Movie Review: “Inglourious Basterds”
As far as I’m concerned, until someone discovers a lost film by Alfred Hitchcock, the release of a new movie by Quentin Tarantino is just about the most important cinematic event there is. After years...
View ArticleMovie Review: “Duplicity”
I really should have known better. The On Demand thumbnail sketch for “Duplicity” read, “This smartly-paced thriller, written and directed by Tony Gilroy, stars Julia Roberts and Clive Owen as longtime...
View ArticleMovie Review: “Bagdad Café”
Bagdad Café is a 1987 film by German director Percy Adlon. It tells the story of the inhabitants of an isolated truck stop/motel in the southern California desert, and the German tourist who...
View ArticleMovie Review: “Strictly Ballroom”
“A life lived in fear is a life half-lived.” “Strictly Ballroom” is a 1992 film by Australian director Baz Luhrmann. It begins at the conclusion of a local dance competition in which young Scott...
View ArticleMovie Review: “Gran Torino”
“Nothing propinks like propinquity.” - Ian Fleming “Gran Torino” begins with the funeral service for the late wife of retired auto-worker Walt Kowalski (Clint Eastwood). We see at once that Walt is a...
View ArticleMovie Review: “Django Unchained”
Set in the pre- Civil War south, “Django Unchained” tells the story of the friendship that develops between a bounty hunter, King Schultz (Christoph Waltz), and a slave, Django Freeman (Jamie Foxx),...
View ArticleMovie Review: “Wit”
“Wit” was originally a one-act drama written for the stage by American playwright Margaret Edson. It was first performed in Costa Mesa, California in 1995, opened in New York in 1998, and received...
View ArticleMovie Review: “Groundhog Day”
“What if there is no tomorrow? There wasn’t one today.” “Groundhog Day” is a 1993 movie that asks the question, “What would you do if you were stuck in one place, and every day was exactly the same,...
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