#James Tolkan

[ghostlyarchaeologist]

"This is my only chance. I've planned for months. I have eight backup contingencies."

Leverage S04E09 The Cross My Heart Job.

#leverage #nate ford #dean chesny #timothy hutton #james tolkan #nate once again proving that he is by far the most dangerous member of the team #he's damn scary when he wants to be! #ghostly'sgifs

[scenesandscreens]

Top Gun (1986)

Director - Tony Scott, Cinematography - Jeffrey L. Kimball

"That was some of the best flying I've seen yet. Right up to the part where you got killed. You never, never leave your wing man."

#scenesandscreens #top gun #tony scott #Jeffrey L. Kimball #tom cruise #kelly mcgillis #val kilmer #anthony edwards #tom skerritt #michael ironside #john stockwell #Barry Tubb #rick rossovich #tim robbins #Clarence Gilyard #Whip Hubley #James Tolkan #meg ryan #adrian pasdar

[camyfilms]

TOP GUN 1986

That was some of the best flying I've seen yet. Right up to the part where you got killed. You never, never leave your wing man.

#top gun #1986 #tom cruise #kelly mcgillis #val kilmer #anthony edwards #tom skerritt #michael ironside #john stockwell #barry tubb #rick rossovich #tim robbins #clarence gilyard jr #whip hubley #james tolkan #meg ryan #adrian pasdar

[theactioneer]

Masters of the Universe (Gary Goddard, 1987) 

#dolph lundgren #chelsea field #james tolkan #he-man #master of the universe #motu #cannon films #moog

[duranduratulsa]

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[abs0luteb4stard]

W A T C H I N G

#TOP GUN (1986) #Tony Scott #Tom Cruise #Kelly McGillis #Val Kilmer #Anthony Edwards #Tom Skerritt #Rick Rossovich #Tim Robbins #Clarence Gilyard #James Tolkan #Meg Ryan #Watching #dramatic movie #drama #Michael Ironside

[badmovieihave]

Bad movie I have Bone Tomahawk 2015

#Bone Tomahawk #Caliber Media Company #Kurt Russell #Patrick Wilson #Matthew Fox #Richard Jenkins #Lili Simmons #Evan Jonigkeit #David Arquette #Fred Melamed #Sid Haig #Maestro Harrell #James Tolkan #Kathryn Morris #Zahn McClarnon #Michael Emery #Jeremy Tardy #Michael Paré #Sean Young #Jamison Newlander #Erick Chavarria #Omar Leyva #David Midthunder #Raw Leiba #Geno Segers #Alex Meraz #Robert Allen Mukes #Brandon Molale #Eddie Spears #Jay Tavare

[clemsfilmdiary]

Top Gun (1986, Tony Scott)

8/6/22

#Top Gun #Tom Cruise #Kelly McGillis #Val Kilmer #Anthony Edwards #Rick Rossovich #Tom Skerritt #Michael Ironside #John Stockwell #Barry Tubb #James Tolkan #Meg Ryan #Adrian Pasdar #80s #drama #action #military #aviation #pilots #navy #training #teacher and student #buddies #homoerotic #jets #masculinity #cold war #macho #friendship #Tony Scott

[erstwhile-punk-guerito]

#masters of the universe #dolph lundgren #frank langella #courteney cox #james tolkan #christina pickles #meg foster #gary goddard #1987

[ulrichgebert]

Hier noch einige nützliche philosophische Ergänzungen zu War and Peace

#Love and Death #James Tolkan #Diane Keaton #Harold Gould #Olga Georges-Picot #Jessica Harper #Film gesehen #Woody Allen

[spockvarietyhour]

James Tolkan

#The Friends of Eddie Coyle #James Tolkan #Danny watches The Friends of Eddie Coyle

[carrieunderwccd]

#Photos #Cruise #Tom Cruise #Anthony Edwards #James Tolkan

[thealmightyemprex]

Sci Fi Month 3: WarGames

Today we are looking at a cautionary tale that is both very much of the time and yet ahead of the time

In this 1983 film,teenage hacker David Lightman (Matthew Broaderick ) when trying to hack into the games of a toy company ,actually hacks into WOPR/"Joshua "(Voiced by John Wood )a supercomputer to play a game of "Nuclear War "...A game the computer plans to finish

THis film is great .ITs both a neat snapshot of where computers were in 1983 ,but also its still a chilling cuationary tale .On one hand Its a bit quaint cause I am watching this film 40 years later where everyone has a computer and this back when home computers were kind of these things no one really understood,and It was amusing to see stuff like a huge deal being made of the protagonis reserving airplane seats through a computer ....On the other hand hackers and cyber security are modern issues now .The film is also a tale of the futility and how terrifying nuclear war actuallly is ,and when it comes to sci fi films about the dangers of nuclear destruction this is one of the most effective I have see m

