Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977) Review
Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977) rates 7 out of 10 on the rewatch scale. Diane Keaton plays a teacher of deaf children who spends her nights in bars, in a film that is genuinely good for ninety minutes and then…
William Atherton played Walter Peck in Ghostbusters and Richard Thornburg in Die Hard, two characters of such calculated obnoxiousness that he has described being genuinely harassed in public over them.
The Sugarland Express gave him a lead for Steven Spielberg’s first theatrical feature, and Day of the Locust gave him a serious dramatic role. He came from Broadway and has continued to work steadily in television.
Diane KeatonLooking for Mr. Goodbar (1977) rates 7 out of 10 on the rewatch scale. Diane Keaton plays a teacher of deaf children who spends her nights in bars, in a film that is genuinely good for ninety minutes and then…
Alan RickmanBruce Willis, Alan Rickman as god-tier Hans Gruber, and one perfect Christmas Eve at Nakatomi Plaza. The rating is not negotiable.
Bonnie BedeliaRenny Harlin takes McClane to Dulles Airport on Christmas Eve for the twistiest entry in the franchise. The 8 reflects what the rewatch test has confirmed: the film is genuinely twisty, the action sequences land, the Christmas-Eve airport setting works,…
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