Following events such as the Red Scare, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the failed Bay of Pigs Invasion, the timing was ripe for movies that demonized those who practiced Communism. With the […]
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Movie Review: Fever Pitch – A Romantic Film for Men and Women
Written by Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel, and Nick HornbyDirected by Bobby Farrelly and Peter Farrelly Ben lives in Boston. Ben is a baseball fan. Therefore, Ben has had a difficult life. Even […]
Movie Review: Goodfellas – So, You Want To Be A Mobster…
Written by Nicholas Pileggi and Martin ScorseseDirected by Martin Scorsese My grandmother, rest her soul, could tell stories of the gangsters she knew from her neighborhood. Her era was that of “Legs” […]
Movie Review: Dr. No – James Bond #1
Written by Richard Maibaum, Johanna Harwood, and Berkeley MatherDirected by Terence Young Growing up, and growing older, I never quite got into the whole James Bond phenomenon. However, after much cajoling by […]
Movie Review: United 93 – 9/11 As Seen Through The Eyes of the Only “Witnesses”
Written by Paul GreengrassDirected by Paul Greengrass I know someone who was on United 93 when it crashed. I avoided the films having to do with September 11th due to the people […]
Movie Review: Paragraph 175 – Homosexuals and the Holocaust
Written by Sharon WoodDirected by Rob Epstein & Jeffrey Friedman When people talk about the Holocaust, one of the most common statistics is that six million Jews were killed by the Nazis. […]
Movie Review: Giuliani Time (2005) – Even Before His Involvement with Trump, I Couldn’t Imagine Why Would Anyone Vote For This Man
The title of the documentary comes from a quote regarding the Abner Louima police brutality case. The officers involved were said to have told Louima “It’s Giuliani time” while sodomizing him with […]
Movie Review: The Candidate (1972) – Playing the Game and Selling Out
Written by Jeremy LarnerDirected by Michael Ritchie We often think that political campaigns where politicians promise all sorts of things and sound great before they are elected then something else happens once […]
Movie Review: The Babe (1992) – John Goodman is Perfect but the Story Isn’t
Written by John FuscoDirected by Arthur Hiller In a perfect bit of casting, John Goodman stars as Babe Ruth in this 1992 bio-pic. The following incidents are based on true events that […]
Movie Review: Giant – Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, and James Dean ~ What More Could You Want?
Written by Edna Ferber, Fred Guiol, and Ivan MoffatDirected by George Stevens Giant is one of those legendary Hollywood movies. Based on Edna Ferber’s novel of the same title, it easily could […]
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