Category: Film Reviews
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Review: Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)
Make Way for Tomorrow Rating Director Leo McCarey Screenplay Vina Delmar, Helen Leary, Nolan Leary (Novel: Josephine Lawrence) Length 1h 31m Starring Beulah Bondi, Victor Moore, Fay Bainter, Thomas Mitchell, Porter Hall, Barbara Read, Maurice Moscovitch, Minna Gombell, Ray Mayer, Ralph Remley, Louise Beavers, Louis Jean Heydt, Gene Morgan MPAA Rating Passed (National Board of…
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5 Favorites Redux #93: Sean Penn
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. Sean Penn may have started his acting career in fluff roles in films like…
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5 Favorites Redux #92: Forrest Whitaker
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. Among actors, Forrest Whitaker is a regular treasure. He’s a hardworking, generous actor who…
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Review: Hamlet (1996)
Hamlet Rating Director Kenneth Branagh Screenplay Kenneth Branagh (Play: William Shakespeare) Length 4h 2m Starring Kenneth Branagh, Richard Briers, Julie Christie, Judi Dench, Gerard Depardieu, Reece Dinsdale, Ken Dodd, Rob Edwards, Nicholas Farrell, Ray Fearon, John Gielgud, Rosemary Harris, Charlton Heston, Ravil Isyanov, Derek Jacobi, Richard Attenborough, Brian Blessed, Rufus Sewell MPAA Rating PG-13
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5 Favorites Redux #91: Dastmalchian, Davis, Elba, Kinnaman, Robbie
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, the all-star cast of The Suicide Squad, a reboot of the first,…
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Review: Lone Star (1996)
Lone Star Rating Director John Sayles Screenplay John Sayles Length 2h 15m Starring Stephen Mendillo, Chris Cooper, Elizabeth Pena, Stephen J. Lang, Eleese Lester, Joe Stevens, Gonzalo Castillo, Richard Coca, Clifton James, Tony Frank, Miriam Colon, Kris Kristofferson, Jeff Monahan, Matthew McConaughey, Joe Morton, LaTanya Richardson, Eddie Robinson, Ron Canada, Chandra Wilson, Damon Guy, Dee…
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5 Favorites Redux #90: Matt Damon
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. Who would have thought that the kid who starred in Good Will Hunting would…
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Review: Daylight (1996)
Daylight Rating Director Rob Cohen Screenplay Leslie Bohem Length 1h 54m Starring Sylvester Stallone, Amy Brenneman, Viggo Mortensen, Dan Hedaya, Jay O. Sanders, Karen Young, Claire Bloom, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Renoly Santiago, Colin Fox, Danielle Harris, Trina McGee-Davis, Marcello Thedford, Sage Stallone, Jo Anderson, Mark Rolston MPAA Rating PG-13 Original Preview
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5 Favorites Redux #89: Gael Garcia Bernal
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. Because of American audiences’ aversions to making foreign language films blockbusters, it’s not often…
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Review: Black Widow (2021)
Black Widow Rating Director Cate Shortland Screenplay Eric Pearson, Jac Schaeffer, Ned Benson Length 2h 14m Starring Scarlett Johansson, Florence Pugh, Rachl Weisz, David Harbour, Ray Winstone, Ever Anderson, Violet McGraw, O-T Fagbenle, William Hurt, Olga Kurylenko MPAA Rating PG-13 Original Preview Click Here
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The Morning After: Jul. 19, 2021
Welcome to The Morning After, where I share with you what movies I’ve seen over the past week. Below, you will find short reviews of those movies along with a star rating. Full length reviews may come at a later date. So, here is what I watched this past week: Black Widow A decade after…
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5 Favorites Redux #88: Bassett, Gillan, Gugino, Headey, Yeoh
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 five tremendous actresses working together on this stylish action film, it feels appropriate…
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5 Favorites Redux #87: Rachel Weisz
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. Eighty issues ago, I did my 5 Favorites article on Scarlett Johansson. Since she’s…
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Review: One Fine Day (1996)
One Fine Day Rating Director Michael Hoffman Screenplay Terrel Seltzer, Ellen Simon Length 1h 48m Starring Michelle Pfeiffer, George Clooney, Mae Whitman, Alex D. Linz, Charles Durning, Jon Robin Baitz, Ellen Greene, Joe Grifasi, Pete Hamill, Anna Maria Horsford, Sheila Kelley, Robert Klein, George Martin, Michael Massee, Amanda Peet, Bitty Schram, Holland Taylor, Rachel York,…
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5 Favorites Redux #86: Animated Sequels
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. What was once only the purview of direct-to-video shelves at Blockbuster has become a…
