Tubbs’s Film Reviews

8089 Films have been rated or reviewed by Tubbs.

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982): You will probably know after five minutes whether the style and formatting of the film and/or Martin's performance appeals. Beautifully shot in black and white.
Election (1999): The performances of the spot on cast do justice to the excellent screenplay – with Reese scoring eleven out of ten.; DVD ~~$25~~ $18.75
Coach Carter (2005): It is another basketball film with a pontificating coach but not all basketball films have Samuel L Jackson. However all his good work is undone by the film being at least a half hour too long.
Little Odessa (1994): The screenplay doesn't quite work but it gets close and there is compensation to be found in the lack of all round glamour. Vanessa doesn't have a great deal to do but Roth and Schell are fine.The music score is suitably depressing.
Goodbye Girl, The (1977): The first half is very similar to the Odd Couple so the screenplay loses some effectiveness. The second half reduces to a romance.
Criminal (2016): Costner had trouble speaking properly – he might have had a cold. The screenplay was familiar and this could be a remake. The violence, including funny one liners before dispatching someone, just gets tiresome.
Annie Hall (1977): Allen's enunciation is not good at times. Again when Director he takes on a romantic role – I assume the ladies are allowed a stand–in. One star for the location shooting and one for as always the great Diane Keaton.
Snake Eyes (1998): More hysteria from Cage gives the film no chance of succeeding. Surely they must have known when casting him what would happen(?)
Tickled (2016): It played like a spoof comedy and I lost interest before the half way point.
Ghostbusters (2016): Have mixed feelings about this – its biggest handicap was the familiarity of the plot – but the ladies do a good job and so do the special effects team & it is enjoyable for the most part.

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