Jose Payo Movies
James L. Brooks' showbiz comedy I'll Do Anything is "The Musical That Almost Was" (after test screenings Brooks removed all the musical numbers in the film, turning the film into a songless romantic comedy). Matt Hobbs (Nick Nolte) is a hardly working actor who finds himself raising his 6-year-old daughter Jeannie (Whittni Wright) after her mother Beth (Tracey Ullman) is sent away to prison. Since Matt now has to support a daughter, he has to develop more regular work habits. As a result, he takes a job as a chauffeur for a William Castle-inspired schlockmeister named Burke Adler (Albert Brooks). As Adler develops a relationship with divorced test-marketing researcher Nan Mulhanney (Julie Kavner), Matt becomes romantically attached to beautiful development executive Cathy Breslow (Joely Richardson). ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Nick Nolte, Whittni Wright, (more)
- 1984
- R
In an uneven, patchy tale of bad guys versus good, Joe (Bobby Kim) comes back home to a town divided by racism and the nasty Cheng (Y. Tsuchimoto). In spite of the odds against him, Joe vows to get revenge against the men who killed his father years before. Joining up with Joe are a few others -- the bartender Harry (Bob Coulson) and an outlaw, Diego (Michael Stuart), and set against him are Cheng and his men and the martial arts master Kamikaze (Bill Wallace). Once the lines are drawn, the action continues until it ends in a puff of smoke and mirrors. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Bobby Kim, Bill Wallace, (more)
