'Shall We Dance?' takes a small, exquisite Japanese movie and turns it into a big, stupid American movie. Still, it must be said that as glossy and overproduced as the thing is, it's a good big, stupid American movie. — Stephen Hunter Copy Share Image
The new book is a result of my well-documented... absorption in Samurai movie culture. It's called 'The 47th Samurai: A Bob Lee Swagger novel,' and it takes Bob to Japan in search of the sword his father recovered on Iwo… — Stephen Hunter Copy Share Image
I remember the early 1980s, when I first got one of these fabulous film critic jobs. The downside was sitting through 'Splatteria III: The… — Stephen Hunter Copy Share Image
Even my pathological love of Japan and its beauties, glories and eccentricities is sorely tested by 'The Grudge 2,' from Takashi Shimizu, a movie… — Stephen Hunter Copy Share Image
“You lie well, and I appreciate the effort it takes. It’s not so easy, as any commissar knows.” — Stephen Hunter Copy Share Image
The horror movie will not go away. Look at the change in the Hollywood landscape as a signifier of its durability. At one point… — Stephen Hunter Copy Share Image
“Some men are born to destroy, and nothing satisfies them but that. Whatever you’ve got, they want to tear it apart, from architecture and… — Stephen Hunter Copy Share Image
I suppose I was formed by too many movies and too much television. At some point I absorbed the dramatic formula. — Stephen Hunter Copy Share Image
I'm not an expert or a trained ballistician. But it is a subject I've studied intently for 50 years, so I may know a… — Stephen Hunter Copy Share Image
I've actually published two compilations, if only barely. Hire a private detective and possibly you'll be able to locate them. One was called 'Violent… — Stephen Hunter Copy Share Image
“He was the sort of man who demanded results yesterday but then forgot to ask for them tomorrow.” — Stephen Hunter Copy Share Image
As long as 'Pearl Harbor' stays in the past, it's perfect; when it wretchedly changes gears in the late going, it becomes the wrong… — Stephen Hunter Copy Share Image
“Some are born jerks” she said, “some have jerkhood thrust upon them, and some mature into rich and vibrant jerks. You are all three.” — Stephen Hunter Copy Share Image
“That’s the bravest thing, I think: not to be brave for yourself but for a buddy when it gets you nothing and costs you… — Stephen Hunter Copy Share Image
