#Frank McRae

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*batteries not included (1987)

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Timothy Dalton's last James Bond film Licence to Kill was released on July 14, 1989. It wasn't meant to be his last film, but due to legal issues, another Bond film wasn't able to go into production until 1995 and by that time Dalton was ready to move on. For the most part, the movie took on a more series tone for the character and story keeping more to the Bond of the books as was the case of Dalton's previous film The Living Daylights. It was the first Bond film not to be titled after one of the Ian Fleming Bond books, but the story pulled from many elements from Live and Let Die and The Hildebrand Rarity. David Hedison became the first actor to play the role Felix Lieter (Live and Let Die - 1973/Licence to Kill - 1995) more than once and the only actor play the role against two different Bonds (Roger Moore and Dalton). Besides being Dalton's last film as Bond, it was also the last Bond film with Robert Brown as M and Caroline Bliss as Moneypenny, and the last Bond film worked on by writer Richard Maibaum, director John Glen, and title designer Maurice Binder. The film also featured Robert Davi (Franz Sanchez), Carey Lowell (Pam Bovier), Talisa Soto (Lupe Lamore), Anthony Zerbe (Milton Krest), Frank McRae (Sharkey), Everett McGill (Killifer), Wayne Newton (Professor Joe Butcher), Benicio Del Toro (Dario), Anthony Starke (Truman-Lodge), Desmond Llewelyn (Q), Priscilla Barnes (Della Churchill), Don Stroud (Heller), Grand L Bush (Hawkins), and Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa (Kwang). While not the most finacially successful Bond film at the time, like On Her Majesty's Secret Service, the movie has grown in fan appreciation over time. ("Licence to Kill", Bond Film, Event)

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Frank McRae

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Dillinger (1973)

"Now nobody get nervous. You ain't got nothing to fear. You're being robbed by the John Dillinger Gang, that's the best there is. These few dollars you lose here today, they're gonna buy you stories to tell your children, your great-grandchildren. This could be one of the big moments in your life. Don't make it your last."

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*batteries not included (1987)

My rating: 4/10

I can't really pinpoint what it is about this movie that doesn't work for me, but it really doesn't - I wouldn't go so far as to say I hated it, but it just instilled a deep, abiding sense of "bleh" into me.

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LICENCE TO KILL 1989

Frank McRae as Sharky

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W A T C H I N G

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The cute sci-fi comedy ‘Batteries Not Included’ opened in theaters this week 35 years ago. 🌇🛸🔥

“𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚌𝚔𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚊 𝚖𝚒𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚕𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚜𝚔 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚑𝚢 𝚒𝚝 𝚒𝚜... 𝚘𝚛 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚜.”

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Last Action Hero (1993)

This is a Movie Health Community evaluation. It is intended to inform people of potential health hazards in movies and does not reflect the quality of the film itself. The information presented here has not been reviewed by any medical professionals.

Last Action Hero has several scenes with machine gun fire. The opening scene has a constant strobe of police lights. Some scenes have patterned city lights in the background. The most intense strobe effects occur late in the film during multiple scenes where crowds of paparazzi flash their cameras from all directions, and in a scene with lightning and other electrical effects.

There are scenes taking place in moving vehicles, some handheld camera work during action scenes, peril at extreme heights, 

Flashing Lights: 10/10. Motion Sickness: 5/10.

TRIGGER WARNING: An adult kisses a child on the lips immediately after they meet for the first time.

Image ID: A promotional poster for Last Action Hero

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Licence to Kill (1989, John Glen)

8/2/24

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*batteries not included, Spanish lobby card. 1987

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29 aprile … ricordiamo …

29 aprile … ricordiamo … #semprevivineiricordi #nomidaricordare #personaggiimportanti #perfettamentechic

2022: Mike Hagerty, Michael Gerard Hagerty, conosciuto anche come Michael G. Hagerty, attore statunitense. Hagerty è stato sposato con Mary Kathryn. (n.1954) 2022: Joanna Barnes, attrice, scrittore e editorialista statunitense. Si sposò tre volte: con Richard Edward Herndon, con Lawrence Dobkin e con l’architetto Jack Lionel Warner. Non ebbe figli. (n.1934) 2021: Frank McRae, attore e giocatore…

