Mission to Mars (2000)
When disaster strikes the first manned crew to Mars in 2020, a rescue team is sent in to investigate. However, complications arise which jeopardize the mission, not the least of which is the appearance...
Author: Vincent Leo
L.A. Confidential (1997)
Based on James Ellroy’s novel, LA Confidential is a modern noirish tale of how police corruption and the flourishing of organized crime go hand in hand, as well as how public decisions are dictated by public...
Half Baked (1998)
Dave Chappelle (The Nutty Professor, 200 Cigarettes) writes and stars in this stoner comedy about a hospital janitor named Thurgood Jenkins, who lives only to get high with his three pothead buddies, Brian (Breuer, Dick), Scarface...
Field of Dreams (1989)
I have seen Field of Dreams multiple times since its release in theaters back in 1990; it’s one of those films that I enjoy more as I grow older. I used to consider it good (but...
No Way Out (1987)
Kevin Costner (The Untouchables, American Flyers) stars as Lt. Cmdr. Tom Farrell, who, while at a party, meets Susan Atwell (Young, Blade Runner), an attractive woman that he ends up having a romantic affair with. Though...
Cadillac Man (1990)
Robin Williams (The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Nine Months) stars as New York car salesman, Joey O’Brien, who finds himself with his back against the wall, up to his eyeballs in debt and without any...
Notes on a Scandal (2006)
Based on the 2003 novel by Zoe Heller, Notes on a Scandal tells the tale of a married London schoolteacher named Sheba Hart (Blanchett, Babel), who enters into an illicit affair with a 15-year-old student at her...
Alice (1990)
Alice Tate (Farrow) is a well-to-do Manhattan housewife who is irresistibly drawn to another parent who brings his child to her school, Joe the sax player (Mantegna), who finds himself also unable to walk away...
The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
Short, but so beautifully sweet. The Purple Rose of Cairo sees Woody Allen in peak form in one of his most ingenious comedies. While it may ostensibly lack the weight of some of his more...
Black Rain (1989)
Michael Douglas (Romancing the Stone, The Star Chamber) stars as macho NYC detective Nick Conklin, under investigation from Internal Affairs for possibly covering up theft done by his fellow officers in the line of duty....