Category: Film Reviews
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Review: Jerry Maguire (1996)
Jerry Maguire Rating Director Cameron Crowe Screenplay Cameron Crowe Length 2h 19m Starring Tom Cruise, Cuba Gooding Jr., Renee Zellweger, Kelly Preston, Jerry O’Connell, Jay Mohr, Bonnie Hunt, Regina King, Jonathan Lipnicki, Todd Louiso, Mark Pellington, Jeremy Suarez, Jared Jussim MPAA Rating R Original Preview Click Here
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5 Favorites Redux #85: Cena, Diesel, Mirren, Rodriguez, Theron
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 this week’s release of the latest film in the Fast & Furious series,…
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Review: Primal Fear (1996)
Primal Fear Rating Director Gregory Hoblit Screenplay Steve Shagan, Ann Biderman (Novel: William Diehl) Length 2h 9m Starring Richard Gere, Laura Linney, John Mahoney, Alfre Woodard, Frances McDormand, Edward Norton, Terry O’Quinn, Andre Braugher, Steven Bauer, Joe Spano, Tony Plana, Stanley Anderson, Maura Tierney, Jon Seda, Reg Rogers MPAA Rating R
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5 Favorites Redux #84: Ryan Reynolds
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. Hollywood’s heartthrobs are well known for appearing in some relatively banal films and Ryan…
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Review: Sling Blade (1996)
Sling Blade Rating Director Billy Bob Thornton Screenplay Billy Bob Thornton (Play: Billy Bob Thornton) Length 2h 15m Starring Billy Bob Thornton, Dwight Yoakam, J.T. Walsh, John Ritter, Lucas Black, Natalie Canerday, James Hampton, Robert Duvall, Rick Dial, Brent Briscoe, Christy Ward, Sarah Boss MPAA Rating R
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5 Favorites Redux #83: Big Screen Musicals
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, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s breakout Broadway hit makes its way to the big screen…
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Review: The Ghost and the Darkness (1996)
The Ghost and the Darkness Rating Director Stephen Hopkins Screenplay William Goldman Length 1h 50m Starring Michael Douglas, Val Kilmer, Tom Wilkinson, John Kani, Bernard Hill, Brian McCardie, Emily Mortimer, Om Puri, Henry Cele MPAA Rating R Original Preview Click Here
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5 Favorites Redux #82: Horror Series
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 A Quiet Place: Part II last weekend and The Conjuring: The Devil Made…
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Review: Michael Collins (1996)
Michael Collins Rating Director Neil Jordan Screenplay Neil Jordan Length 2h 13m Starring Liam Neeson, Aidan Quinn, Julia Roberts, Brendan Gleeson, Stephen Rea, Alan Rickman MPAA Rating R Original Preview Click Here
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5 Favorites Redux #81: Emma Stone
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 two major wide releases this weekend, Disney’s origin story of the villainous Cruella…
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Review: Emma (1996)
Emma Rating Director Douglas McGrath Screenplay Douglas McGrath (Novel: Jane Austen) Length 2h 0m Starring Gwyneth Paltrow, James Cosmo, Greta Scacchi, Alan Cuming, Denys Hawthorne, Sophie Thompson, Jeremy Northam, Toni Collette, Kathleen Byron, Phyllida Law, Edward Woodall MPAA Rating PG Original Preview Click Here
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5 Favorites Redux #80: Bana, Collete, Rhys-Davies
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 past weeks, when there’s been several actors who don’t have sufficient film projects…
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Review: The Preacher’s Wife (1996)
The Preacher’s Wife Rating Director Penny Marshall Screenplay Nat Mauldin (Novel: Robert Nathan) Length 2h 3m Starring Denzel Washington, Whitney Houston, Courtney B. Vance, Gregory Hines, Jenifer Lewis, Loretta Devine, Justin Pierre Edmund, Lionel Richie, Paul Bates MPAA Rating PG
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5 Favorites Redux #79: Films of Samuel L. Jackson
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. Although Spiral will be good for a poll of the best Saw films, it…
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Review: Ghost in the Shell (1996)
Ghost in the Shell Rating Director Mamoru Oshii Screenplay Kazunori Ito (Manga: Masamune Shirow) Length 1h 23m Starring Atsuko Tanaka, Akio Otsuka, Koichi Yamadera, Yutaka Nakano, Tamio Oki, Tessho Genada MPAA Rating Not Rated
