The Sound of Music (1965)
Watching THE SOUND OF MUSIC for the first time as an adult is a bit akin to biting into a chocolate covered cherry after eating a box of salty crackers. Such overwhelming sweetness, and...
Category: Drama
The Contender (2000)
Former film critic turned writer/director Rod Lurie serves up another savvy political drama (after last year’s sleeper Deterrence) that ranks as one of the better films in 2000. Jeff Bridges plays the President, on his way...
Almost Famous (2000)
It’s hard to believe the budget for ALMOST FAMOUS was $60 million when you consider the fact that the film has no big name stars or special effects like SPACE COWBOYS, which had about the same budget....
Citizen Ruth (1996)
There is a George Carlin routine in which he states that given the right context, there really is no taboo subject for comedy. He states that even something as serious as rape can be...
A Few Good Men (1992)
Obviously, I will be in the minority of people who don’t think A Few Good Men is a great movie worthy of an Oscar nomination for Best Picture. Personally, I find the direction by Rob...
Big Night (1996)
There’s been quite a few good films revolving around the preparation and consumption of food, and as fine as those other films are, Big Night deserves a place right along with them. It isn’t the food...
Shadow of the Vampire (2000)
“The Skeleton of a Movie” may have been a more appropriate title for this film that’s more fun in hearing about than it is to actually view. At just a smidgen over 90 minutes,...
The Perfect Storm (2000)
Based on real events that happened back in 1991, and chronicled in Sebastian Junger’s bestseller, this is a mostly speculative account of what happened on board a fishing vessel in the North Atlantic which...
Unbreakable (2000)
M. Night Shyamalan, the heralded director of The Sixth Sense, follows up his mega-blockbuster with a very subdued but more profound thriller in Unbreakable. Although I admit that liked The Sixth Sense, I also must admit that...
Caligula (1979)
Depicting the rise and fall of the infamous Roman Emperor Caligula (McDowell), an amoral and repugnant man who used violence to gain his throne and to deal with his subjects, this is the highly...