1997 – Movie Mavericks Podcast

The Fifth Element (1997) – Review

March 7, 2019April 29, 2019 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 1997, bruce willis, Chris Tucker, Gary Oldman, ian holm, luc besson, milla jovovich, The Fifth Element

The Fifth Element is Luc Besson’s grand operatic cinema experience. It’s a decidedly oddball mixture of science fiction and romance

Drama Reviews

L.A. Confidential (1997) – Review

December 16, 2018 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 1997, Brian Helgeland, Curtis Hanson, danny devito, David Strathairn, Guy Pearce, James Cromwell, kevin spacey, Kim Basinger, L.A. Confidential, Russell Crowe

L.A. Confidential is a companion piece to Chinatown in terms of tone, subject, and amoral characters. There are no likable

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Mimic (1997) – Review

November 15, 2018November 13, 2018 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 1997, Alexander Goodwin, Charles S Dutton, F. Murray Abraham, Giancarlo Giannini, guillermo del toro, Jeremy Northam, josh brolin, Mimic, MIra Sorvino

Mimic doesn’t always make a lot of sense, but it’s propped up by an intriguing premise and a strong visual

Action Reviews

Most Wanted (1997) – Review

November 12, 2018 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 1997, David Hogan, Eric Roberts, Jill Hennessy, Jon Voight, Keenen Ivory Wayans, Most Wanted, Paul Sorvino, Robert Culp, Simon Baker Denny, wolfgang bodison

Most Wanted is star Keenen Ivory Wayans’s bid for action hero status. After, coming off The Glimmer Man in a

Horror Reviews

An American Werewolf in Paris (1997) – Review

October 30, 2018 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 1997, An American Werewolf in Paris, Anthony Waller, Julie Bowen, Julie Delpy, Phil Buckman, Pierre Cosso, Thierry Lhermitte, Tom Everett Scott, Tom Novembre, Vince Vieluf

An American Werewolf in Paris is the long-gestating follow-up to John Landis’ American Werewolf in London. Even though the female

Action Reviews

Breakdown (1997) – Review

April 22, 2018July 23, 2018 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 1997, Breakdown, J.T. Walsh, Kathleen Quinlan, kurt russell, M.C. Gainey, Rex Linn

Breakdown is one of the 1990’s most taut, well-crafted thrillers. It stars Kurt Russell, who enjoyed a bit of a

Action Comedy Reviews

Operation Condor (1997) – Review

February 6, 2018 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 1997, Carol 'Do Do' Cheng, Eva Cobo, jackie chan, Operation Condor

Jackie Chan’s willingness to entertain audiences at the risk of his own personal safety reaches new inventive heights in the

Action Reviews

Shadow Conspiracy (1997) – Review

January 10, 2018January 10, 2018 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 1997, ben gazzara, charlie sheen, Donald Sutherland, George P. Cosmatos, Linda Hamilton, Sam Waterston, Shadow Conspiracy, Stephen Lang

Shadow Conspiracy has the feel of a film that missed it’s sell-by date while still in development. It’s an uneasy

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The Relic (1997) – Review

September 24, 2017January 16, 2018 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 1997, James Whitmore, Linda Hunt, Penelope Ann Miller, peter hyams, The Relic, tom sizemore

Peter Hyams is one of the most underrated American born directors of the last forty years. Now, semi-retired (he hasn’t

Comedy Family Reviews

Good Burger (1997) – Review

August 20, 2017October 2, 2017 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 1997, Abe Vigoda, Brian Robbins, Dan Schneider, Good Burger, kel mitchell, Kenan Thompson

Good Burger was inspired by a short sketch on an SNL type program for kids on the Nickelodeon channel. This

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Spawn (1997) – Review

July 25, 2017September 5, 2017 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 1997, d.b. sweeney, john leguizamo, Mark A.Z. Dippé, martin sheen, Michael Jai White, Nicol Williamson, spawn, Theresa Randle

It’s too bad that Todd McFarlane’s Spawn was made back in 1997 and without the technological savvy and storytelling slickness

Drama Reviews

City of Industry (1997) – Review

July 24, 2017 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 1997, City of Industry, Famke Janssen, Harvey Keitel, John Irvin, stephen dorff, Timothy Hutton, Wade Dominguez

In the immediate post-Pulp Fiction world of the late nineties a rash of imitators quickly followed with the misbegotten intent

Comedy Family Reviews

Flubber (1997) – Review

May 25, 2017December 2, 2017 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 1997, Christopher McDonald, clancy brown, Flubber, Les Mayfield, Marcia Gay Harden, Raymond J. Barry, robin williams, Ted Levine

Robin Williams’ career circa 1997 is an astonishing thing to behold. The respected comedian appeared in four movies over the

Action Reviews

Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997) – Review

May 13, 2017June 23, 2017 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 1997, Glenn Plummer, Jason Patric, sandra bullock, Speed 2: Cruise Control, Temuera Morrison, Willem Dafoe

Speed 2: Cruise Control will always hold a special place in my memory. I saw it on its opening day

Comedy Reviews

8 Heads in a Duffel Bag (1997) – Review

April 26, 2017 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 1997, 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag, Andy Comeau, David Spade, Dyan Cannon, george hamilton, Joe Pesci, kristy swanson, Todd Louiso., Tom Schulman

When did Hollywood decide that Joe Pesci was a comedian? Sure, he was Oscar-worthy in his supporting role as Leo

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