscontian, The Innocent is a film you need a restored version of if you are a lover of cinema; because it is a visionary near masterpiece. 

Giancarlo Giannini (Buon Lavoro (2018)) and Laura Antonelli (Rimini Rimini (1987)) are magnificent in the lead roles, and the film also spoils us with strikingly beautiful costumes and sets, along with subtly cinematic photography (cinematographer Pasqualino De Santis (Rigoletto (1987))), SPOILER which culminates in dramatic close-ups following the film's shocking conclusion: Giannini's shamelessly self-obsessed atheist finally reveals himself as a true monster.

The nature of love, infidelity and the creation of life, - but also the power games in a marriage, - these are central themes in this sensual, fantastic, fabulously scored (by Franco Mannino (The Ghost/Lo Spettro (1963))) farewell from the master.

 

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Watch a trailer for the film here

 

Cost: Unknown

Box office: In excess of 5.9 mil. $

= Uncertain but likely a box office success (projected return of 2.95 times its cost)

[The Innocent premiered 15 May (Cannes Film Festival, out of competition) and runs 125 minutes. Visconti did not get the stars he wanted initially; among others Alain Delon passed, reportedly due to being uncomfortable that the master's state was diminished following a stroke. Shooting took place around September 1975 in Italy, including in Rome. The release has an incomplete list of grosses at Box Office Mojo, which indicates that the film was met with small crowds, including in Italy, and that most of its gross came from France (5.5 mil. $), - the film is an Italian-French co-production. With a projected cost of 2 mil. $, the film would rank as a box office success. It won a David di Donatello award. Visconti passed away from a stroke prior to its release. Giannini returned in A Night Full of Rain/La fine del Mondo nel nostro Solito Letto in una Notte Piena di Pioggia (1978); Antonelli in Wifemistress/Mogliamante (1977). The Innocent is fresh at 79 % with a 7.80/10 critical average at Rotten Tomatoes.]

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Inferno (2016) - Howard's third Langdon adventure is among the year's worst films

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Star Tom Hanks and co-star Felicity Jones run around in a European city and look concerned on this poster for Ron Howard's Inferno

Robert Langdon awakes disillusioned and tormented by visions of Biblical plagues in Florence, Italy, where a young British woman helps him gather answers concerning a mysterious virus that he may be a carrier of.

 

Inferno is written by David Koepp (Premium Rush (2012)), adapting the same-titled 2013 novel by Dan Brown (Angels & Demons (2000)), and directed by great Oklahoman filmmaker Ron Howard (Grand Theft Auto (1977)). It is the 3rd and last in the Robert Langdon series also consisting of The Da Vinci Code (2006) and Angels & Demons (2009).

Koepp has provided a lazy and wretched script, maybe the low-point of his career, and this film may actually be the career low-point for several of those involved. Inferno is related in what feels like a barrage of speedily edited, flashing shots that implies actual knowledge by throwing Dante and beautiful historical sights into its nonsensical plot. Confusing, boring and marked by mitigating work from no-one, the film never finds a good pace and has inserted, dull, explanatory dialogs again and again.

Tom Hanks (The Post (2017)) appears to be in pain and also resembles a superstar who knows he is in some real junk here, but who goes through with it still - for a hefty paycheck, and a bit of loyalty to his fellow returning filmmaking partners in crime, probably. The other cast members often combat stilted dialog, and Felicity Jones (A Monster Calls (2016)), just as in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016), doesn't show what exactly made her get cast in these mega-movies, (her career understandably fizzed out following both films.)

