OBPC #23: All About Eve, 1950
Rating: 4 stars (out of 4) All About Eve (1950): Written and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Based upon the short story “The Wisdom of Eve” by Mary Orr. Starring: Anne Baxter, Bette Davis, Celeste […]
Author: thecinemaverick
REVIEW: Lincoln
Rating: 3½ stars (out of 4) Lincoln (2012): Dir. Steven Spielberg. Written by: Tony Kushner. Based upon the book Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin. Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, […]
OBPC #22: All the King’s Men, 1949
Rating: 3 stars (out of 4) All the King’s Men (1949): Written and directed by Robert Rossen. Based upon the novel of the same name by Robert Penn Warren. Starring: Broderick Crawford, John Ireland, Joanne […]
REVIEW: Seven Psychopaths
Rating: 3½ stars (out of 4) Seven Psychopaths (2012): Written and directed by Martin McDonagh. Starring: Colin Farrell, Sam Rockwell, Christopher Walken, Woody Harrelson, and Abbie Cornish. Rated R for strong violence, bloody images, pervasive language, sexuality/nudity […]
OBPC #21: Hamlet, 1948
Rating: 3 stars (out of 4) Hamlet (1948): Dir. Laurence Olivier. Written by: William Shakespeare, with revisions by Olivier. Based upon the play of the same name by Shakespeare. Starring: Laurence Olivier, Basil Sydney, Eileen […]
OBPC #20: Gentleman’s Agreement, 1947
Rating: 3 stars (out of 4) Gentleman’s Agreement (1947): Dir. Elia Kazan. Written by: Moss Hart, with contributions by Kazan. Based upon the novel of the same name by Laura Z. Hobson. Starring: Gregory Peck, […]
OBPC #19: The Best Years of Our Lives, 1946
Rating: 2½ stars (out of 4) The Best Years of Our Lives (1946): Dir. William Wyler. Written by: Robert E. Sherwood. Based upon the novella Glory for Me by MacKinlay Kantor. Starring: Fredric March, Dana […]
OBPC #18: The Lost Weekend, 1945
Rating: 2½ stars (out of 4) The Lost Weekend (1945): Dir. Billy Wilder. Written by: Billy Wilder and Charles Brackett. Based upon the novel of the same name by Charles R. Jackson. Starring: Ray Milland, […]
REVIEW: The Master
Rating: 4 stars (out of 4) The Master (2012): Written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, and Laura Dern. Rated R for sexual content, graphic nudity, and […]
My Top 5 Favorite Movie Characters (For Now…)
Sorry, Michael Bay. When I go to the movies I want to see characters, not just explosion fodder. Because let’s face it: If all the movies offered were sex and violence, we’d probably stop going […]