24 Frames
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Aug. 4, 2011
Entertainment & Arts
Movie review: ‘Point Blank’
July 29, 2011
POINT BLANK: Is a young black man brandishing a gun on an album cover less inflammatory than that same picture on a movie ad?
Jan. 26, 1992
When a prop gun fired by Alec Baldwin killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injured director Joel Souza on the set of “Rust,” it followed decades of other incidents.
Oct. 22, 2021
Movies
Producers Donna Roth and Susan Arnold may be the daughters (and the wives) of filmmakers, but they’ve made three quirky movies entirely their way.
April 20, 1997
In “Grosse Pointe Blank,” a young professional hit man (John Cusack) fends off a rival’s attack as he returns to his hometown for his 10th high school reunion and tries to pick up where he left off with his old sweetheart (Minnie Driver).
April 24, 1997
California
State Sen. Dave Cortese (D-San Jose), chairman of the Senate Labor Committee, has announced he’ll push legislation to ban not only live ammunition but workable guns from film sets in California.
Nov. 4, 2021
Steven Seagal, the hero of “Hard to Kill” (citywide), is not just hard to kill.
Feb. 12, 1990
The term ‘prop gun’ includes nonfunctioning guns and cap guns, but also real guns firing blank cartridges, which can pack a punch — and be fatal.
In “Johnny Mnemonic,” set in 2021, Keanu Reeves plays a courier who transports nefarious top-secret corporate information in his chip-enhanced, mega-storage capacity noggin.
May 26, 1995