Category: Film Reviews

  • Review: Saludos Amigos (1943)

    This is a Resurfaced review written in 2002 or earlier. For more information, please visit this link: Resurfaced Reviews. Saludos Amigos Rating Director Wilfred Jackson, Jack Kinney, Ham Luske, Bill Roberts Screenplay Ted Sears, William Cottrell, Webb Smith, Homer Brightman, Ralph Wright, Roy Williams, Harry Reeves, Dick Huemer, Joe Grant Length 42m Starring Fred Shields,…

  • Review: The Milagro Beanfield War (1988)

    This is a Resurfaced review written in 2002 or earlier. For more information, please visit this link: Resurfaced Reviews. The Milagro Beanfield War Rating Director Robert Redford Screenplay John Nichols, David Ward (Novel: John Nichols) Length 1h 57m Starring Rubén Blades, Richard Bradford, Sonia Braga, Julie Carmen, James Gammon, Melanie Griffith, John Heard, Carlos Riquelme,…

  • Review: Almost Famous (2000)

    This is a Resurfaced review written in 2002 or earlier. For more information, please visit this link: Resurfaced Reviews. Almost Famous Rating Director Cameron Crowe Screenplay Cameron Crowe Length 2h 02m Starring Billy Crudup, Frances McDormand, Kate Hudson, Jason Lee, Patrick Fugit, Michael Angarano, Zooey Deschanel, Anna Paquin, Fairuza Balk, Noah Taylor, John Fedevich, Mark…

  • 5 Favorites #136: Christian Bale

    Welcome to 5 Favorites. Each week, I will put together a list of my 5 favorites (films, performances, whatever strikes my fancy) along with commentary on a given topic each week, usually in relation to a specific film releasing that week. One of a handful of Hollywood actors who subscribe to the Stanislavsky Method of…

  • Review: Closely Watched Trains (1966)

    This is a Resurfaced review written in 2002 or earlier. For more information, please visit this link: Resurfaced Reviews. Closely Watched Trains Rating Director Jirí Menzel Screenplay Bohumil Hrabal, Jirí Menzel (Novel: Bohumil Hrabal) Length 1h 32m Starring Václav Neckár, Josef Somr, Vlastimil Brodský, Vladimír Valenta, Alois Vachek, Ferdinand Kruta, Jitka Bendová, Jitka Zelenohorská, Nada…

  • Review: Vertigo (1958)

    Vertigo Rating Director Alfred Hitchcock Screenplay Alec Coppel, Samuel Taylor, (Novel: Pierre Boileau, Thomas Narcejac) Length 2h 08m Starring James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes, Tom Helmore, Henry Jones, Raymond Bailey, Ellen Corby, Konstantin Shayne, Lee Patrick MPAA Rating Approved

  • Review: The Great Train Robbery & Life of an American Fireman (1903)

    This is a Resurfaced review written in 2002 or earlier. For more information, please visit this link: Resurfaced Reviews. The Great Train Robbery Rating Director Edwin S. Porter Screenplay Edwin S. Porter, Scott Marble Length 11m Starring A.C. Abadie, Gilbert M. ‘Broncho Billy’ Anderson, George Barnes, Justus D. Barnes, Walter Cameron, John Manus Dougherty Sr.,…

  • Resurfaced Reviews

    This will be a series of reviews from over two decades ago that have recently resurfaced. A number of the reviews I wrote in the past I thought had been lost to time, but after coming to a realization that they might still exist on the Wayback Machine, I was able to relocate many of…

  • 5 Favorites #135: Ralph Fiennes

    Welcome to 5 Favorites. Each week, I will put together a list of my 5 favorites (films, performances, whatever strikes my fancy) along with commentary on a given topic each week, usually in relation to a specific film releasing that week. This weekend, Ralph Fiennes and Jessica Chastain star in an indie film about a…

  • Review: The Pirates! Band of Misfits (2012)

    The Pirates! Band of Misfits Rating Director Peter Lord, Jeff Newitt Screenplay Gideon Defoe (Book: Gideon Defoe) Length 1h 28m Starring Hugh Grant, Martin Freeman, Imelda Staunton, David Tennant, Jeremy Piven, Salma Hayek, Lenny Henry, Brian Blessed, Russell Tovey, Anton Yelchin, Brendan Gleeson, Ashley Jensen, Al Roker, Ben Whitehead, Mike Cooper, David Schneider MPAA Rating…

  • 5 Favorites #134: Movies About Music

    Welcome to 5 Favorites. Each week, I will put together a list of my 5 favorites (films, performances, whatever strikes my fancy) along with commentary on a given topic each week, usually in relation to a specific film releasing that week. In recent years, biopics of music royalty have been all the craze. Films about…

  • Review: The Shining (1980)

    The Shining Rating Director Stanley Kubrick Screenplay Stanley Kubrick, Diane Johnson (Novel: Stephen King) Length 2h 26m Starring Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, Scatman Crothers, Barry Nelson, Philip Stone, Joe Turkel MPAA Rating R

  • 5 Favorites #133: Vanessa Redgrave

    Welcome to 5 Favorites. Each week, I will put together a list of my 5 favorites (films, performances, whatever strikes my fancy) along with commentary on a given topic each week, usually in relation to a specific film releasing that week. There’s a very minor film releasing this week called The Lost Girls. Joely Richardson…

  • Review: The Crying Game (1992)

    The Crying Game Rating Director Neil Jordan Screenplay Neil Jordan Length 1h 52m Starring Stephen Rea, Miranda Richardson, Jaye Davidson, Forest Whitaker, Adrian Dunbar, Joe Savino, Jim Broadbent, Andree Bernard MPAA Rating R

  • 5 Favorites #132: Dern, Goldblum, Howard, Neill, Treverrow

    Welcome to 5 Favorites. Each week, I will put together a list of my 5 favorites (films, performances, whatever strikes my fancy) along with commentary on a given topic each week, usually in relation to a specific film releasing that week. Just like it’s predecessor, Jurassic World appears to be going out with three films…

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