 

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Grand Theft Auto (1977) or, Crash Bam Boom! 
American Graffiti (1973) or, Cruisin' Modesto '62 (actor)   

 

 

Watch a trailer for the film here

 

Cost: 75 mil. $

Box office: 220 mil. $

= Box office success (returned 2.93 times its cost)

[Inferno premiered 8 October (Florence, Italy) and runs 121 minutes. Hanks reportedly earned 25 mil. $ from his performance in the film. Shooting took place from April - July 2015 in Istanbul, Turkey, Italy and Hungary, including in Budapest. The film opened #2, behind Boo! A Madea Halloween, to a 14.8 mil. $ first weekend in North America, where it spent one more weekend in the top 5 (#5), grossing 34.3 mil. $ (15.6 % of the total gross). The 2nd and 3rd biggest markets were China with 19.3 mil. $ (8.8 %) and Japan with 14.4 mil. $ (6.5 %). Howard returned with Genius (2017, TV-series) and theatrically with Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018). Hanks returned in The Circle (2017). Inferno is rotten at 23 % with a 4.60/10 critical average at Rotten Tomatoes.]

 

What do you think of Inferno? 

I Am Love/Io Sono l'Amore (2009) - Guadagnino's international breakthrough is a delicious drama

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Star Tilda Swinton stands out in a wealthy family's portrait on this poster for Luca Guadagnino's I Am Love

A wealthy Milanese family's oldest son wants to open a restaurant with a mysterious new friend, who also appeals to his mother during a period of time which is, for the family in question, fateful.

 

I Am Love is written by Barbara Alberti (Melissa P. (2005)), Ivan Cotroneo (Sisi (2009, TV-series)), Walter Fasano (Mother of Tears (2007)) and Italian master filmmaker, co-writer/co-producer/director Luca Guadagnino (The Protagonists (1999)), whose 5th feature it is. It is the 1st in Guadagnino's Desire trilogy that also comprises A Bigger Splash (2015) and Call Me By Your Name (2017). The title is a literal translation of the original Italian one.

It is a sensual love tale from beautiful Northern Italy with wonderful actors, foremost among them Tilda Swinton (Problemista (2023)) in a lovely performance, which teams with life and lust. The siblings and the chef are also portrayed vividly.

I Am Love is a delectably photographed (cinematography by Yorick Le Saux (Only Lovers Left Alive (2013))) cinematic treat, which somehow steers clear of becoming clichéd. It works its way to a fierce climax, which is open for interpretation, and ends there. The first of his works that most of us met him through, Guadagninos I Am Love deserves a 'Bravo!'

 

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Watch a trailer for the film here

 

Cost: 3.6 mil. €, approximately 3.97 mil. $

Box office: 11.7-15.1 mil. $ (different reports)

= Box office success, possibly even a big hit (returned 2.94-3.80 times its cost)

[I Am Love premiered 5 September (Venice Film Festival) and runs 120 minutes. Shooting took place from June - August in Italy and London, England. The film opened #32 to a 121k $ first weekend in 8 theaters in North America, where it peaked at #13 and in 166 theaters (different weeks), grossing 5 mil. $. The film's 2nd and 3rd biggest markets were Australia with 1 mil. $ and the UK with 620k $. Box Office Mojo lists an 11.7 mil. $ final gross, while The-Numbers.com lists 15.1 mil. $, however without backing it up with a detailed summary. The film was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Oscar, lost to In a Better World/Hævnen from Denmark. It was also nominated for a BAFTA and a Golden Globe and won a National Board of Review award, among other honors. Roger Ebert gave it a 4/4 star review, translating to a notch over this one. Guadagnino returned with 7 short and documentary projects prior to his theatrical return, A Bigger Splash (2015). Swinton returned in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010). I Am Love is certified fresh at 81 % with a 7.20/10 critical average at Rotten Tomatoes.]

What do you think of I Am Love?

The Italian Job (1969) - Braindead boilerplate heist action-comedy regurgitated by swinging London

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A woman's backside used as a canvas for writing a map, seated on the floor next to an expensively dressed co-star Michael Caine holding a tommy-gun, makes up this eye-catching poster for Peter Collinson's The Italian Job

When a criminal bigshot dies in an accidental explosion, our recently released hero inherits a scheme to steal 4 mil. $ in gold from a money transport in Turin, Italy. The job will require a lot of manpower and four Mini Coopers.

 

The Italian Job is written by Troy Kennedy Martin (The Sweeney (1975-78)) and directed by Peter Collinson (The Penthouse (1967)).

