Movies
“Quiet Cool” (citywide), an R-rated macho revenge fantasy, pits a New York supercop (James Remar) against a savage gang of thugs hired to guard one of the many large marijuana crops flourishing in the Pacific Northwest.
Nov. 10, 1986
James Remar was so nervous about playing the hero in New Line Cinema’s “Quiet Cool” that on the first day of filming, “I asked the director (Clay Borris) a few minutes before the first shot if he could get another actor.”
June 8, 1986
“Fear X” is a compelling psychological suspense drama made in a rigorous minimalist mode that represents a potent offbeat collaboration among its star, John Turturro, Danish director Nicolas Winding Refn and the late cult novelist Hubert Selby Jr., with key mood-setting contributions from cinematographer Larry Smith, a longtime Stanley Kubrick colleague, and composers Brian Eno and J.
Jan. 28, 2005
Films now going into production: Drugstore Cowboy (Avenue). Shooting in Portland.
Oct. 2, 1988
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Nov. 18, 2010
With the same grace and discipline that he displays in front of the camera, Jean-Claude Van Damme makes a socko directorial debut with “The Quest,” a martial arts adventure odyssey that’s epic in scale and high in style.
April 26, 1996
In “Rent-A-Cop” (citywide), Burt Reynolds and Liza Minnelli play off each other beautifully.
Jan. 15, 1988
Nov. 5, 2007
Television
“Dexter,” the grisly dark comedy series premiering Sunday on Showtime, employs some of the same surgical instruments and hues as FX’s “Nip/Tuck” but covers an entirely different metier.
Sept. 29, 2006
Oct. 12, 2009