Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (1967)
Although some see Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner as a dated film, I think it’s unfair to regard it as such. Perhaps it carries more weight during the time of its release, where bigotry was much...
Tagged: racism
Liberty Heights (1999)
Liberty Heights marks the fourth time writer-director Barry Levinson has made a film set in his hometown of Baltimore (Diner, Tin Men, and Avalon are the others), and when you write about what you know, chances are you’re...
Hart’s War (2002)
Although Hart’s War was a major financial failure at the box office, gaining only $19 million of it’s lofty $70 million price tag back, don’t let the bad business make you think it’s going to be...
Remember the Titans (2000)
I suppose it was about time for producer Jerry Bruckheimer to release another stinker on the movie-going public, and Remember the Titans ranks among his very worst. Based on a true story, this film is...
Shaft (2000)
This is, of course, a remake of the classic film from the 70s that kicked off the beginning of the blaxploitation craze that followed for the next few years. Updated to the 90s with...
Snow Falling on Cedars (1999)
Just off the Washington shore, a fisherman is found dead in his own nets with a wound to the head. Murder is suspected and the only suspect is another fisherman, who happens to be...
American History X (1998)
American History X is set in Southern California, where neo-Nazi youths known as “skinheads” are emerging under the direction of an influential Nazi sympathizer who blames all of the country’s ills on immigrants and...
Blazing Saddles (1974)
The town of Rock Ridge is slated for destruction in order to build a railroad that will pass through the area it inhabits. Unfortunately, the politicians need to get rid of the people who...