OBPC #59: Platoon, 1986
Rating: 2 stars (out of 4) Platoon (1986): Written and directed by Oliver Stone. Starring: Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Forest Whitaker, and Mark Moses. Rated R for violence and language. Running time: 120 […]
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OBPC #58: Out of Africa, 1985
Rating: 3 stars (out of 4) Out of Africa (1985): Dir. Sydney Pollack. Written by: Kurt Luedtke. Based upon writings by Karen Blixen, Judith Thurman, and Errol Trzebinski. Starring: Meryl Streep, Robert Redford, Klaus Maria […]
REVIEW: Inside Llewyn Davis
Rating: 4 stars (out of 4) Inside Llewyn Davis (2013): Written and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. Starring: Oscar Issac, Carey Mulligan, John Goodman, Justin Timberlake, and Garrett Hedlund. Rated R for language including […]
REVIEW: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Rating: 2½ stars (out of 4) The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013): Dir. Peter Jackson. Written by: Jackson, Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, and Guillermo del Toro. Based upon the novel The Hobbit by J.R.R. […]
OBPC #57: Amadeus, 1984
Rating: 4 stars (out of 4) Amadeus (1984): Dir. Milos Forman. Written by: Peter Shaffer. Based upon the play of the same name by Shaffer. Starring: F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, Elizabeth Berridge, Roy Dotrice, […]
OBPC #56: Terms of Endearment, 1983
Rating: 2½ stars (out of 4) Terms of Endearment (1983): Written and directed by James L. Brooks. Based upon the novel of the same name by Larry McMurtry. Starring: Debra Winger, Shirley MacLaine, Jack Nicholson, […]
OBPC #55: Gandhi, 1982
Rating: 3 stars (out of 4) Gandhi (1982): Dir. Richard Attenborough. Written by: John Briley. Starring: Ben Kingsley, Roshan Seth, Rohini Hattagadi, Saeed Jaffrey, and Candice Bergen. Rated PG for brief violence and language. Running […]
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 […]
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, […]