The Hurricane (1999)
This is the inspiring sorta-true-story of Rubin “Hurricane” Carter (Washington), a man who could have been the middleweight champion if not for being convicted and sentenced to three life sentences for murder. Maintaining his...
Category: Drama
Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961)
Here’s another one of those reviews that is probably bound to disappoint a few readers. I’m aware that this film is a favorite for many, particularly for women and fans of Hepburn. I don’t...
Gladiator (2000)
If there’s a reason why professional wrestling has taken such an upswing in popularity of late, perhaps it’s because Hollywood has lost its feel for pure testosterone-driven epic battles where the fates of an...
The Insider (1999)
In the quietest of ways, director Michael Mann has been putting together an impressive career of quality films. Even more impressive is the fact that he co-writes and produces his own material, and he...
28 Days (2000)
Sandra Bullock plays a newspaper columnist who is forced to enter a drug rehab facility or face going to jail after she steals a limo and ends up in an accident. While there, she...
But I’m a Cheerleader (1999)
BUT I’M A CHEERLEADER is of the type of comedy that annoys me the most, the type of comedy that tries to achieve laughs merely from tossing together eccentric characters and putting them in...
Fight Club (1999)
Anytime something brilliant and weird comes out, the lamest of lame critics bandy about terms like “masterpiece” and “genius”, as if they are trying to ride some wave for the future so people don’t...
Mystery, Alaska (1999)
Mystery, Alaska is home for one of the world’s finest amateur hockey teams and they are damn proud of it. After a former local boy who left for the big city (Azaria) writes about the...
Rules of Engagement (2000)
A soon-to-be retiring Marine (Jones) is called upon by a Colonel (Jackson) who saved his life under dubious circumstances in Vietnam. Colonel Terry Childers was sent into Yemen to rescue the American ambassador (Kingsley) and his...
Erin Brockovich (2000)
Based on a true story. Erin Brockovich (Roberts) is a struggling mother of three who bulldozes her way into working for a small law firm, and uncovers a possible coverup involving a powerful multi-billion dollar...