Category: Film Reviews
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Review: The Piano (1993)
The Piano Rating Director Jane Campion Screenplay Jane Campion Length 121 min. Starring Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Sam Neill, Anna Paquin MPAA Rating R for moments of extremely graphic sexuality
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The Morning After #13: September 20, 2010
It was a lighter weekend than last, but another good weekend on the whole. I saw this weekend’s new release, Easy A; re-watched a film I last saw 17 years ago, The Piano; this week’s feed the queue entry, The Night of the Hunter; the Crete-set feature Zorba the Greek; and several more episodes of…
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Feed the Queue #12
It was a tight competition and a tie has resulted. Long Day’s Journey Into Night and Treasure of the Sierra Madre were the top vote getters followed by The Last Hurrah and the The Untouchables. And when given a choice between a western and anything but a western, I have to go for anything but.…
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Review: The V.I.P.’s (1963)
The V.I.P.’s Rating Director Anthony Asquith Screenplay Terence Rattigan Length 119 min. Starring Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Louis Jourdan, Elsa Martinelli, Margaret Rutherford, Maggie Smith, Rod Taylor, Orson Welles, Linda Christian, Dennis Price, Richard Wattis, Ronald Fraser, David Frost MPAA Rating Unrated
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Review: The Lion in Winter (1968)
The Lion in Winter Rating Director Anthony Harvey Screenplay James Goldman (Play: James Goldman) Length 134 min. Starring Peter O’Toole, Katharine Hepburn, Anthony Hopkins, John Castle, Nigel Terry, Timothy Dalton, Jane Merrow, Nigel Stock, Kenneth Ives, O.Z. Whitehead MPAA Rating PG
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Review: Serenity (2005)
Serenity Rating Director Joss Whedon Screenplay Joss Whedon Length 119 min. Starring Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres, Alan Tudyk, Morena Baccarin, Adam Baldwin, Jewel Staite, Sean Maher, Summer Glau, Ron Glass, Chiwetel Ejiofor, David Krumholtz MPAA Rating PG-13 for sequences of intense violence and action, and some sexual references
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Review: Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (2010)
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World Rating Director Edgar Wright Screenplay Michael Bacall, Edgar Wright (Graphic Novel: Bryan Lee O’Malley) Length 112 min. Starring Michael Cera, Alison Pill, Mark Webber, Johnny Simmons, Ellen Wong, Kieran Culkin, Anna Kendrick, Aubrey Plaza, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Ben Lewis, Nelson Franklin, Kristina Pesic, Ingrid Haas MPAA Rating PG-13 for stylized…
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Review: Ghost (1990)
Ghost Rating Director Jerry Zucker Screenplay Bruce Joel Rubin Length 127 min. Starring Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, Tony Goldwyn, Rick Aviles,Whoopi Goldberg MPAA Rating PG-13
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Review: The Year of Living Dangerously (1982)
The Year of Living Dangerously Rating Director Peter Weir Screenplay C.J. Koch, Peter Weir, David Williamson (Novel: C.J. Koch) Length 115 min. Starring Mel Gibson, Sigourney Weaver, Linda Hunter, Michael Murphy, Bill Kerr, Noel Ferrier, Bembol Roco, Paul Sonkkila, Ali Nur MPAA Rating PG
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The Morning After #12: September 13, 2010
With the holiday this week and a rather busy viewing schedule, I managed to put away a fair number of films this week. Here are my takes on Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, The Lion in Winter, The Year of Living Dangerously, Ghost, Serenity, The V.I.P.s, the final episodes of Firefly and the first few…
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Feed the Queue #11
The Night of the Hunter is this week’s Feed the Queue winner. Stalag 17 came in second. I have added The Night of the Hunter to my queue today and will receive it next week to be watched that subsequent weekend and reviewed in The Morning After to be posted on September 20. Here’s the…
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Review: The Wicker Man (1973)
The Wicker Man Rating Director Robin Hardy Screenplay Anthony Shaffer Length 88 min. Starring Edward Woodward, Christopher Lee, Diane Cilento, Britt Ekland, Ingrid Pitt, Lindsay Kemp, Russell Waters, Aubrey Morris, Irene Sunter MPAA Rating R
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Review: The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
The Bad and the Beautiful Rating Director Vincente Minnelli Screenplay Charles Schnee (Story: George Bradshaw) Length 118 min. Starring Lana Turner, Kirk Douglas, Walter Pidgeon, Dick Powell, Barry Sullivan, Gloria Grahame, Gilbert Roland, Leo G. Carroll, Vanessa Brown, Paul Stewart, Sammy White, Elaine Stewart, Ivan Triesault MPAA Rating Approved
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Review: The Fisher King (1991)
The Fisher King Rating Director Terry Gilliam Screenplay Richard LaGravanese Length 137 min. Starring Jeff Bridges, David Pierce, Lara Harris, Mercedes Ruehl, Harry Shearer, Robin Williams, Amanda Plummer, Christian Clemenson MPAA Rating R for language and violence
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Review: The Miracle Worker (1962)
The Miracle Worker Rating Director Arthur Penn Screenplay William Gibson (Play: William Gibson; Book: Helen Keller) Length 106 min. Starring Anne Bancroft, Victory Jory, Inga Swenson, Andrew Prine, Kathleen Comegys, Patty Duke MPAA Rating Approved
