'Memoirs of a Geisha' is everything you'd expect it to be: beautiful, mesmerizing, tasteful, Japanese. It's just not very hot. Stephen Hunter beautifulexpectgeisha Change image and share on social
I'm not an expert or a trained ballistician. But it is a subject I've studied intently for 50 years, so I may know a thing or two. In my opinion, the JFK investigation was poorly handled. Stephen Hunter ballisticianexperthandle Change image and share on social
I never feel so utterly fraudulent as when I review a movie whose charms impress all in the world and I simply do not get it. The other variant is that I love something the world disdains. This has had severe career consequences: I am still famous - or notorious - in certain quarters where I am recalled as the man who liked 'Hudson Hawk.' Stephen Hunter careercharmconsequence share on social
I kind of figured if I couldn't get a job as a dwarf, looking as I do, I should just give up acting. Stephen Hunter actdwarffigure Change image and share on social
The squiggly rubber Davy Jones face in 'Pirates' with the tentacles, barnacles and goobers - that's modeled on me. Stephen Hunter barnacledavyface Change image and share on social
I remember the early 1980s, when I first got one of these fabulous film critic jobs. The downside was sitting through 'Splatteria III: The Dismembering of the Clampett Clan' or 'The Oklahoma Meatgrinder Massacre' or some such. The headaches unleashed by watching attractive kids die week after week after week cannot be imagined. Stephen Hunter 1980sattractiveclampett share on social
If you have only 95 minutes of material, make an only 95-minute movie. Amazing how often that's forgotten. Stephen Hunter amazeforgetmake Change image and share on social
But you can still find good films if you read your local film critics and are willing to drive a bit. You have to be a proactive film viewer to have the most provocative cinema life. Stephen Hunter bitecinemacritic Change image and share on social
I suppose I was formed by too many movies and too much television. At some point I absorbed the dramatic formula. Stephen Hunter absorbdramaticform Change image and share on social
The director of 'Independence Day,' 'Godzilla' and 'The Patriot' has certain attributes, all of which are given full vent in 'The Day After Tomorrow.' He's crude, stupid, slick, cornball, predictable, laughable, relentless, trivial and, the sum of all these, ridiculous. He's never made a movie you could believe and he still hasn't. Stephen Hunter attributecornballcrude share on social