Ron Rifkin Movies

Genres: Fantasy    Horror    Mystery    Sci-Fi    Thriller   

Starring: Kristen Bell, Ian Somerhalder, Christina Milian, Rick Gonzalez, Jonathan Tucker, ...

We went to see PULSE yesterday afternoon (got to the theater too late
for DESCENT). I have not seen the original KAIRO for comparison. So,
it's not the worst movie I've ever seen, and not the best. Yes, it was
slow to start and get to the point. But IMO it had a creepy, dark
atmosphere (god, if I lived there I'd want to commit suicide in any
case), the visuals weren...

Genres: Drama    Fantasy    Mystery    Romance    Thriller   

Starring: Kevin Costner, Susanna Thompson, Joe Morton, Ron Rifkin, Kathy Bates, ...

There is something strange about 'Dragonfly'. It is not a thriller in
its subject but it deals with it as if it's a thriller. Even more
strange, in some scenes it actually succeeds in that. I mean, when your
wife has died and she is trying to reach you from the other side is
something else than simply seeing dead people. Your wife probably has
the best intentions and although i...

Genres: Drama    Romance   

Starring: Jim Carrey, Bob Balaban, Jeffrey DeMunn, Hal Holbrook, Laurie Holden, ...

I heard bad things about this movie. I heard it wasn't well written and
that Jim Carrey was a bad actor in it etc. DON'T YOU BELIEVE IT! It's
not true. This movie is absolutely amazing. Jim Carrey did an excellent
job at acting serious. He was 100% serious in this movie. He didn't try
any facial expressions or noises he was 100% serious. He did an
unforgettable ...

Genres: Thriller    Drama    Crime   

Starring: Giovanni Ribisi, Vin Diesel, Nia Long, Nicky Katt, Scott Caan, ...

I remember when i had a short stint working for this telemarketing
company,
my boss used to always say "A sale is made on every call. Either you sell
them what you are selling or they sell you an excuse."
This is the message that this film hammers through: the lure of fast money
and the power of persuation; you can destroy someone's life with one
phonecall.
Now unlike t...

Genres: Comedy    Drama    Romance   

Starring: Ben Stiller, Edward Norton, Jenna Elfman, Anne Bancroft, Eli Wallach, ...

There have been so many romantic comedies produced that it is difficult for
a film to break out due to the depth and breadth of the competition. This
is one that does. This wonderfully funny romantic comedy takes a fresh
approach, portraying a romance involving not one, but two men of the cloth.
They are not even of the same cloth as one is a Catholic priest and the
other a ...

Genres: Action    Crime    Drama    Mystery    Thriller   

Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Kevin Spacey, David Morse, Ron Rifkin, John Spencer, ...

Just when you think he's cornered, he thinks of a new strategy. Samuel L.
Jackson portrays Lieutenant Danny Roman, police hostage negotiator. When
he's framed for a crime he didn't commit, against his fellow police officers
no less, he knows that the only way out is to bring in an equally tough
negotiator, Lieutenant Chris Sabian played by Kevin Spacey, who's from
another preci...

Genres: Crime    Drama    Mystery    Thriller   

Starring: Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, James Cromwell, Kim Basinger, ...

L.A. Confidential is, without a doubt, the best film of the 1990s, and
quite
possibly one of the best films ever made.As with any great film, it all starts with the writing. The story is
riveting, the dialogue is smart and quite funny, and the characters are
written in three dimensions.The acting is phenomenal. Perhaps a bigger tragedy than L.A.
Confidential's
loss to Tit...

Genres: Comedy   

Starring: Walter Matthau, Ossie Davis, Amy Irving, Craig T. Nelson, Boyd Gaines, ...

In I'm Not Rappaport, a film by Herb Gardner based on his Tony award winning
play, two octogenarians Nat (Walter Matthau) and Midge (Ossie Davis) meet
regularly on a park bench in New York's Central Park. The film centers on
their relationship as they reminisce about past loves, talk about unions and
bosses, old age, and idealism. Nat is a chameleon who assumes the role of
spy,...

Genres: Biography    Drama   

Starring: Ashley Judd, Mira Sorvino, Josh Charles, Ron Rifkin, David Dukes, ...

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Genres: Drama    Fantasy    Horror    Romance    Thriller   

Starring: Jack Nicholson, Michelle Pfeiffer, James Spader, Kate Nelligan, Richard Jenkins, ...

"Wolf" posits that the werewolf bite is not necessarily a curse, if what you
really crave is a more wild and natural lifestyle than is possible in our
"civilized" society. Quite cleverly, the story is set in a publishing
company, an environment that is both civilized and predatory at the same
time. Nicholson gives one of his best performances of recent years here, playing
aga...

Genres: Comedy    Crime   

Starring: Jackie Gleason, Mac Davis, Teri Garr, Karl Malden, Oliver Reed, ...

The movie lacks the polish of the original but I thought it was very
entertaining. How can you go wrong with Jackie Gleason? Mac Davis
played the confused confidence man to a T. He always seemed to be just
a little behind everyone else. This movie seems to share characters
names with the original "Sting" but the names could have been
completely different and probably should hav...

Genres: Comedy   

Starring: Walter Matthau, George Burns, Richard Benjamin, Lee Meredith, Carol Arthur, ...

The Sunshine Boys is one of my favorite feel good movies. I first saw it
when it as the Christmas attraction at Radio City Music Hall when it first
came out and loved it ever since. I ended up seeing it 6 times in the
theaters, and if it was playing today I'd go out to see it again.Now a lot of the reviews here mentioned the wonderful performances of the
leads. Matthau was brillia...

Genres: Adventure    Drama    Sci-Fi   

Starring: Bruce Dern, Cliff Potts, Ron Rifkin, Jesse Vint, Mark Persons, ...

Watching Silent Running for the second time, many years later, I was amazed
how different it was from my recollection.
I remembered a story with a slight environmental message, cute robots that
talked and a totally sympathetic lead character played slightly woodenly by
Bruce Dern.Seen again, the green message ISN'T subtle, the robots DON'T talk, and far
from wholly sympathetic,...