Skylark (1993)
[This is the second of three films to the SARAH PLAIN & TALL trilogy. It goes: Sarah P&T, Skylark, and Winter’s End.] Genre: Period Drama Walken in Short: Just like … Continue reading
All-American Murder (1991)
Genre: American Giallo* / Black Comedy * What’s that? A “giallo” is a kind of Italian horror film that mixes a mystery who-dun-it with grisly murders, graphic sex, and … Continue reading
McBain (1991)
Genre: ’90s Mercenary Action Walken in Short: He’s the lead, he has a few good speeches, he hams it up and gets to kill a bunch of people who, some … Continue reading
Communion (1989)
Genre: Alien-Abduction Drama / Psychological Thriller Walken in Short: There is so much great Walken in this movie that there is barely any room for the almond-eyed extra-terrestrials. He talks … Continue reading
Puss In Boots (1988)
Genre: Children’s Musical Folk-tale Walken in Short: As the eponymous feline, Walken channels the spirit of a cat. A savvy cat. A singing, dancing cat. A preening, scheming, happy cat. … Continue reading
Witness in the War Zone (1987)
aka DEADLINE (original title) aka WAR ZONE (unoriginal title) Genre: Middle Eastern Journo-political War Suspense Walken in Short: He is ‘Don Stevens’, a world-weary journalist, that has been called in … Continue reading
At Close Range (1986)
Genre: Dramatic Crime Thriller (based on a true story) Walken in Short: He’s a charismatic con-man ‘Godfather’ with a hint of a Southern drawl, a great 70’s porno-stash, and a … Continue reading
The Dead Zone (1983)
Genre: Horror-Fantasy Thriller Walken In Short: This is iconic Walken. He is the lead. He is intense. He is dangerously and excitingly unbalanced. Great role for Walken. Movie In a … Continue reading
Brainstorm (1983)
Look at all these different film-posters I found for today’s Walken film. My favorite is the Spanish(?) one below where they look like heavily-rouged 80’s synth-punk music-video albinos playing eye-footsie … Continue reading
Who Am I This Time? (1982)
Genre: Theatrical Drama Walken in Short: He is the only reason to watch this. He plays an amateur thespian immersing himself in the role of Stanley in ‘A Streetcar Named … Continue reading
