FilmCritic entries tagged "Phillip Noyce"

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Salt

by Bill Gibron on Jul 22 2010
DVD Release Date: December 21, 2010
Salt

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Salt may be the first truly successful launch of a female secret agent franchise since Renny Harlin tried to turn his then-wife Geena Davis into a simmering CIA assassin with the under-appreciated The Long Kiss Goodnight. In Angelia Jolie's delightful...... more »
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Sliver

by Don Willmott on Mar 27 2006
DVD Release Date: March 28, 2006
Sliver

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New Yorkers obsess over real estate, and they're quick to notice when interesting apartments feature prominently in movies, especially thrillers. There's a direct line that runs from Rosemary's Baby (fabulous pre-war woodwork!) through Single White Female (so much square footage...... more »
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Clear and Present Danger

by Christopher Null on Apr 27 2003
DVD Release Date: July 29, 2008

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Jack Ryan returns for a third outing in Clear and Present Danger, reuniting Harrison Ford's Ryan with director Phillip Noyce, who also directed Ford-as-Ryan in Patriot Games. Too bad that with plenty of raw material (notably Willem Dafoe as an...... more »
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Patriot Games

by Christopher Null on Apr 27 2003
DVD Release Date: July 29, 2008

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Out with Alec Baldwin and in with Harrison Ford -- as CIA analyst Jack Ryan becomes caught up in an international incident again as he lectures in London, throwing so much action at us that we are meant to forget...... more »
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The Quiet American

by Sean O'Connell on Dec 11 2002
DVD Release Date: July 29, 2003
The Quiet American

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Academy Award-winning director Steven Spielberg did it again this year. So did Steven Soderbergh, who seems to do it all the time. I'm talking about releasing two movies in the same year, a practice that can result in walloping one-two...... more »
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Rabbit-Proof Fence

by Sean O'Connell on Nov 23 2002
DVD Release Date: April 15, 2003
Rabbit-Proof Fence

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Turn off your computer, step outside and start walking. Keep walking. Don't eat or drink anything, save for what you can scrounge up from your surroundings. In fact, take your shoes off while you're at it. Now, every couple of...... more »
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The Bone Collector

by Christopher Null on Nov 1 1999
DVD Release Date: March 14, 2000
The Bone Collector

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Call me crazy, but I'm dead certain I saw the Transamerica Pyramid (in San Francisco) in the opening scene of The Bone Collector, which is otherwise set in New York. In fact, this film, about a cab driver who kidnaps...... more »
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The Saint

by Christopher Null on Apr 3 1997
DVD Release Date: September 16, 1997
The Saint

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The Next Big Franchise [Well, I guess not - Ed.] hits theaters this Friday, with all the trappings of a sequel-destined event. Infused with a backstory to set up the past of its nameless hero (Val Kilmer) as something of...... more »

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