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Theme Week Wrap-Up Ray Liotta Tribute Week Hello dear visitors! This is my Ray Liotta tribute week wrap-up. I was really happy with the last 2 movies we watched with Ray, finding a fantastic indie cult classic from the 80's and a somewhat hidden gem from 2016. Top Pick of the Week Something Wild (1986) A fantastic indie cult classic from the 80's that's hard to categorize. Ranked Board Below is our movie list, ordered from best to worst. I wouldn't mind continuing to watch Liotta's movies, but tomorrow I will have to announce a new theme for next week and move on. #1 of the Week Something Wild (1986) A fantastic indie cult classic from the 80's that's hard to categorize. #2 of the Week Sticky Notes (2016) A somewhat hidden gem from 2016 that pleasantly surprised us. ...

Something Wild is a 1986 American action comedy romance film directed by Jonathan Demme and starring Melanie Griffith, Jeff Daniels and Ray Liotta. It was screened out of competition at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival. The film has some elements of a road movie combined with screwball comedy. source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Something_Wild_(1986_film) A free-spirited woman "kidnaps" a yuppie for a weekend of adventure. But the fun quickly takes a dangerous turn when her ex-convict husband shows up. source: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091983/ ***SPOILER ALERT*** An 80s Hidden Gem: Lulu Kidnaps a Yuppie KRASNAYA: Hello Freddy, here comes the last day that we dedicate to the insanely talented actor Ray Liotta. "Something Wild", which was Ray Liotta's second movie, concludes our tribute week. So I absolutely loved this movie! This is a wild comedy tinged with crime. Jonathan Demme made a pleasant romantic mo...

Plot Summary: Athena, a struggling dancer trying to make it in LA, has her detached and solitary life interrupted when she's called home to Florida to care for her estranged father, Jack, after he's diagnosed with lung cancer. Director: Amanda Sharp Screenplay: Amanda Sharp Story: Amanda Sharp Producers: Katie Mustard, Frankie Lindquist, Cassian Elwes Cinematography: Alex Disenhof Editors: Amy E. Duddleston, Blake Maniquis Music: Nathan Halpern Starring: Ray Liotta as Jack Morehead Rose Leslie as Athena Gina Rodriguez as Alyssa Justin Bartha as Bryan   ***SPOILER ALERT*** KRASNAYA: Hello Freddie! May I start by thanking you for your talent for finding something very rare. That's what happened with the film Sticky Notes by director Amanda Sharp. There is not even a photo of her on IMBd, and it becomes sad ...

No Escape, released in some countries as Escape from Absolom and Absolom 2022, is a 1994 American science fiction action film directed by Martin Campbell. It stars Ray Liotta, Lance Henriksen, Stuart Wilson, Kevin Dillon, Michael Lerner and Ernie Hudson. It was based on the 1987 novel The Penal Colony by Richard Herley. The film began in production development on May 17, 1993 and lasted until August of that year. It was filmed in Australia, primarily in New South Wales. source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Escape_(1994_film) Robbins is sentenced to prison for the assassination of his general officer, a prison you leave only when you die. Since nobody ever leaves the prison, nobody knows what the prison is like. The prison manager realizes this and buys himself an island playground called "Absolom," where the worst prisoners are free to create an isolated barbaric society, and where the strongest men rule...a living hell. Robbins is sent to Absolom af...

Article 99 is a 1992 American comedy-drama film directed by Howard Deutch and written by Ron Cutler. It was produced by Orion Pictures and stars Kiefer Sutherland, Ray Liotta, Forest Whitaker, John C. McGinley, Rutanya Alda and Lea Thompson. The soundtrack was composed by Danny Elfman. The film's title supposedly refers to a legal loophole, which states that unless an illness/injury is related to military service, a veteran is not eligible for VA hospital benefits. source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_99 Dr. Richard Sturgess leads a team of compassionate doctors at a veteran's hospital. Along with Drs. Morgan, Handleman and Van Dorn, he fights to deliver adequate care to needy veterans in the face of funding cuts and corruption. source: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101371/ ***SPOILER ALERT*** An Overdose of Kindness and Medical Bureaucracy FRED: Well, let me start by saying that I feel the need to murder someone just to balance o...

Narc is a 2002 American neo-noir crime thriller film written and directed by Joe Carnahan and starring Jason Patric and Ray Liotta. source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narc_(film) An undercover narc dies, the investigation stalls, so the Detroit P.D. brings back Nick Tellis, fired 18-months ago when a stray bullet hits a pregnant woman. Tellis teams with Henry Oak, a friend of the dead narc and an aggressive cop constantly under the scrutiny of internal affairs. They follow leads, informants turn up dead, Nick's wife is unhappy he's back on the street, Henry's protective of the dead cop's wife. Nick reads and re-reads the case file, broods, watches Oak's heavy-handed style, sometimes joining in. The brass want to close out the case, Nick and Henry stay on it, and bits of evidence point them to an auto body shop. What actually happened; will Nick ever know? source: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0272207/ ***SPOILER ALERT*** ...

Weekly Theme Announcement Ray Liotta Tribute Week Hello people! Last week we said goodbye to a very familiar face from Hollywood. Ray Liotta died on the 29th of May in his sleep. He was in the Dominican Republic filming the movie "Dangerous Waters". He was 67. Any cinema lover will know him for his main role as Henry Hill in "Good Fellas". "I’m funny how? Like a clown? Do I amuse you?" - This scene with Ray Liotta and Joe Pesci is one that will always be remembered by anyone who watches this movie. It is an important piece of cinema history. Liotta is not known for being a leading man, but a great supporting actor, usually a baddy. As he said - "It would be nice to do a movie where I didn't have to choke the girl to get her." It goes without saying that this week we put aside our lottery jar and are dedicating our themed week to Ray Liotta. We will be watching 5 movies that he participat...