The late master filmmaker Orson Welles once stated in an interview that The Trial was the best film he ever made. That’s highly unlikely since the American Film Institute voted Citizen Kane to be the greatest American film of all-time,…
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Keanu Reeves: The Early Years
Whoa! Take it easy. I’m not here to grandstand about what an amazing and talented thespian Keanu Reeves is. It’s quite the opposite, actually. In fact, it probably wouldn’t be reaching very far to assume that a majority of film…
Read more →Diane Lane: The Early Years
Sure, everyone loves the stunning and talented Diane Lane. What’s not to love? However, who really cares about movies such as Nights in Rodanthe, Must Love Dogs and Under the Tuscan Sun? (Though, I will say I kind of liked…
Read more →You Wanna Fight?… Fight Me!
There’s something I need to get off my chest. Recently, the late legend Bruce Lee’s Enter The Dragon was on AMC, and it got me to thinking that I couldn’t remember the last recent film I saw that featured a…
Read more →Juliette Lewis: The Ultimate Sour Patch Kid
She can be sour and sweet, sometimes simultaneously. A while back, I did a feature on the fabulous Jennifer Jason Leigh where I mentioned the film Crooked Hearts and how delighted I was to see Leigh co-starring alongside the inimitable…
Read more →The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962): Movie Review
Alright, in the interest of full disclosure, yours truly has seen bits and pieces of The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance before. It was a film that “we” often used to run on the overhead screens behind us at the…
Read more →First Time Watch: The Night Of The Hunter
People often say, “Beware of false prophets.” It’s an important life lesson, and Charles Laughton’s The Night Of The Hunter (his only credited directorial effort) perfectly exemplifies this warning. Another invaluable rule for folks to heed is, “Beware of false…
Read more →Jennifer Jason Leigh: Cinema’s Most Daring Dame
Remember the movie, PCU? No, Jennifer Jason Leigh isn’t in the film. It’s a college comedy starring Jeremy Piven and Jon Favreau as campus clowns battling the politically correct tone that has taken over their university… but I digress. Anyway,…
Read more →Aces In The Hole: A Tribute To Gambling Films
The Gambler, Kenny Rogers, said it himself in his hit song aptly titled The Gambler (that also spawned a series of TV movies), that “You got to know when to hold ‘em, know when to fold ‘em,” and blah, blah,…
Read more →First Time Watch: The Cincinnati Kid
While I pride myself on not betting over my head and NEVER risk more than I can afford to lose, I wound up parting with more cash than I was really happy about during a recent trip to Atlantic City….
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