Category: Film Reviews
-
Review: Prizzi’s Honor (1985)
Prizzi’s Honor Rating Director John Huston Screenplay Richard Condon, Janet Roach (Novel: Richard Condon) Length 130 min. Starring Jack Nicholson, Kathleen Turner, Robert Loggia, John Randolph, William Hickey, Lee Richardson, Michael Lombard, Anjelica Huston MPAA Rating R
-
Review: Zombieland (2009)
Zombieland Rating Director Ruben Fleischer Screenplay Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick Length 88 min. Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Emma Stone, Abigail Breslin, Amber Heard, Bill Murray MPAA Rating R for horror violence/gore and language
-
Review: The Killing (1956)
The Killing Rating Director Stanley Kubrick Screenplay Stanley Kubrick (Novel: Lionel White) Length 85 min. Starring Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Vince Edwards, Jay C. Flippen, Ted DeCorsia, Marie Windsor, Elisha Cook, Joe Sawyer, James Edwards, Timothy Carey, Kola Kwariani, Jay Adler, Tito Vuolo, Dorothy Adams, Herbert Ellis, James Griffith, Cecil Elliott, Joseph Turkel, Steve Mitchell,…
-
Review: Shampoo (1975)
Shampoo Rating Director Hal Ashby Screenplay Robert Towne, Warren Beatty Length 109 min. Starring Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, Goldie Hawn, Lee Grant, Jack Warden, Tony Bill, George Furth, Jay Robinson, Ann Weldon, Carrie Fisher, William Castle MPAA Rating R
-
The Morning After #15: October 4, 2010
This week, I picked up a film I wasn’t planning to watch, but was finally in the mood for it. In addition to Zombieland, we have reviews of Prizzi’s Honor, The Killing, Shampoo and this week’s episode of Glee. So, here is what I watched this weekend: THE KILLING In his 48-year career in the…
-
Feed the Queue #14
This week, it looks like the film that places second on both voters’ lists this week ends up in my queue with A Matter of Life and Death coming in second. Holiday is the winner and has been added to my queue. I will receive it next week to be watched that subsequent weekend (or…
-
Review: Long Day’s Journey Into Night (1962)
Long Day’s Journey Into Night Rating Director Sidney Lumet Screenplay Eugene O’Neill (Play: Eugene O’Neill) Length 174 min. Starring Katharine Hepburn, Ralph Ricahrdson, Jason Robards Jr, Dean Stockwell, Jeanne Barr MPAA Rating Unrated
-
Review: A Patch of Blue (1965)
A Patch of Blue Rating Director Guy Geren Screenplay Guy Green (Novel: Elizabeth Kata) Length 105 min. Starring Sidney Poitier, Shelley Winters, Elizabeth Hartman, Wallace Ford, Ivan Dixon, Elisabeth Fraser, John Qualen, Kelly FLynn MPAA Rating Approved
-
Review: Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
Bullets Over Broadway Rating Director Woody Allen Screenplay Woody Allen, Douglas McGrath Length 98 min. Starring John Cusack, Dianne Wiest, Jennifer Tilly, Chazz Palminteri, Mary-Louise Parker, Jack Warden, Joe Viterelli, Rob Reiner, Tracey Ullman, Jim Broadbent, Harvey Fierstein, Stacey Nelkin MPAA Rating R for some language
-
Review: National Velvet (1944)
National Velvet Rating Director Clarence Brown Screenplay Theodore Reeves, Helen Deutsch (Novel: Enid Bagnold) Length 123 min. Starring Mickey Rooney, Donald Crisp, Elizabeth Taylor, Anne Revere, Angela Lansbury, Jackie Jenkins, Juanita Quigley, Arthur Treacher, Reginald Owen, Normal Varden, Terry Kilburn, Arthur Shields, Aubrey Mather, Alec Craig, Eugene Loring MPAA Rating Approved (original); G (re-rated)
-
The Morning After #14: September 27, 2010
This week was a bit slower for me, but I did get four films watched (A Patch of Blue, National Velvet, Bullets Over Broadway and Long Day’s Journey Into Night) and the first new episode of Glee this season. So, here is what I watched this weekend: A PATCH OF BLUE Topping this week’s list…
-
Feed the Queue #13
Well, as a complete shock to me, one of the four Stanley Kubrick films I have not yet seen wins the day handily. The Innocents came in second.. The Killing is the winner and has been added to my queue. I will receive it next week to be watched that subsequent weekend (or watched this…
-
Review: Zorba the Greek (1964)
Zorba the Greek Rating Director Mihalis Kakogiannis Screenplay Mihalis Kakogiannis (Novel: Nikos Kazantzakis) Length 142 min. Starring Anthony Quinn, Alan Bates, Ierne papas, Lila Kedrova, Sotiris Moustakas, Anna Kyriakou, Eleni Anousaki, George Voyadjis, Takis Emmanuel, George Foundas MPAA Rating Approved
-
Review: The Night of the Hunter (1955)
The Night of the Hunter Rating Director Charles Laughton Screenplay James Agee (Novel: Davis Grubb) Length 93 min. Starring Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish, James Gleason, Evelyn Varden, Peter Graves, Don Beddoe, Billy Chapin, Sally Jane Bruce, Gloria Castillo MPAA Rating Approved
-
Review: Easy A (2010)
Easy A Rating Director Will Gluck Screenplay Bert V. Royal Length 92 min. Starring Emma Stone, Penn Badgley, Amanda Bynes, Dan Byrd, Thomas Haden Church, Patricia Clarkson, Cam Gigandet, Lisa Kudrow, Malcolm McDowell, Aly Michallka, Stanley Tucci MPAA Rating PG-13 for mature thematic elements involving teen sexuality, language and some drug material
