Movies starring Dennis Farina

Manhunter (1986)

119 mins     Crime, Mystery, Thriller      

Watching "Manhunter" now, over twenty five years since its release there is as a problem as you end up comparing to it to the more recent version of the Thomas Harris story and even if you haven't seen that version you will m...

Midnight Run (1988)

126 mins     Action , Adventure , Comedy, Crime      

To be honest buddy movies tend to work on a formula and as such the majority of them are dull and predictable but "Midnight Run" takes that formula and turns it into a seriously entertaining movie. It delivers drama, action a...

Striking Distance (1993)

102 mins     Action , Crime, Mystery      

If "Striking Distance" hadn't starred Bruce Willis maybe it would have been better, it's not that Willis puts in a terrible performance but the name sort of suggests certain things when we ware talking crime/drama/action. As ...

Another Stakeout (1993)

108 mins     Action , Comedy, Crime      

Pretty much everything I said about "Stakeout" I can repeat when it comes to the sequel, a movie which I still believe was never needed. As such I am going to keep this short and simple because again we have a movie which doe...

One Woman's Courage (1994)

86 mins     Drama, Thriller, TV Movie      

A cast which includes Patty Duke, James Farentino, Dennis Farina and Margot Kidder is what appealed to me and what lead me to watch "One Woman's Courage". And after watching this mid 90s made for TV movie it is the cast which...

Bonanza: Under Attack (1995)

89 mins     TV Movie, Western      

Here is the good news "Bonanza: Under Attack" manages to retain nearly all the cast from "Bonanza: The Return" with the exception of Alistair MacDougall being replaced by Jeff Phillips in the role of A.C.. Now what that means...

Bella Mafia (1997)

164 mins     Crime, Drama, TV Movie      

Right I am going to have to state a few things up front before I begin to express what I felt about "Bella Mafia". Firstly the version which I watched was the original two part TV mini series which runs to over 2 and a half h...

Out of Sight (1998)

123 mins     Comedy, Crime, Romance      

George Clooney doing what for a while he did better than anyone, charming the pants off of women with that smile, that glint, that air of self belief but with just a big enough crack so that his arrogance isn't over powering....

Snatch (2000)

104 mins     Crime, Thriller      

Whilst there are different characters and situations "Snatch" feels like an extension of "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels", basically Guy Ritchie taking what he had already done and then showing what he could do with it w...

Reindeer Games (2000)

104 mins     Action , Crime, Drama      

When the credits rolled on "Reindeer Games" or "Deception" as it is also known the feeling I had was of almost 2 hours wasted. Now you can say that of a lot of movies but I felt it more than ever after watching this because y...

Sidewalks of New York (2001)

108 mins     Comedy, Romance      

I really wanted to like "Sidewalks of New York", no I really wanted to enjoy it with it's storyline of 6 people living in Manhattan through various matters of romance interlink. It's the sort of thing I enjoy as connections f...

Stealing Harvard (2002)

85 mins     Comedy, Crime      

"Stealing Harvard" is not terrible, I have definitely seen worse movies but it is 85 minutes of nothing-ness, 85 minutes which you will want back once it is over. What is the problem with the movie, well lame, repeated jokes ...

What Happens in Vegas (2008)

101 mins     Comedy, Romance      

Unoriginal and obvious are just two of a variety of words that spring to mind to describe the Ashton Kutcher and Cameron Diaz romantic comedy "What Happens in Vegas". Why? Because like many modern, overly commercially romanti...