Which makes the technological gadgets that Michael Crichton conjured up for his futuristic
police movie over 30 years ago so impressive.
Not exact matches
The trial of Yoruba
Movie - maker, Seun Egbegbe
over allegations that he stole nine iPhones from popular computer village in Lagos was stalled as
police failed to produce the suspect in court.
Nielsen worked for
over 60 years in TV and
movies, first gaining attention as a serious actor in such films as Forbidden Planet and The Poseidon Adventure, before eventually becoming best known as the muse of David Zucker, Jerry Zucker, and Jim Abrahams, creators of the cult classic
Police Squad!
(Italy) George Harrison: Living In The Material World, music documentary directed by Martin Scorsese (USA) Goodbye First Love, directed by Mia Hansen - Løve, tracks a first love
over eight years (France / Germany) Pina, directed by Wim Wenders, which is a 3D dance film and tribute to Pina Bausch (Germany / France / UK) Play, directed by Ruben Östlund, which is a provocative
movie about African immigrants taking advantage of Swedish peacefulness (Sweden) Policeman, directed by Nadav Lapid, which includes wealthy anarchists and anti-terrorist
police (Israel / France) Sleeping Sickness, directed by Ulrich Köhler who won Best Director at the Berlin Film Festival.
Regardless that this is a prequel so we know that Leatherface is going to survive and therefore lacks any suspense at all, as a
movie Leatherface is all
over the place with references to what comes later shoehorned in — like the blink - and - you'll - miss - it appearance of Grandpa in the opening scenes and the character of Hartman (the unscrupulous Mayor in Texas Chainsaw 3D was called Hartman, in case you'd forgotten)-- and details that just don't make sense, such as Drayton being portrayed as a psychopathic killer but yet in Tobe Hooper's original
movie he «takes no pleasure in killing», and three people climbing into a cow's carcass to hide from the
police which looks as dumb as it sounds.
Set in 1949 Los Angeles, the picture, which claims to be «based on a true story» but turns out to be as authentic as The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas, finds William Parker (Nick Nolte), the city's controversial chief of
police (who didn't actually obtain the post until a year after the
movie's setting, but never mind), deciding that the best way to stop gangster Mickey Cohen (Sean Penn) from taking
over the entire city is to organize an elite team to work outside the law in an attempt to bring him down.
A sort of cross between «Christine,» «The Hidden» and «Predator,» the
movie unfolds in an underground Chicago
police impound garage, where bossy jackass Raymond (Oded Fehr) runs roughshod
over a group of mechanics and his secretary Maria (Melanie Papalia).
The
movie streaming service has been sending users regular emails
over the past several months about the shutdown, as reported by Android
Police.