REVIEW: 12 Years a Slave
Rating: 4 stars (out of 4) 12 Years a Slave (2013): Dir. Steve McQueen. Written by: John Ridley. Based upon the memoir of the same name by Solomon Northup. Starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, Lupita […]
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OBPC #54: Chariots of Fire, 1981
Rating: 2½ stars (out of 4) Chariots of Fire (1981): Dir. Hugh Hudson. Written by: Colin Welland. Starring: Ben Cross, Ian Charleson, Ian Holm, Nigel Havers, and Nicholas Farrell. Rated PG for brief language. Running […]
OBPC #53: Ordinary People, 1980
Rating: 3 stars (out of 4) Ordinary People (1980): Dir. Robert Redford. Written by: Alvin Sargent and Nancy Dowd. Based upon the novel of the same name by Judith Guest. Starring: Timothy Hutton, Donald Sutherland, […]
OBPC #52: Kramer vs. Kramer, 1979
Rating: 3½ stars (out of 4) Kramer vs. Kramer (1979): Written and directed by Robert Benton. Based upon the novel of the same name by Avery Corman. Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep, Justin Henry, Jane […]
OBPC #51: The Deer Hunter, 1978
Rating: 3½ stars (out of 4) The Deer Hunter (1978): Dir. Michael Cimino. Written by: Deric Washburn, from a story by Washburn, Cimino, Louis Garfinkle, and Quinn K. Redeker. Starring: Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken, […]
REVIEW: Gravity
Rating: 3½ stars (out of 4) Gravity (2013): Dir. Alfonso Cuarón. Written by: Alfonso and Jonas Cuarón. Starring: Sandra Bullock and George Clooney. Rated PG-13 for intense perilous sequences, some disturbing images and brief […]
REVIEW: Don Jon
Rating: 3 stars (out of 4) Don Jon (2013): Written and directed by Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Starring: Gordon-Levitt, Scarlett Johansson, Julianne Moore, Tony Danza, and Glenne Headly. Rated R for strong graphic sexual material and […]
OBPC #50: Annie Hall, 1977
Rating: 4 stars (out of 4) Annie Hall (1977): Dir. Woody Allen. Written by: Allen and Marshall Brickman. Starring: Allen, Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts, and Paul Simon. Rated PG for mild language, suggestive themes, and […]
OBPC #49: Rocky, 1976
Rating: 3 stars (out of 4) Rocky (1976): Dir. John G. Avildsen. Written by: Sylvester Stallone. Starring: Stallone, Talia Shire, Burgess Meredith, Burt Young, and Carl Weathers. Rated PG for sports violence. Running time: 119 […]
OBPC #48: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, 1975
Rating: 3½ stars (out of 4) One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975): Dir. Milos Forman. Written by: Lawrence Hauben and Bo Goldman. Based upon the novel of the same name by Ken Kesey. Starring: […]