The Eric Roberts Collection: Law of Attraction (dir by Michael Kampa)


In 2020’s Law of Attraction, Lexi Giovagnoli plays Allison Williams, a young attorney who is hoping to become a partner at her firm.  The opposing counsel in her current case is named Derrick Walker.  Allison hasn’t met Derrick but she has exchanged plenty of angry emails and had a few less than pleasant phone interactions with him.  When Allison’s friend gets married, it seems like a good chance to Allison to get away from the daily grind of her job.  And hey, there’s a cute guy at the wedding.  His name is DJ (Joseph Almani)!  Does anyone want to guess what the D in DJ stands for?

Law of Attraction is a cute movie.  There’s nothing particularly revolutionary about the plot but Giovagnoli and Almani are both likeable and they have a sweet chemistry whenever they’re onscreen together.  The weekend wedding leads to a lot of rehearsal shenanigans and some of them are funnier than others.  For the most part, though, this is an enjoyable film.  It’s the type of pleasant production that you can safely have running in the background while you take care of whatever else it is that you have to take care of during the day.

As for Eric Roberts, he makes a brief appearance as Allison’s boss at the law firm.  It’s a cameo.  Eric wears a suit and acts like a somewhat stuffy professional.  He tells Allison not to screw up the case.  It’s really a role that anyone could have played but I’m glad Eric Roberts picked up the paycheck.

Previous Eric Roberts Films That We Have Reviewed:

  1. Paul’s Case (1980)
  2. Star 80 (1983)
  3. Runaway Train (1985)
  4. To Heal A Nation (1988)
  5. Best of the Best (1989)
  6. Blood Red (1989)
  7. The Ambulance (1990)
  8. The Lost Capone (1990)
  9. Best of the Best II (1993)
  10. Love, Cheat, & Steal (1993)
  11. Voyage (1993)
  12. Love Is A Gun (1994)
  13. Sensation (1994)
  14. Dark Angel (1996)
  15. Doctor Who (1996)
  16. Most Wanted (1997)
  17. The Alternate (2000)
  18. Mercy Streets (2000)
  19. Tripfall (2000)
  20. Raptor (2001)
  21. Rough Air: Danger on Flight 534 (2001)
  22. Strange Frequency (2001)
  23. Wolves of Wall Street (2002)
  24. Border Blues (2004)
  25. Mr. Brightside (2004)
  26. Six: The Mark Unleased (2004)
  27. We Belong Together (2005)
  28. Hey You (2006)
  29. Cyclops (2008)
  30. Depth Charge (2008)
  31. Amazing Racer (2009)
  32. The Chaos Experiment (2009)
  33. In The Blink of an Eye (2009)
  34. Bed & Breakfast (2010)
  35. Enemies Among Us (2010)
  36. The Expendables (2010) 
  37. Groupie (2010)
  38. Sharktopus (2010)
  39. Beyond The Trophy (2012)
  40. The Dead Want Women (2012)
  41. Deadline (2012)
  42. The Mark (2012)
  43. Miss Atomic Bomb (2012)
  44. The Night Never Sleeps (2012)
  45. Assault on Wall Street (2013)
  46. Bonnie And Clyde: Justified (2013)
  47. Lovelace (2013)
  48. The Mark: Redemption (2013)
  49. The Perfect Summer (2013)
  50. Revelation Road: The Beginning of the End (2013)
  51. Revelation Road 2: The Sea of Glass and Fire (2013)
  52. Self-Storage (2013)
  53. Sink Hole (2013)
  54. A Talking Cat!?! (2013)
  55. This Is Our Time (2013)
  56. Bigfoot vs DB Cooper (2014)
  57. Doc Holliday’s Revenge (2014)
  58. Eternity: The Movie (2014)
  59. Inherent Vice (2014)
  60. Road to the Open (2014)
  61. Rumors of War (2014)
  62. So This Is Christmas (2014)
  63. Amityville Death House (2015)
  64. Deadly Sanctuary (2015)
  65. A Fatal Obsession (2015)
  66. Las Vegas Story (2015)
  67. Sorority Slaughterhouse (2015)
  68. Stalked By My Doctor (2015)
  69. Story of Eva (2015)
  70. Enemy Within (2016)
  71. Hunting Season (2016)
  72. Joker’s Poltergeist (2016)
  73. Prayer Never Fails (2016)
  74. Stalked By My Doctor: The Return (2016)
  75. The Wrong Roommate (2016)
  76. Dark Image (2017)
  77. The Demonic Dead (2017)
  78. Black Wake (2018)
  79. Frank and Ava (2018)
  80. Stalked By My Doctor: Patient’s Revenge (2018)
  81. The Wrong Teacher (2018)
  82. Clinton Island (2019)
  83. Monster Island (2019)
  84. The Reliant (2019)
  85. The Savant (2019)
  86. Seven Deadly Sins (2019)
  87. Stalked By My Doctor: A Sleepwalker’s Nightmare (2019)
  88. The Wrong Mommy (2019)
  89. Exodus of a Prodigal Son (2020)
  90. Free Lunch Express (2020)
  91. Hard Luck Love Song (2020)
  92. Her Deadly Groom (2020)
  93. Top Gunner (2020)
  94. Deadly Nightshade (2021)
  95. The Elevator (2021)
  96. Just What The Doctor Ordered (2021)
  97. Killer Advice (2021)
  98. Megaboa (2021)
  99. Night Night (2021)
  100. The Poltergeist Diaries (2021)
  101. The Rebels of PT-218 (2021)
  102. Red Prophecies (2021)
  103. A Town Called Parable (2021)
  104. The Wrong Mr. Right (2021)
  105. Bleach (2022)
  106. Dawn (2022)
  107. My Dinner With Eric (2022)
  108. 69 Parts (2022)
  109. The Rideshare Killer (2022)
  110. The Wrong High School Sweetheart (2022)
  111. The Company We Keep (2023)
  112. D.C. Down (2023)
  113. If I Can’t Have You (2023)
  114. Megalodon: The Frenzy (2023)
  115. Aftermath (2024)
  116. Bad Substitute (2024)
  117. Devil’s Knight (2024)
  118. Insane Like Me? (2024)
  119. Space Sharks (2024)
  120. The Wrong Life Coach (2024)
  121. Broken Church (2025)
  122. Shakey Grounds (2025)
  123. When It Rains In L.A. (2025)

