Coming 2 America (2021)
Coming 2 America is the much-belated sequel to Eddie Murphy’s most popular of starring vehicles, 1988’s Coming to America. Murphy returns to his role as Akeem Joffer, an obscenely wealthy prince of the fictional...
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The Last Unicorn (1982)
One magical unicorn survives the fate imposed by the wicked King Haggard (Christopher Lee) in his attempt to exterminate the realm. Thinking they couldn’t possibly all be dead (in this story, they are immortal),...
Excalibur (1981)
Co-scripted and directed by John Boorman, made after failing to get his intended very adult take on Tolkien’s “Lord of the Rings” films made into one movie, Excalibur offers up an ambitious, brutally violent take on...
Black Panther (2018)
Directed and co-written by Ryan Coogler, who has already been on a roll with noteworthy films like Fruitvale Station and Creed, takes on the Marvel Cinematic Universe with Black Panther, one of the better entries to date. Working well as a...
Cinderella (1950)
Introductions are hardly necessary for the venerable animated classic Cinderella, Disney’s second “Princess” movie (after Snow White), and the one that took the company that had been struggling to survive through the 1940s back to prominence and financial...
The King’s Speech (2010)
An atypical underdog story, The King’s Speech is a well executed piece through and through, featuring very fine performances, good character touches and wit in the script (David Seidler, Tucker), Tom Hooper’s (The Damned United,“John Adams”) consummate direction,...
Hero (2002)
With the success of Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, it seemed easy to surmise that we were going to see more kung-fu epics emerge shortly thereafter. Hero is the first formidable one of these to emerge from China, and...
The Man in the Iron Mask (1998)
Leonardo DiCaprio plays dual roles as the King of France and his twin brother Phillippe, who was cast in an iron mask to conceal his identity and thrown in prison to spend the rest...