Million Dollar Baby (2004)
As a director, Clint Eastwood has sometimes been down, but never for the count, and if you consider the last two films he has directed, Mystic River and Million Dollar Baby, you might even conclude he has hit...
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Sideways (2004)
In my book, Alexander Payne is now 4-for-4 as director and auteur, choosing unlikely ideas for good movies and making them far more engrossing than anyone could have a right to expect them to be. ...
My Favorite Year (1982)
My Favorite Year marks the directorial debut of actor Richard Benjamin, and by all accounts, he nailed it right out of the gate. It’s a loving tribute to the celebrity of yesteryear, which not...
Assault on Precinct 13 (2005)
Assault on Precinct 13 is a remake of the cult classic John Carpenter film of the same name of 1976, offering several key twists to the story, and ratcheting up the graphic violence and language for today’s...
The Slugger’s Wife (1985)
It could have been and should have been, a much better film than it actually is. Marred by lots of problems in production behind the scenes, The Slugger’s Wife is a case of “too many...
Shaun of the Dead (2004)
From the duo that brought you the TV show, “Spaced”, comes Shaun of the Dead, a mix of farcical comedy and gory horror movie. Like many other British comedies, Shaun gains most of its laughs at the sheer...
Revenge of the Nerds (1984)
The inspiration for Revenge of the Nerds came when aspiring screenwriters, story editor Tim Metcalfe and film executive Miguel Tejada-Flores. Tejada-Flores brought in elements of his nerdy father, a Bolivian immigrant who went to Cal...
Elektra (2005)
In the comic book world, Elektra has always been more of a third-tier “superhero,” who has had her purpose and enjoyed a brief moment in the spotlight due to her philandering with a well-known...
Lost in America (1985)
David Howard (Albert Brooks) and his wife Linda (Julie Hagerty) are stuck in a rut. Their jobs aren’t panning out, they bought a new house that neither of them seems enthused about, and their...
Bowfinger (1999)
Bobby Bowfinger (Martin) is a small-time Hollywood producer who becomes enamored of a script a friend of his writes, a schlock alien invasion story called “Chubby Rain”. Thinking this will be the film which takes...