The taxman cometh…


Today I finished my 26th tax season as a certified public accountant who specializes in tax preparation services. For the last 3 months, my life has been all taxes, all the time. That ends today and now my love of my family and movies can once again take center stage! Tonight I’m watching YOJIMBO simply because seeing Toshiro Mifune makes me feel good. Happy Tax Day my friends!

4 Shots From 4 Films: Special 1964 Edition


4 Or More Shots From 4 Or More Films is just what it says it is, 4 shots from 4 of our favorite films. As opposed to the reviews and recaps that we usually post, 4 Shots From 4 Films lets the visuals do the talking!

Today, we pay tribute to the year 1964 with….

4 Shots From 4 1964 Films

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964, dir. Stanley Kubrick, DP: Gilbert Taylor)

A Hard Day’s Night (1964, dir by Richard Lester, DP: Gilbert Taylor)

Goldfinger (1964, dir by Guy Hamilton, DP: Ted Moore)

Strait-Jacket (1964, dir by William Castle, DP: Arthur E. Arling)

Scenes That I Love: Philip Stone In The Shining


The Shining (1980, dir by Stanley Kubrick)

Today would have been the 102nd birthday of character actor Philip Stone.  While Stone appeared in a lot of films, he’ll probably always be best-remembered for his subtly menacing turn as the ghostly Grady in 1980’s The Shining.  Here he is, having a conversation with Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) and letting him know that he’s always been caretaker.

4 Shots From 4 Films: Special Rod Steiger Edition


4 Or More Shots From 4 Or More Films is just what it says it is, 4 shots from 4 of our favorite films. As opposed to the reviews and recaps that we usually post, 4 Shots From 4 Films lets the visuals do the talking!

Today would have been Rod Steiger’s birthday.  It’s time for….

4 Shots From 4 Rod Steiger Films

On The Waterfront (1954, dir by Elia Kazan, DP: Boris Kaufman)

The Pawnbroker (1965, dir by Sidney Lumet, DP: Boris Kaufman)

In The Heat of the Night (1967, dir by Norman Jewison, DP: Haskell Wexler)

The Illustrated Man (1969, dir by Jack Smight, DP: Philip H. Lathrop)

 

Join #MondayMania For Killer Body!


Hi, everyone!  Tonight, on twitter, I will be hosting one of my favorite films for #MondayMania!  Join us for 2018’s Killer Body (a.k.a. The Wrong Patient)!

You can find the movie on Prime and Tubi and then you can join us on twitter at 9 pm central time!  (That’s 10 pm for you folks on the East Coast.)  See you then!

4 Shots From 4 Films: Special Stanley Donen Edition


4 Or More Shots From 4 Or More Films is just what it says it is, 4 shots from 4 of our favorite films. As opposed to the reviews and recaps that we usually post, 4 Shots From 4 Films lets the visuals do the talking!

Today would have been the 102nd birthday of the great Stanley Donen.  It’s time for….

4 Shots From 4 Stanley Donen Films

Singin’ In The Rain (1952, dir by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen, DP: Harold Rosson)

Funny Face (1957, dir by Stanley Donen, DP; Ray June)

Two For The Road (1967, dir by Stanley Donen, DP: Christopher Challis)

Saturn 3 (1980, dir by Stanley Donen, DP: Billy Williams)

Monday Live Tweet Alert: Join Us For The Octagon!


As some of our regular readers undoubtedly know, I am involved in hosting a few weekly live tweets on twitter and occasionally Mastodon.  I host #FridayNightFlix every Friday, I co-host #ScarySocial on Saturday, and I am one of the five hosts of Mastodon’s #MondayActionMovie!  Every week, we get together.  We watch a movie.  We snark our way through it.

Tonight, for #MondayActionMovie, the film will be The Octagon!

It should make for a night of fun viewing and I invite all of you to join in.  If you want to join the live tweets, just hop onto Mastodon, find the movie on YouTube and hit play at 8 pm et, and use the #MondayActionMovie hashtag!  The  watch party community is a friendly group and welcoming of newcomers so don’t be shy.   

See you soon!