Rutger Hauer

When I was a child in the 1970s, beer commercials were not particularly interesting. Obviously, I was far too young to drink so they weren’t really aimed at me, but, even with the benefit of hindsight, it is apparent that they were produced with a very specific customer in mind: A young, working class male who spent his weekends getting drunk with friends who were very much like himself and who wore a lot of beige. Women were rarely seen in such ads, and when they did appear it was in the role of a barmaid or waitress. The emphasis was usually on quantity ... Read Full Story

When I was a child in the 1970s, beer commercials were not particularly interesting. Obviously, I was far too young to drink so they weren’t really aimed at me, but, even with the benefit of hindsight, it is apparent that they were produced with a very specific customer in mind: A young, working class male who spent his weekends getting drunk with friends who were very much like himself and who wore a lot of beige. Women were rarely seen in such ads, and when they did appear it was in the role of a barmaid or waitress. The emphasis was usually on quantity ... Read Full Story

Blade Runner Director: Ridley Scott Starring: Harrison Ford, Daryl Hannah, Sean Young, Rutger Hauer and Edward James Olmos Rating: “R” for violence and brief nudity Release Date: June 25, 1982 Runtime: 116 -118 min (depending on version) Favorite Quote - “I don’t know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last moments he loved life more than he ever had before. Not just his life - anybody’s life, my life. All he’d wanted were the same answers the rest of us want. Where did I come from? Where am I going? How long have I got? All I could do was sit there ... Read Full Story

Last week, the roommates and I ended up watching Surviving The Game. I can't remember if we DVR'd it or if we watched it as it came on -- but we watched it wire-to-wire. My first thought when watching it was: "How did they trick all of these guys into being in this movie?" The cast includes Rutger Hauer, John C. McGinley, Gary Busey, and Ice-T (pre-badass-actor-stage). Rutger Hauer plays one of the cheesiest characters of all time. The basic story is that Ice T plays a homeless guy they recruit to be the target of human hunt. Rutger Hauer is the brains of ... Read Full Story

WELL IT'S BEEN SIX MONTHS. TIME FOR WILL SMITH TO COLLECT ANOTHER 50 MILLION DOLLARS. THIS MOVIE WOULD'VE CARRIED MUCH MORE WEIGHT HAD IT CAST MY FIRST PICK FOR HANCOCK , RUTGER HAUER, OR AS HE WAS KNOWN IN THE 80'S: "GERMAN STEELE ." NOT ONLY WAS RUTGER HAUER THE MOST PROLIFIC ACTOR OF THE 20TH CENTURY HE'S ALSO FLUENT IN LATIN, WHICH IS IRRELEVANT....BUT SHOULD IT BE? UNFORTUNATELY WHEN I PITCHED RUTGER HAUER TO SONY PICTURES I ACCIDENTALLY PRESENTED CLIPS FROM SPLIT SECOND (1992) AS OPPOSED TO HIS ALMOST OSCAR NOMINATED PERFORMANCE IN BLIND FURY. IN CASE YOU FOOLISHLY FORGOT, BLIND FURY WAS ... Read Full Story