FilmCritic entries tagged "Shane Black"

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Tales from the Script

by Jules Brenner on Mar 28 2010
Tales from the Script

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Giving legions of struggling screenwriters one more opportunity to learn something from their role models at the top of their craft, director Peter Hanson (screenwriter, Stagehand) assembles a chat fest of interviews with the stars of the profession commiserating over...... more »
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Last Action Hero

by Pete Croatto on Dec 15 2008
DVD Release Date: January 12, 2010

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I always assumed that the disappointing numbers behind Last Action Hero were based on timing. Jurassic Park opened on June 13, 1993. Last Action Hero opened five days later. With Jurassic Park's incredible word-of-mouth and stupendous special effects, Arnold Schwarzenegger's...... more »
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The Monster Squad

by Keith Breese on Jan 24 2007
DVD Release Date: November 24, 2009

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The concept alone is enough to have every 10-year old boy within a 10 mile radius salivating: all the classic monsters -- Dracula, Frankenstein's Monster, the Mummy, the Wolfman, and the Gillman -- converge on suburbia and it's up to...... more »
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Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang

by David Dylan Thomas on Oct 20 2005
DVD Release Date: June 13, 2006
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang

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When Shane Black wrote the screenplay for 1996's The Long Kiss Goodnight, he broke his own record as the highest paid screenwriter in Hollywood. Then, just as suddenly as he had burst onto the scene (with the Lethal Weapon screenplay),...... more »
On DVD

The Long Kiss Goodnight

by Christopher Null on Oct 8 1996
DVD Release Date: March 18, 1997
The Long Kiss Goodnight

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The much-publicized ballyhoo over The Long Kiss Goodnight relates largely to the $4 million paid for Shane Black's script. The question everyone is asking is, was it worth it? Well, yes and no. Opening weekend is sure to bring in...... more »

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