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There was a period when the "James Bond" franchise was dead for a few years, following Timothy Dalton's somewhat disappointing (commercially speaking) two-film run in the late '80s. After 1989's "License to Kill," the series was in need of reinvention, which would eventually come in a big way with 1995's massive hit "GoldenEye." Pierce Brosnan managed to bring Bond to the '90s in style, with the huge help of ace director Martin Campbell behind the camera. 007 was back in a big, bad way. But as is so often the case with a big, long-running series such as this, attention immediately turns to what comes next.
In this case, the answer to that question came in December 1997 in the form of "Tomorrow Never Dies,...
There was a period when the "James Bond" franchise was dead for a few years, following Timothy Dalton's somewhat disappointing (commercially speaking) two-film run in the late '80s. After 1989's "License to Kill," the series was in need of reinvention, which would eventually come in a big way with 1995's massive hit "GoldenEye." Pierce Brosnan managed to bring Bond to the '90s in style, with the huge help of ace director Martin Campbell behind the camera. 007 was back in a big, bad way. But as is so often the case with a big, long-running series such as this, attention immediately turns to what comes next.
In this case, the answer to that question came in December 1997 in the form of "Tomorrow Never Dies,...
- 2/8/2023
- by Ryan Scott
- Slash Film
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
Directed by John Carpenter
Written by William Goldman and Robert Collector
1992, USA
Chevy Chase is something of a mystery. In the mid-1970s through the late-1980s, the quirky comedian starred in a number of well-known films. Many of said films highlighted Chase’s strongly unique comedic style. Cynicism and goofy charm were the actor’s best attributes and this very appealing personality even seemed to inspire actors today like Jason Lee and Ryan Reynolds. This suave funnyman persona suited Chase well, but as the 80s started winding down, audiences and critics seemed to have grown tired of the actor’s predictability and somewhat stale brand of humor. He did manage, however, to squeeze out one fun little performance in 1992’s Memoirs of an Invisible Man.
Based loosely on H. F. Saint’s 1987 novel of the same name, Memoirs tells the harrowing story of Nick...
Directed by John Carpenter
Written by William Goldman and Robert Collector
1992, USA
Chevy Chase is something of a mystery. In the mid-1970s through the late-1980s, the quirky comedian starred in a number of well-known films. Many of said films highlighted Chase’s strongly unique comedic style. Cynicism and goofy charm were the actor’s best attributes and this very appealing personality even seemed to inspire actors today like Jason Lee and Ryan Reynolds. This suave funnyman persona suited Chase well, but as the 80s started winding down, audiences and critics seemed to have grown tired of the actor’s predictability and somewhat stale brand of humor. He did manage, however, to squeeze out one fun little performance in 1992’s Memoirs of an Invisible Man.
Based loosely on H. F. Saint’s 1987 novel of the same name, Memoirs tells the harrowing story of Nick...
- 5/4/2014
- by Randall Unger
- SoundOnSight
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