Category: Film Reviews
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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.,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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
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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…
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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
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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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Review: The Dead (1987)
The Dead Rating Director John Huston Screenplay Tony Huston (Short Story: James Joyce) Length 1h 23m Starring Anjelica Huston, Dan O’Herlihy, Colm Meaney, Ingrid Craigie, Donal McCann, Sean McClory, Marie Kean, Donal Donnelly MPAA Rating PG
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5 Favorites #131: John Malkovich
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. Another in the long line of Bruce Willis’ final performances releases this weekend. One…
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5 Favorites #130: Tom Cruise
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. A box office draw for three decades now, Tom Cruise has gotten a lot…
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Review: Babe (1995)
Babe Rating Director Chris Noonan Screenplay George Miller, Chris Noonan (Novel: Dick King-Smith) Length 1h 31m Starring Christine Cavanaugh, Miriam Margolyes, Danny Mann, Hugo Weaving, Miriam Flynn, Russie Taylor, Evelyn Krape, Michael Edward-Stevens, Charles Bartlett, Paul Livingston, Roscoe Lee Browne, James Cromwell, Magda Szubanski MPAA Rating G
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5 Favorites #129: Maggie Smith
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. With such a large cast, Downton Abbey: A New Era provides me with plenty…
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Review: Victor/Victoria (1982)
Victor/Victoria Rating Director Blake Edwards Screenplay Blake Edwards Length 2h 14m Starring Julie Andrews, James Garner, Robert Preston, Lesley Ann Warren, Alex Karras, John Rhys-Davies MPAA Rating PG
