Movies starring William Atherton

The Sugarland Express (1974)

110 mins     Adventure , Comedy, Crime      

There is a variety of trivia which I could speak of when it comes to "The Sugarland Express" from this being Steven Spielberg's big screen directional debut to the innovative use of cameras to the fact that it is based on a t...

The Hindenburg (1975)

125 mins     Adventure , Disaster, Drama      

Watching "The Hindenburg" now 25 years after it was released you could say it was the "Titanic" of the 70s. Here we have a movie which takes the true story of The Hindenburg airship which on the 6th of May 1937 burst into fla...

Ghostbusters (1984)

105 mins     Adventure , Fantasy, Mystery      

I doubt there are many who haven't heard of the gloriously entertaining "Ghostbusters" let alone not seen it because since its release in 1984 it has spawned a sequel, there is a "Ghostbusters 3" in the pipeline, there was a ...

No Mercy (1986)

106 mins     Action , Crime, Thriller      

I never got to watch "No Mercy" back in 1986, I was still too young, but I doubt my opinion of it would be any the different if I had seen it because beneath the styling it is a predictable, formula driven thriller, a cop loo...

Die Hard (1988)

131 mins     Action , Crime, Thriller      

Whilst Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger spent the 80s battling it out as to who had the biggest muscles in their action movies a third action hero came along and an unlikely one at that. Bruce Willis the star of c...

Intrigue (1988)

93 mins     Thriller, TV Movie      

It should be little surprise when I say that "Intrigue" is an old fashioned spy thriller as it was released back in 1988 but it does mean that it is a movie which is more about the twists and turns of the plot rather than the...

Die Hard 2 (1990)

124 mins     Action , Crime, Thriller      

Whilst Bruce Willis may have been an unlikely actor to become an action hero, he certainly managed it with "Die Hard" and its little surprise that after the success of "Die Hard" we got the sequel "Die Hard 2". What's good is...

The Pelican Brief (1993)

141 mins     Crime, Drama, Thriller      

I've always enjoyed a John Grisham book unfortunately I can't say I've enjoyed the movie adaptations as much, something always gets lost in translation from print to the big screen. Despite featuring a knock out cast which in...

Mad City (1997)

115 mins     Crime, Drama      

Okay "Mad City" is such a typical 90s movie the sort where Hollywood has taken an interesting premise but turned it into a wholely accpetable form of entertainment for the cinema going public who will pay to see certain star ...

Gone But Not Forgotten (2005)

180 mins     Crime, Drama, Mystery, TV Movie      

Now that is a seriously shortened version of what goes on during the first half of "Gone But Not Forgotten" and during this opening there is also a friendly rivalry set up between Betsy and D.A. Alan Page played by Lou Diamon...

Into the Sun (2005)

97 mins     Action , Adventure , Thriller      

With his hair tied back in a pony tail and wearing a long leather trench coat Steven Seagal looks like he could have walked off the set of one of his movies and straight on to the set of this one. But wait there is something ...

Aces 'N' Eights (2008)

80 mins     Western      

Whilst westerns are no longer the popular genre that they once were they are still my favourite genre, but that sadly means that whilst I have watched a lot of good even great westerns I have watched plenty of bad ones. And s...

The Kane Files: Life of Trial (2010)

90 mins     Action      

Sometimes the simplest of movies are the most entertaining and "The Kane Files: Life of Trial" is both simple and entertaining. The simplicity comes from combining the idea of a father willing to do anything to protect their ...