Films featuring
Kathleen Turner

Romancing the Stone (1984)

Friday, April 15th, 2011

My minimum price for taking a stranded lady to a telephone is 400 dollars.

Back in the eighties, there were a lot of films (and television shows) that tried to cash in on the success of Raiders of the Lost Ark. Who would have thought that this breezy trifle, written years before Raiders, would come closer to capturing the spirit of the original film than Spielberg’s sequel of the very same year?

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Undercover Blues (1993)

Wednesday, March 1st, 2006

See mommy picking the big lock? Someday, when you’re a big girl, she’ll teach you how to pick locks. Of course, she may still be picking this one.

I wanted to spin a New Orleans-based movie for Fat Tuesday, and this was the only Big Easy film in my collection.

Undercover Blues

Undercover Blues is a lightweight, inconsequential comedy that succeeds completely on the charisma of its stars and a thoroughly fearless comedic performance by a fast-rising actor. The plot doesn’t make a whole lot of sense and rests on the flimsiest of MacGuffins, but by the end you’re laughing hard enough not to care.

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