Everett Miller

This effort is quite entertaining. So what it's not high art; who cares? The diversion is satisfying and, of course, Stana Katic is so watchable as she gives herself to the camera. Enjoy.

This superb film is hitting on all 8. 1. Sean Connery's best film after 007 2. Michelle Pfeiffer's best film performance period 3. John LeCarre's best story adapted to the big screen 4. Jerry Goldsmith's best score with regional musicality 5. Best screenplay adaption of any spy novel 6. Roy Scheider's most layered, complex performance 7. Better Cinematography of a real Russia than even Dr. Zhivago 8. A Magnificent supporting cast with zero cardboard characters It's one of "those" films--that you want to immediately re-watch upon first viewing and that just gets better every time you watch it again (and again).

From the premium thriller movie team of Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer (Top Gun, Enemy of the State, Days of Thunder) the “Crimson Tide” masterpiece is in grand company, and, in grand style as a showcase for some of the worlds best actors at the top of their game. If you haven’t seen this movie, you are in for a Big Ride in a Big Boat. Gene Hackman, as the submarine’s Captain Ramsey, and Denzel Washington, as the new Executive Officer, are outstanding as two powerful leading men playing two powerful leading men—perfect casting. Either of these two could carry a big movie and together they romp; it doesn’t hurt to have a supporting cast like this: Viggo Mortensen, George Dzundza, James Gandolfini, (yes, that James Gandolfini), and Jason Robards (no less) who, for every second of his 1-1/2 minutes, commands the screen with the most powerful performance of his career. Except for some fleeting glimpses, the entire set is staged aboard “The Crimson Tide”, a nuclear powered, nuclear weaponized super-weapon-of-war carrying “more explosive power than was unleashed in both World Wars combined—192 thermonuclear warheads—5,000 time more fire power than the nuclear bomb that destroyed Hiroshima. It is in this setting that we watch about that much powerful script writing, casting, lighting, cinematography, editing, and acting at direction of the Master, Don Simpson, come together. As Executive Producer, Jerry Bruckheimer is still smiling at how this ensemble clicked. There are long minutes when no dialog is necessary as the storyline is carried forward by the implications inherent in the scene, and the power of master actors on-screen telling the story without words. There are short minutes so filled with such staggering storytelling and implication that the scene alone could be expanded separately into a blockbuster. You will be amazed. It’ll cost you 3 bucks to stream it, so you may as well buy the DVD. I watch it once a year weather I need to or not!

Val Kilmer's best work. Young in age but mature in his work, he is joined by a superb cast of actors in a one-of-a-kind movie. Based (loosely) on real events in the "Badlands" the screenplays out a story of the tension between traditional reservation Indians and the newer revolutionary leaders while they face off with the Federal Government. Built over the timeless and familiar backstory of murder over money, the young FBI agent finds himself confronting both the events seemingly beyond his control, and his own heritage and cultural assumptions. Conceived, written and produced before the "woke" era of our current times, the honesty seems staggering now, but was perfect when released and as released. Young idealistic justice warriors have no idea how shallow their indignities are compared to the real events of recent times past. This film wold be a great education for anyone under 35 and a great reminder to the rest of us. Watch it now.

Mamet's great script brilliantly directed by Danny DeVito with Jack Nicholson's greatest acting--far surpasses his other great films--as Hoffa comes to life. (The film also includes some incredible long-shot no-cut scene runs unheard of before computer generation made anything possible.) Watch this film. It's in many a top 25 list.

loads of fun; like fast past old black and white rom-coms; like aperfectly blocked stage play on a roll--the show is marvelous unlike any other TV you're going to watch. with incredible sets, coustumes, scripts, directing, pacing, acting by leading and bit players at the top of their craft, this is not to be missed. Try to watch in 4K if possible. Re-watch it all over to catch whatever you missed the first time around. Do NOT listen to any nay-sayers--they are too thick to appreciate art and artists at work.