U Turn (1997)
I’m beginning to think Oliver Stone (W., World Trade Center) took a fierce tumble down a flight of steps that affected his head in some way. Here he employs the same short-attention span style of...
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Broadcast News (1987)
An obsessive news producer (Hunter, Raising Arizona) begins to fall for the handsome but shallow TV anchorman (Hurt, Body Heat) who promotes the type of “news as entertainment” qualities she has been working against her whole career. While...
Cool Hand Luke (1967)
Paul Newman (Torn Curtain, Hud) stars as Luke, a man who one day cuts off the heads of some parking meters and is sent to a prison camp for two years. He doesn’t quite fit...
In & Out (1997)
After winning an academy award, for Best Actor for his portrayal of a gay soldier, Cameron Drake (Dillon, Singles) thanks his former high school English teacher, Howard Brackett (Kline, Dave), for being an inspiration as a...
The Full Monty (1997)
In Sheffield, England, the steel industry isn’t what it used to be, causing six now unemployed and out-of-shape British men to start their own exotic dance revue, a la Chippendale’s. Their big catch is...
American Graffiti (1973)
The year is 1962, with small town America one year before the tumult of chaos. Before Kennedy died, before Viet Nam, or the turbulent times the 60s are known for, this is American youth...
Frantic (1988)
The plot: Heart surgeon Richard Walker and his loving wife Sondra travel to Paris where he is scheduled to speak at a medical convention. In their hotel room, they discover that his wife picked...
Beavis and Butthead Do America (1996)
Based on the MTV television series, whereby two teenage metal-heads named Beavis and Butthead watch music videos and act like dumb-asses throughout their low-class neighborhood, Beavis and Butthead puts the duo on the road across the...
Stand by Me (1986)
The story: A writer (Dreyfuss, Jaws) reminisces about his journey with three of his friends to find the missing body of a dead boy when they were twelve. Stand by Me is a simple story (based on...
