The Piano (1993)
Victorian-era New Zealand is the setting for this very intriguing story of Ada McGrath (Hunter, Broadcast News), a mute woman, as well as her young daughter Flora (Paquin, A Walk on the Moon), who comes to...
Category: Drama
Jungle Fever (1991)
Spike Lee (Clockers, He Got Game) tackles the racism issue head on once again with his provocative drama, Jungle Fever, which deals with the complications of an interracial relationship in the racially charged environs of metropolitan...
Hustle & Flow (2005)
Terrence Howard’s Oscar-nominated performance highlights this interesting and provocative look at the life of a two-bit pimp and drug dealer who finds a calling after deciding that he has a voice that needs to...
Fatal Attraction (1987)
This modern rehash of Eastwood’s Play Misty for Me would go on to be the second highest-grossing film of 1987 in the US (bested narrowly by 3 Men and a Baby). It would instantly make “fatal attraction”...
The Electric Horseman (1979)
Redford (All the President’s Men, Three Days of the Condor) and Fonda (Coming Home, Nine to Five) reunite for the third and final time starring together in a film, and the result is an amiable but...
Resurrecting the Champ (2007)
With a convincing rasping wheeze, Samuel L. Jackson (Home of the Brave, Snakes on a Plane) shows off that he has range beyond playing a bad-ass with Resurrecting the Champ, a well-acted but rather formulaic story...
The Age of Innocence (1993)
Based on Edith Wharton’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of 1920, The Age of Innocence paints a rather unflattering portrait of a society repressed, where upbringing and social standing marked the actual difference between favor and failure among...
Blood Simple (1984)
Blood Simple is most notable for being the first film by the Coen Brothers (Barton Fink, Fargo), and also an example of the noir revival in the 1980s (though Chinatownstill reigns for all-time best), culminating in the...
A League of Their Own (1992)
As time goes on, my fondness for A League of Their Own grows, and only a waning voice in the back of my mind keeps me from giving it the vaunted 5-star rating. Obviously, not everyone...
Fracture (2007)
Implausible, but quite watchable nonetheless, Fracture is the kind of film that one enjoys more due to the subtle performances and character touches provided by the leads than for the flawed story at the heart of...