Category Archives: Dennis Hopper

GIANT (1956)

This sweeping story of a huge Texas cattle ranch over several decades lives up to its name, but I think falls short of its clear ambition to be “Gone With the Wind, but as a Western.”

Posted byDaniel JoslynJuly 25, 2021October 19, 2021Posted inAmerican movies, Carroll Baker, Dennis Hopper, Dmitri Tiomkin, Earl Holliman, Edna Ferber, Elsa Cárdenas, Epics, George Stevens, James Dean, Judith Evelyn, Melodrama, Mercedes McCambridge, Natividad Vacío, Paul Fix, Philo McCullough, Rock Hudson, Sal Mineo, Uncategorized, WesternsTags:1950s Movies, 1956, Dennis Hopper, Earl Holliman, Elizabeth Taylor, Elsa Cárdenas, Epics, George Stevens, Giant, James Dean, Judith Evelyn, Melodrama, Mercedes McCambridge, Rock Hudson, Sal Mineo, WesternsLeave a comment on GIANT (1956)

BLUE VELVET (1986)

An, um, unique take on the dark underbelly of a small town from David Lynch, sort of the proto-Twin Peaks.

Posted byDaniel JoslynApril 17, 2021November 8, 2021Posted in1980s Movies, American movies, Brad Dourif, David Lynch, Dean Stockwell, Dennis Hopper, Film Noir, Hope Lange, Isabella Rossellini, Jack Nance, Kyle MacLachlan, Laura Dern, Mystery, Thriller/SuspenseTags:1980s Movies, 1986, Blue Velvet, Brad Dourif, David Lynch, Dean Stockwell, Dennis Hopper, Film Noir, Hope Lange, Isabella Rossellini, Jack Nance, Kyle MacLachlan, Laura Dern, Mystery, Suspense/Thriller1 Comment on BLUE VELVET (1986)

HOOSIERS (1986)

As March Madness continues in Indiana, we revisit this 1980s piece of “Pepperidge Farm buncombe” that’s somehow effective despite basically nothing that happens off a basketball court working at all.