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CINCO COISAS QUE VOCÊ TALVEZ NÃO SAIBA SOBRE O MILAGRE VEIO DO ESPAÇO (1987)

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Frank McRae

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Last Action Hero (1993)

Last Action Hero didn't find its audience in 1993 and critics didn’t respond particularly well to it either. Following its perceived failure, director John McTiernan has gone to say the final product wasn’t what he originally envisioned. I say stand by your movie. I’ll be right there next to you. This is great stuff! Ahead of its time, clever, funny and filled with memorable moments, Last Action Hero deserves a second look.

Danny Madigan (Austin O’Brien) loves Jack Slater, a action movie character played by Arnold Schwarzenegger. He’s seen the first three movies and his friend Nick (Robert Prosky), the projectionist at the run-down local movie theater, offers to let him watch the fourth one early. As the first scene begins, Danny is sucked into the screen. While trying to explain to Jack that he’s a fictional character, the movie’s villain, Benedict (Charles Dance) begins to suspect the boy can be useful to him.

It’s a pitch-perfect parody of action films of the time. You see a nameless thug impaled by a runaway ice cream cone - a deadly frozen treat blown into the back of his skull by an abnormally large explosion of dubious origin. Slater smirks “Iced that guy - to cone a phrase”. Wow. If that isn’t simultaneously the best and the worst post-kill one-liner I’ve ever heard, I don’t know what is. The screenplay by Shane Black and David Arnott is full of tongue-in-cheek moments to satisfy fans of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s over-the-top portfolio, and those who recognize why the trend needed a slap in the face. It piles on the jokes and just keeps getting funnier as it gets along. Type casting, the choice of soundtracks, the phony “555” phone numbers, the roles a comedic sidekick plays in an action movie, spin-off characters, movie logic, pretty much every aspect of blockbuster filmmaking gets a turn through the ringer. There are so many jokes there's no way you'll catch them all on a first viewing.

If there’s a deserved criticism for this endlessly quotable, memorable, imaginative and clever movie, it’s the length. It lasts 131 minutes, which would be a long time for a regular movie, never mind one that’s constantly breaking the fourth wall. The picture earns that time thanks to a wild turn maybe 2/3 of the way in but I understand why some audiences might be getting antsy in their seats at that point. The thing is, this Last Action Hero is smart. It’s so smart people at the time didn’t get it and many still don’t. In an alternate universe, Benedict escapes to the real world and Danny and Jack follow him right before the credits begin, setting up a sequel to a smash-hit. In our world, this movie WASN’T successful. Had it not gone on for the length that it is, we would’ve never seen this world explored as thoroughly as it is here. The movie may be wild with the funeral Jack needs to crash, the gimmicky bad guy who swaps out his glass eye depending on his mood, the insane stunts and nonchalant attitude towards massive body counts but you haven't seen anything yet. The film takes a wholly different, grim tone that asks us to consider what differentiates the reality and fiction.

More than anything, Last Action Hero is fun. When else will you see Schwarzenegger in an action-packed rendition of Hamlet, or a police station whose officers include dominatrix models? It’s a criminally underrated film in Schwarzenegger’s filmography. I’ll take it one step further. I think it’s one of his best films. (On DVD, June 14, 2019)

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Looney Tunes #122 -March 2005- DC Comics

"If the Earth Moves You"

writer: Frank Strom

penciler: Neal Sternecky

inker: Scott McRae

Letterer: Nick J. Napolitano

colorist: Dave Tanguay

"Medical Cat-tention"

script: Frank Strom

pencils: Omar Aranda

inker: Alberto Saichann

colors: Dave Tanguay

letters: Nick J. Napolitano

"Ralph Wars" & "Caped Ralph"

writer: Earl Kress

pencils: Neal Sternecky

inks: Scott McRae

colors: Dave Tanguay

letters: Nick J. Napolitano

"Premium Blend Bunny"

writer: Sam Agro

pencils: Omar Aranda

inker: Alberto Saichann

letters: Nick J. Napolitano

colors: Dave Tanguay