Written by Grant Heslov and George ClooneyDirected by George Clooney Every now and then on the Internet, I get an email talking about “the good old days”, usually talking about how kids […]
Written by Gerhard MenzelDirected by Douglas Sirk Director Douglas Sirk was often touted for his melodramas of his era in the 1950s. However, many of his films dealt with issues not really […]
Written by Michael BlakeDirected by Kevin Costner The story of the Native Americans as written by the movie industry over the last hundred years or so was mostly one of savagery where […]
Written by Walter Hill, Harry Kleiner, and Troy Kennedy-MartinDirected by Walter Hill I don’t know whether or not it worked against the film Red Heat was released in 1988. Communism was crumbling […]
Written by Leon Rooke and Katherine DieckmannDirected by Katherine Dieckmann Every now and then I come across a movie I never heard of and wonder why. A Good Baby is one of […]
Written by Todd HaynesDirected by Todd Haynes I had never heard the name Douglas Sirk prior to my viewing of the film Far From Heaven. To be more accurate, I hadn’t heard […]
Here’s the first story in the series about former minor-league baseball player turned detective, Miami Jones. If you cringe at the name, I don’t blame you. When I started this book, everything […]
Written by Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver, and Lauren HynekDirected by Niki Caro After seeing the trailer in theaters, Mulan (2020) was the first of the live-action* Disney re-makes I was interested in […]
Written by Stephen King and Frank DarabontDirected by Frank Darabont The first time I ever watched Shawshank Redemption came about quite by accident. It is one of those films I’d heard about […]
Written by Ed BurnsDirected by Ed Burns This movie was filmed close to where I lived back when I lived in New York. Edward Burns is another product of Valley Stream, from […]
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