Rocky (1976)
The seed of inspiration for Rocky was planted on March 24, 1975. Sylvester Stallone attended a closed-circuit Los Angeles movie theater presentation of Chuck Wepner fighting Muhammad Ali. Severe underdog Wepner wasn’t expected to...
Category: Drama
The French Connection (1971)
In the 1960s and early 1970s, large amounts of heroin had been trafficked into the United States from France, who refined opium obtained from Turkey into the addictive, potentially deadly drug. U,S, author Robin...
Foxes (1980)
Foxes is a coming-of-age story revolving around four teenage girls living in the Los Angeles area, trying their best to deal with raging hormones, peer pressure, drugs, sex, booze, and family demands. Jeanie (Foster, Taxi Driver) is...
Cocktail (1988)
Tom Cruise (Top Gun, Days of Thunder) stars as ex-Army soldier Brian Flanagan, who has his dreams of becoming a success in New York City shattered when he can’t even find a job even in...
Breaking News (2004)
Probably more interesting for being a Johnny To (Fulltime Killer, Love on a Diet) film than as a commentary on the manipulation of the media in keeping citizens compliant, Breaking News nevertheless does offer a few things...
The Guardian (2006)
Kevin Costner stars as Ben Randall, a Coast Guard swimmer who has dedicated his life to saving others in the ocean in need, at the cost of his wife (Ward) and home life. He then...
10th & Wolf (2006)
Inspired by a true story (aka 99% fiction), 10th and Wolf derives its title from the names of the streets that cross in the predominantly Italian neighborhood in Philadelphia where the main characters of the...
Akeelah and the Bee (2006)
Keke Palmer plays Akeelah Anderson, an 11-year-old girl growing up in the crime-ridden streets of South-Central Los Angeles. Her father passed away five years ago, leaving her nearly unsupervised as her mother (Bassett) has...
World Trade Center (2006)
Oliver Stone (U Turn, JFK) is no stranger to controversy, and making World Trade Center only five years after many Americans had witnessed the most disturbing sight in their lifetimes certainly ripped open wounds in the...
Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
If you were to hear the central premise of Little Miss Sunshine without having ever seen a preview, you’d probably dismiss it as just another knock-off of National Lampoon’s Vacation series, and choose to ignore it. Don’t. While...