Wag the Dog (1997)
Barry Levinson’s 1997 political satire. Hoffman and De Niro fabricate a war to bury a presidential scandal. Mamet co-wrote.
Denis Leary
This page collects the films featuring Denis Leary reviewed at Master of Worlds: “A Bug’s Life (1998)”, “Demolition Man (1993)”, and “Wag the Dog (1997)”. Each review examines the performance and the role it plays in the film’s larger design, approaching the work as storytelling first. The collection grows as further titles are added.
Demolition Man (1993)
Demolition Man is one of the funniest action films of the early 1990s and one of the most accidentally prescient. Marco Brambilla directed in his feature…
A Bug’s Life (1998) — Review
A Bug’s Life is one of the substantial Pixar productions of the late 1990s and the second feature film from the studio following the foundational Toy Story in 1995. John Lasseter directed with Andrew Stanton co-directing. The film was released in November 1998. It grossed approximately three…