Van Brooks Movies
- 1997
Rodney Lee Rogers wrote, directed and stars in this tale of wannabe screenwriter Andy Kuchowsky (Rogers), who can't leave his day job in a Seattle coffee emporium until he sells his first screenplay -- about a wannabe screenwriter caught up in a high-risk drug deal. His pal Pete (Peter Carrs) offers critiques, leading to fantasy reenactments of script scenes, while coffee customers trigger other script revisions. Eventually, Andy seizes the opportunity to get his script into Hollywood hands. Shown at the 1997 Seattle Film Festival and the 1997 AFI/Los Angeles Film Festival. ~ Bhob Stewart, Rovi
- Starring:
- Rodney Lee Rogers, Peter Carrs, (more)
- 1987
- R
Sharon Rae (Mary Pillot) is a Texas rancher who seeks vengeance against the two drifting rapists (Adam Roarke and Lou Diamond Phillips) who attacked her while her spineless husband Richard (Van Brooks) watched. Her neighbor Franklin (Robert Kuhn) loses his son Johnny (Thom Meyer) when he is murdered trying to save Sharon Rae during the attack. When Sharon Rae's father August (Ben Johnson) dies, he leaves his bank business to her cowardly husband. Love blossoms between Sharon Rae and Franklin, and the vengeful Richard hires the rapists to poison Franklins cattle. After killing the despicable duo, Franklin goes after Richard. This routine and unbelievable feature is the last screen appearance for John Henry Faulk who became a victim of the McCarthy blacklist of the early 1950s. Faulk later wrote about his experiences during the McCarthy era. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi
- Starring:
- Robert Kuhn, Van Brooks, (more)
- 1986
- PG13
This modest teen comedy has the usual themes revolving around sex: how to handle it, how to relate to it, and how to do just about everything except engage in it. The focus is on two teenagers, one is the serious Natalie (Jennifer Connelly). She has her eyes set on becoming President of the U.S. and one day heads off to Washington D.C. on a special visit for "Future Leaders." A certain presidential aide brings a romantic touch to her idealized vision. The other teen is Polly Franklin (Maddie Corman) whose infatuation with a baseball player takes her to New York -- where a photographer steps in as a pinch-hitter. A few other subplots move circumstances around in the two teens' lives, though their romantic exploits take center stage. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Starring:
- Jennifer Connelly, Maddie Corman, (more)
In the first film of brothers Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, M. Emmett Walsh plays Visser, an unscrupulous private eye hired by Texas bar owner Marty (Dan Hedaya) to murder Marty's faithless wife Abby (Frances McDormand) and her paramour, Ray (John Getz), one of Marty's employees. But Visser is no more up-front with Marty than with anyone else; he makes some slight modifications of the original plan so that it better serves his own best interests. After a surprise double-cross and the murder of one of the important players, matters spiral out of control, and the plot gyrates through a complicated string of darkly humorous events. False assumptions, guilt, and fear all lead to a frantic attempt to conceal evidence and the heart-pounding, irony-filled denouement. Blood Simple was re-released in the summer of 2000 with a digitally-remastered soundtrack and -- at the Coens' behest -- a few minutes of dialogue trimmed. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- John Getz, Frances McDormand, (more)
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