It is a colorful picture in which Michael Caine (Jaws: The Revenge (1987)) plays the thief that no one can resist. Perhaps as a consequence, no other character really make an impression. The film is a sort of trendy, triumphant dance for the swinging London of the 1960s. But it is totally hollow, dumb, - idiotic, in fact. With a terrible ending to boot.

 

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Watch a trailer for the film here

 

Cost: 3 mil. $

Box office: 9.4 mil. $

=  Box office success (returned 3.13 times its cost)

[The Italian Job premiered 5 June (London) and runs 99 minutes. Noël Coward (Paris When It Sizzles (1964)) was paid 25k £ for his performance in the film. Shooting took place from June 1968 - ? in Ireland, including in Dublin, in England, including in London, and in Italy. The film was the 14th highest-grossing of the year in the UK and reportedly not big in North America. It did collect a sizable 9.4 mil. $ gross and was nominated for a Golden Globe. The film was remade with the same title in 2003, and in Bollywood in 2012 with the title Players. Collinson returned with You Can't Win 'Em All (1970). Caine returned in Battle of Britain (1969); Coward retired from acting after the film and continued as a writer until his death by a heart attack in 1973. The Italian Job is fresh at 81 % with a 7.40/10 critical average at Rotten Tomatoes.]

 

What do you think of The Italian Job? 

In & Out (1997) or, Come Out and Dance

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Star Kevin Kline strikes a pumped up, awkward pose on this bright poster for Frank Oz's In & Out

Brackett is a popular high school teacher, who is about to get married, when an old student outs him in his Oscar winner's speech. But this is all just a misunderstanding ... - Or is it?

 

In & Out is written by Paul Rudnick (Jeffrey (1995)) and directed by English-born American master filmmaker Frank Oz (The Dark Crystal (1982)), whose 8th feature it is.

Kevin Kline (Dean (2016)) is in top comedic shape and gets good support here from Joan Cusack (Snatched (2017)), Tom Selleck (Boston Legal (2006, TV-series)) and Debbie Reynolds (Bundle of Joy (1956)). The fun includes a risible disco self-help tape scene.

In & Out is a bubbly, enthused attack on prejudices against gays, such as the commonest one: that homosexuality is infectious. SPOILER The graduation scene, in which everyone 'is gay' is not very good. But the following mass dance scene is fine. 

In & Out makes you happy.

 

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Watch a trailer for the film here

 

Cost: 35 mil. $

Box office: In excess of 63.8 mil. $ (North America alone)

= Uncertain but likely a box office success (projected return of 2.57 times its cost)

[In & Out premiered 10 September (Toronto International Film Festival) and runs 92 minutes. The script was inspired by Tom Hanks' tearful speech at his Oscar win for Philadelphia in 1994, in which he identified and named his high school drama teacher and a former classmate as gay. Shooting took place from February 1997 - ? in New York and New Jersey. The film opened #1 to a 15 mil. $ first weekend in North America, where it remained in the top 5 for another 4 weekends (#2-#4-#4-#5) and grossed 63.8 mil. $. The foreign gross numbers are regrettably not public information. The film sold 64,581 tickets in Denmark, approximately 610k $, not a bad figure in a small market. This may indicate that the film had decent sales abroad as well, and a 100 mil. $ final gross is not impossible, although it seems curious that studios at the time did not release information about such good sales. My projected final gross is a more conservative 90 mil. $. The film was nominated for 1 Oscar, Best Supporting Actress (Cusack), lost to Kim Basinger in L.A. Confidential. It was also nominated for 2 Golden Globes, among other honors. Roger Ebert gave the film a 3/4 star review, equal in rating to this one. Oz returned with Bowfinger (1999). Kline returned in A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999). In & Out is fresh at 73 % with a 6.80/10 critical average at Rotten Tomatoes.]

 

What do you think of In & Out? 

I, Robot (2004) or, Robot Trouble!

