Category: Film Reviews
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5 Favorites Redux #78: Favorites: Garfield, Haddish, Molina, Oyelowo, Statham
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 wide array of new movies releases this weekend and it’s impossible to pick…
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Review: The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996)
The Mirror Has Two Faces Rating Director Barbra Streisand Screenplay Richard LaGravanese (Screenplay: Andre Cayatte, Gerard Oury) Length 2h 6m Starring Barbra Streisand, Jeff Bridges, Lauren Bacall, George Segal, Mimi Rogers, Pierce Brosnan, Brenda Vaccaro Austin Pendleton, Elle Macpherson MPAA Rating PG-13
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Review: James and the Giant Peach (1996)
James and the Giant Peach Rating Director Henry Selick Screenplay Karey Kirkpatrick, Jonathan Roberts, Steve Bloom (Book: Roald Dahl) Length 1h 19m Starring Paul Terry, Simon Callow, Richard Dreyfuss, Jane Leeves, Joanna Lumley, Miriam Margolyes, Pete Postlethwaite, Susan Sarandon, David Thewlis, Steven Culp MPAA Rating PG Original Preview Click Here
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5 Favorites Redux #77: Oscars: Best Picture
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. Sunday is the 93rd Oscars and in time with the annual ceremony, I reach…
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Review: 2020 Oscar-Nominated Short Films (2021)
2020 Oscar-Nominated Short Films Rating See Below Director Animated: Madeline Sharafian (Burrow), Adrien Merigeau (Genius Loci), Michael Govier, Will McCormack (If Anything Happens I Love You), Erick Oh (Opera), Gísli Darri Halldórsson (Yes-People); Live Action: Doug Roland (Feeling Through), Elvira Lind (The Letter Room), Farah Nabulsi (The Present), Travon Free, Martin Desmond Rose (Two Distant…
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5 Favorites Redux #76: Oscars: Female Actors
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 my penultimate 5 Favorites Redux article before the Oscars, I give the women…
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Review: That Thing You Do! (1996)
That Thing You Do! Rating Director Tom Hanks Screenplay Tom Hanks Length 1h 48m Starring Tom Everett Scott, Liv Tyler, Johnathon Schaech, Steve Zahn, Ethan Embry, Tom Hanks, Charlize Theron, Obba Babatunde, Giovanni Ribisi, Chris Ellis, Alex Rocco, Bill Cobbs, Peter Scolari, Rita Wilson, Chris Isaak, Kevin Pollack, Robert Torti, Chaille Percival, Holmes Osborne Jr.…
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The Morning After: Apr. 12, 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: 2021 Oscar-Nominated Short Films With…
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5 Favorites Redux #75: Oscars: Male Actors
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. We only have three weeks left to go before the 93rd Academy Awards and…
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5 Favorites Redux #74: Oscars: Directing
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. The penultimate award of almost every year of the Oscars, Best Directing is often…
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Review: Up Close and Personal (1996)
Up Close & Personal Rating Director Jon Avnet Screenplay Joan Didion, John Gregory Dunne (Book: Alanna Nash) Length 2h 4m Starring Robert Redford, Michelle Pfeiffer, Stockard Channing, Joe Mantegna, Kate Nelligan, Glenn Plummer, James Reobhorn, Scott Bryce, Raymond Cruz, Dedee Pfeiffer, Miguel Sandoval, Noble Willingham, James Karen MPAA Rating PG-13 Original Preview Click Here
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5 Favorites Redux #73: Oscars: Animated Feature
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. Having matured during the 1990s Disney renaissance, I became a quick study of animated…
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Review: Talk to Her (2002)
Talk to Her Rating Director Pedro Almodovar Screenplay Pedro Almodovar Length 1h 52m Starring Javier Camara, Dario Grandinetti, Leonor Watling, Rosario Flores, Mariola Fuentes, Geraldine Chaplin, Pina Bausch, Malou Airaudo, Caetano Veloso, Roberto Alvarez, Elena Anaya, Lola Duenas, Adolfo Fernandez, Ana Fernandez MPAA Rating R Original Preview Click Here
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5 Favorites Redux #72: Oscars: Screenplays
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. I move along this week in the post-nominations landscape with a continuation of my…
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5 Favorites Redux #71: Oscars: Score & Song
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 week, we get a bit musical with the two categories that fall under…
