Leonard Maltin's 2015 Movie Guide by Leonard Maltin

Author:Leonard Maltin [Maltin’s, Leonard]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780698183612
Publisher: Penguin Group US
Published: 2014-09-01T21:00:00+00:00

Left Luggage (1998-Dutch-Belgian-U.S.) C-97m. 1⁄2 D: Jeroen Krabbé. Isabella Rossellini, Maximilian Schell, Laura Fraser, Jeroen Krabbé, Marianne Sägebrecht, David Bradley, Adam Monty, Chaim Topol, Miriam Margolyes. In 1972 Antwerp, a free-spirited Jewish woman (Fraser), the daughter of Holocaust survivors, hires on as nanny for a Hasidic family and immediately bonds with a mute, cherubic 5-year-old who is terrified of his rigid father. Emotionally charged drama explores a host of issues, but despite some powerful moments, is far too obvious and even schmaltzy at times. Opened in the U.S. in 2000.

Legacy, The (1979) C-100m. 1⁄2 D: Richard Marquand. Katharine Ross, Sam Elliott, John Standing, Ian Hogg, Margaret Tyzack, Charles Gray, Lee Montague, Roger Daltrey. Two Americans find themselves among group of people shanghaied to British mansion where strange deaths and an occult ceremony await. Acceptable fare for fans of this genre. Filmed in England; aka THE LEGACY OF MAGGIE WALSH. [R]

Legacy (2010-Nigerian-British) C-93m. 1⁄2 D: Thomas Ikimi. Idris Elba, Eamonn Walker, Monique Gabriela Curnen, Clarke Peters, Richard Brake, Julian Wadham, Lara Pulver. Betrayal and collateral damage lie at the heart of this psychological thriller involving a former military man turned private contractor for hire (Elba) and his fast-tracking, politically savvy brother (Walker), who had Elba sent overseas on a covert assignment that went horribly wrong. Returning stateside, Elba appears intent on exposing his brother’s corrupt government dealings, even though it may put his own life at risk. Promising opening sequence leads to a claustrophobic and one-note, overly psychotic film; too tiresome to be effective. [R]

Legacy of Blood SEE: Blood Legacy

Legacy of Maggie Walsh, The SEE: Legacy, The (1979)

Legacy of Rage (1986-Hong Kong) C-87m. 1⁄2 D: Ronny Yu. Brandon Lee, Michael Wong, Regina Kent, Onno Boelee (Bolo Yeung), Tanya George, Wai-Man Chan, Randy Mang. Lee’s debut film has him framed for the murder of a cop by a mobster “friend” who then tries to steal his fiancée; eight years later he’s released from prison and is out for blood. Martial arts mayhem is surprisingly kept to a bare minimum in this imitation John Woo crime drama filled with gory shootouts, bone-crushing violence and hyperkinetic car chases and explosions.

Legal Eagles (1986) C-114m. 1⁄2 D: Ivan Reitman. Robert Redford, Debra Winger, Daryl Hannah, Brian Dennehy, Terence Stamp, Steven Hill, David Clennon, John McMartin, Jennie Dundas, Roscoe Lee Browne, Christine Baranski, Christian Clemenson, Jay Thomas. Underwritten, overproduced romantic comedy about assistant D.A. who becomes involved with flaky lawyer (Winger) and her even flakier client (Hannah). Redford’s charisma is at its brightest, which helps make up for lack of spark between him and Winger and film’s other weaknesses. Panavision. [PG]

Legally Blonde (2001) C-96m. 1⁄2 D: Robert Luketic. Reese Witherspoon, Luke Wilson, Selma Blair, Matthew Davis, Victor Garber, Jennifer Coolidge, Holland Taylor, Ali Larter, Jessica Cauffiel, Alanna Ubach, Oz Perkins, Raquel Welch. A way-perky sorority girl gets accepted at Harvard Law School in order to win her ex-boyfriend back, then discovers she has the right stuff to become a lawyer. Witherspoon is practically the whole show in

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