The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
Years ago, I had claimed that, despite its faults, X-Men: The Last Stand was the best third film in a superhero series to date, which goes more to show how ideas seem to dissipate once the...
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Full Metal Jacket (1987)
Full Metal Jacket is Stanley Kubrick’s (A Clockwork Orange, 2001: A Space Odyssey) film version of former Marine Gustav Hasford’s semi-autobiographical novel, “The Short-Timers” (1979). Hasford also contributed to the screenplay, although the film version is...
Memphis Belle (1990)
Very loosely based (or basically, as close to complete fiction as one can get without being so) on a real B-17 bomber that fought in World War II, Memphis Belle is a formula Hollywood war...
Le Divorce (2003)
Somewhere in the confines of Le Divorce is an entertaining film yearning to get out. Sadly, it is not to be, as the Merchant-Ivory team fails to deliver their usual whimsical charm, seeming uncomfortable with...
Short Cuts (1993)
I’d like to say that I understand what Short Cuts is all about and Altman’s intent on this vignette-style film featuring several different interconnected storylines that jump between each other every minute or two. Frankly,...