Tommy Lee Jones

  • Movie Review:The Big Town (1987)

    Movie Review:The Big Town (1987)

    “The Big Town,” directed by Ben Bolt and featuring a powerhouse cast including Matt Dillon, Diane Lane, Tommy Lee Jones, Bruce Dern, Lee Grant, and Suzy Amis, is a colorful and interesting neo-noir that is worth watching. Set in the 50s, its cinematography is noteworthy. The studio-created Chicago of the 50s actually resembles a city Read more

  • Movie Review: Stormy Monday (1988)

    Movie Review: Stormy Monday (1988)

    ‘Stormy Monday’, directed by Mike Figgis and starring Sean Bean, Melanie Griffith, Tommy Lee Jones, and Sting, set in Newcastle, England, is a great little British neo-noir movie. The film’s title is taken from T-Bone Walker’s famous number, “Call it Stormy Monday”. The storyline where a small bar owner stands his ground against a powerful Read more

  • Movie Review: Double Jeopardy (1999)

    Movie Review: Double Jeopardy (1999)

    With a great premise and a great cast, how can a movie go wrong? It simply does.Tommy Lee Jones and Ashley Judd star in this mediocre film. First the premise. A person cannot be tried for the same crime twice. If a woman, for instance serves a sentence for killing her husband, and somehow he Read more