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Will Smith looks extremely sour in a leather jacket on this metal-toned poster for Alex Proyas' I, Robot

Chicago 2035: A policeman starts investigating the death of an inventor who was central in the now widespread use of robots, and the implications become dangerous.

 

I, Robot is written by Akiva Goldsman (The Dark Tower (2017)) and Jeff Vintar (Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001)) and directed by Alex Proyas (Spirits of the Air: Gremlins of the Clouds (1987)).

It is ironic that a film which displays the cold and eerie nature of robots itself seems robotic. Will Smith (Men in Black II (2002)) is the politically correct figurehead on this action picture that's so chockful of clichés that is almost hurts to watch it.

The vision of the future offered here is exceedingly optimistic, - the energy aspect alone is a joke. The performances and execution are generally sexless and lacking in flavor, as well as thoroughly cleansed of any semblance of movie magic. The quality that I, Robot does have going for it are the impressively created CG robots, which are frightening.

 

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Watch a trailer for the film here

 

Cost: 120 mil. $

Box office: 353.1 mil. $

= Box office success (returned 2.94 times its cost)

[I, Robot premiered 7 July (Los Angeles) and runs 115 minutes. Smith was paid 28 mil. $ for his performance in the film. Shooting took place from May - October 2003 in British Columbia, including in Vancouver, in California and in Chicago, Illinois. The film opened #1 to a 52.1 mil. $ first weekend in North America, where it spent another 2 weekends in the top 5 (#2-#4), grossing 144.8 mil. $ (41 % of the total gross). The 2nd and 3rd biggest markets were Japan with 33.8 mil. $ (9.6 %) and the UK with 32.9 mil. $ (9.3 %). The film was nominated for the Best Visual Effects Oscar, lost to Spider-Man 2, among other honors. Roger Ebert gave it a 2/4 star review, equal in rating to this one. Proyas returned with Fad Gadget by Frank Tovey (2006, video) and theatrically with Knowing (2009). Smith returned with a voice performance in Shark Tale (2004), Club Oscar (2005, short) and theatrically and physically in Hitch (2005). I, Robot is rotten at 57 % with a 6.0/10 critical average at Rotten Tomatoes.]

What do you think of I, Robot?

Identity (2003) - Mangold succeeds with crafty thriller

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Mortal danger, mystery and scares are teased on this deft poster for James Mangold's Identity

Ten strangers meet at a small hotel on a very rainy night, soon facing someone unknown that starts eliminating them one by one.

 

Identity is written by Michael Cooney (Murder in Mind (1997)) and co-produced and directed by New-Yorker master filmmaker James Mangold (Heavy (1995)), whose 5th feature it is.

The semi-psychological, somewhat baloney-ish plot is a bit hole-ridden but fair, with some  Se7en (1995) inspiration dripping off it. But the pay-off is considerable, and Identity is staged highly professionally. 

Amanda Peet (Gulliver's Travels (2010)) is lovely here, and the editing is tight. And God, how it rains in this modern high-concept thriller.

 

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Watch a trailer for the movie here

 

Cost: 28 mil. $

Box office: 90.2 mil. $

= Box office success (returned 3.22 times its cost)

[Identity premiere 23 April (Los Angeles) and runs 90 minutes. Shooting took place in California, including in Los Angeles. Angelo Badalamenti made a score for the film, but it was replaced with one by Alan Silvestri. The film opened #1 to a 16.2 mil. $ first weekend in North America, where it spent 2 more weekends in the top 5 (#3-#4), grossing 52.1 mil. $ (57.8 % of the total gross). The 2nd and 3rd biggest markets were the UK with 5.2 mil. $ (5.8 %) and Germany with 4.7 mil. $ (5.2 %). Roger Ebert gave it a 3/4 star review, equal in rating to this one. Mangold returned with Walk the Line (2005). John Cusack (Reclaim (2014)) returned in Runaway Jury (2003); Peet in Something's Gotta Give (2003). Identity is fresh at 63 % with a 6.40/10 critical average at Rotten Tomatoes.]

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