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I
find it somewhat confining trying to see films
in theaters today. There are 10 choices, now pick
one. I have a hard enough time finding something
to watch on cable with access to over 200 channels.
Therefore, VHS was a gift from the Gods. Now of
course I have migrated to DVD although my mood
related choices have not become any easier.
Too
Mushy
Too
Dramatic
Too
Steven Seagalish...I can never really match my
shade of red.
But
I have a security blanket, in the form of about
30 movies I can watch forever. These are not blockbusters
or listed classics. There are great films that
have slipped through the cracks. It has taken
years to develop this list. But because I care,
I will share it with you. One movie at a time.
November
18th 2002
 Diggstown
(1992)
Directed by Michael Ritchie - Cast James Woods,Louis
Gossett Jr., Bruce Dern, Oliver Platt, Heather
Graham, Randall 'Tex' Cobb
A
con within a con. And for once, you do not see
it coming (no, I will not tell you who Keiser
Sose was). I have yet to figure how this slept
through the theaters. I even have a hard time
even finding this in my local video stores. James
Woods is the con artist who brings back to life
retired "never-been" boxer James Gossett
Jr. Bruce Dern is the intended victim who sees
them coming a miles away. Unfortunately, the casting
director decided to force us into believing there
could be love interest between Heather Graham
and Woods, but there are far harder things to
believe in this film. Entertaining throughout,
I never get tired of watching this film. Message
to Woods: Your one of my favorite actors,
now walk away from the Blockbuster voice-overs
and make another damn film.
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