I think Joshua,AKA the WOPR super computer is an effective antagonist ,cause it was made for games and views nuclear war as a game .ITs also a bit childlike only wanting to impress his creator /father Dr Falken (And I like the touch both are played by John Wood ),with his name taken from Falkens dead son

Cast is all good ,I think this is one of my favorite Matthew Broaderick performances ,cause I can buy him as this computer whiz who accidently gets in over his head .In fact both Broaderick and Ally Sheedy are amazing in this cause they feel like real teens who can be selfish but are trying to do the right thing with a sweet romance .Dabney Coleman is good as the scientist who pushes for the use of the WOPR ,not really realizing its power ,and hes a good human antagonist ,not a villain but a guy who cant see where he is wrong ,though I wouldve liked a bit more of him cause I enjoyed his performance .I really liked the performance of Barry Corbin as the General ,I just found him ver entertaining .Two minor performances I liked were Muary Chaykin and Eddie Deezan as a duo of computer experts,I liked the contrast between the the two.John Wood however I feel steals the film as Dr Falken ,a man who has a fatalist view and has basically given up on living due ti both personal tragedy and his belief man is destined to destroy itself .Also James Tolkan is in this movie ....Nothing to say,I just like that actor

I think the sets are incredibly impressive ,the music is gorgeous,John Badhams direction is great , and the finale is is clever and intense

OVerall I think this is a great movie ,both a snap shot of the times but kind of ahead of the time

@ariel-seagull-wings @goodanswerfoxmonster @amalthea9 @princesssarisa @the-blue-fairie @angelixgutz @filmcityworld1 @themousefromfantasyland @theancientvaleofsoulmaking

[watching-pictures-move]

Viddying the Nasties | Delirium (Maris, 1979)

This review contains mild spoilers.

I’m reading the back cover of my Severin Blu-ray, and there’s a blurb from some publication or website I don’t recognize claiming that this is the “first psycho-killer movie to exploit the graphic nature of the its murders”, which is the kind of claim that I suspect holds up only if you haven’t seen any movies made before this one. But credit where credit is due, there are at least a few gruesome murders in this, including one by spear and another where an actor’s hand is lopped off. The person doing the murdering is a PTSD-stricken Vietnam vet, who another blurb on the back of the Blu-ray describes as a “cracked-out Seth McFarlane”, but I think he looks more like Nathan Fielder myself. Given their comic sensibilities, I’d wager Fielder is a bit more deranged than McFarlane, but neither strikes me as likely to go on a killing spree.

But the movie doesn’t stop there. It turns out this Vietnam vet was part of an underground vigilante group of Vietnam vets hired to kill criminals the justice system failed to convict. The group is run by a bald hardass type played by Barron Winchester, whose name sounds like the upper class villain in a spaghetti western and whose presence brings to mind an even flintier James Tolkan. Winchester plays most of his scenes wearing sunglasses, even when indoors. I wear transition lenses, and anytime I step indoors when it’s been sunny outside, I’m blind as a bat for a minute, so I gotta respect his commitment to the bit. But the sunglasses are also an astute bit of costuming, as they make him look much meaner, and also hide the fact that he’s kinda weird looking when he takes them off. Out to stop him are a pair of detectives and the friend of the first victim, who frankly does more to solve the case than any of the cops. She also wears a cute floral dress late in the movie, although I personally would have used this fabric to make a Hawaiian shirt. Also, one of the detectives ends up dating her, and the other one is bizarrely enthusiastic about the relationship. I guess it’s nice when your friends are happy for you.

I was seeing a lot of less than stellar ratings of this from my Letterboxd circle, so I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed this. This is a low budget regional production, and the best thing you can say about it is how well made it is. This apparently was an effort to salvage an unfinished movie, but the end result holds together surprisingly well. Certainly the budget shows, but some smart use of locations (some of the St. Louis locations were later used in Escape From New York, although they look less hellish here) hides the lack of production value. (Fun fact: the hand-chopping scene was improvised after the director found an extra who was born without a hand.) And when the movie pivots from slasher to action thriller, the action elements feel sturdier than one might expect. The climactic shootout is fairly coherent, if not exactly stylish.

If anything, the relative slickness of the movie takes some of the sting out of the murders, which don’t have the pungency they might have achieved in a more slapdash production. But this isn’t quite as grimy as its reputation as a Video Nasty might suggest. Politically, it’s quite a bit less reactionary than the average vigilante thriller, suggesting that extrajudicial killings might be a bad idea, while also sympathizing with the plight of Vietnam vets. There is a disarmingly poignant moment in the climax when the villain flashes back to an aborted rescue during the war. And with a handful of pretty good performances, from the discount James Tolkan, the two cops and the plucky friend, I found the proceedings surprisingly involving.

#film #movie review #viddying the nasties #delirium #peter maris

[mrleech1]

James Tolkan

Hey, It's That Ineffectual Authority Figure in Every '80s Movie

What you know him for: Principal Strickland in Back to the Future, as well as "Stinger" in Top Gun.

#bald #villain

[duranduratulsa]

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