OBPC #75: Chicago, 2002
Rating: 2½ stars (out of 4) Chicago (2002): Dir. Rob Marshall. Written by Bill Condon. Lyrics by Fred Ebb. Music by John Kander. Based upon the musical of the same name with lyrics by Ebb, […]
REVIEW: Godzilla
Rating: 2 stars (out of 4) Godzilla (2014): Dir. Gareth Edwards. Written by Max Borenstein, from a story by Dave Callaham. Based upon the franchise of the same name owned by Toho. Starring: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Bryan […]
OBPC #74: A Beautiful Mind, 2001
Rating: 3 stars (out of 4) A Beautiful Mind (2001): Dir. Ron Howard. Written by Akiva Goldsman. Based upon the book of the same name by Sylvia Nasar. Starring: Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Paul Bettany, […]
OBPC #73: Gladiator, 2000
Rating: 2½ stars (out of 4) Gladiator (2000): Dir. Ridley Scott. Written by: David Franzoni, John Logan, and William Nicholson, from a story by Franzoni. Starring: Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, Oliver Reed, and […]
OBPC #72: American Beauty, 1999
Rating: 3 stars (out of 4) American Beauty (1999): Dir. Sam Mendes. Written by: Alan Ball. Starring: Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch, Wes Bentley, and Mena Suvari. Rated R for strong sexuality, language, violence […]
OBPC #71: Shakespeare in Love, 1998
Rating: 3½ stars (out of 4) Shakespeare in Love (1998): Dir. John Madden. Written by: Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard. Starring: Joseph Fiennes, Gwyneth Paltrow, Geoffrey Rush, Colin Firth, and Judi Dench. Rated R for […]
OBPC #70: Titanic, 1997
Rating: 3 stars (out of 4) Titanic (1997): Written and directed by James Cameron. Starring: Kate Winslet, Leonardo DiCaprio, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates, and Gloria Stuart. Rated PG-13 for disaster-related peril and violence, sensuality, nudity, […]
OBPC #69: The English Patient, 1996
Rating: 2½ stars (out of 4) The English Patient (1996): Written and directed by Anthony Minghella. Based upon the novel of the same name by Michael Ondaatje. Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche, Kristin Scott Thomas, […]
OBPC #68: Braveheart, 1995
Rating: 2½ stars (out of 4) Braveheart (1995): Dir. Mel Gibson. Written by: Randall Wallace. Based upon the poem The Wallace by Blind Harry. Starring: Gibson, Patrick McGoohan, Angus Macfadyen, Sophie Marceau, and Catherine McCormack. […]
OBPC #67: Forrest Gump, 1994
Rating: 3 stars (out of 4) Forrest Gump (1994): Dir. Robert Zemeckis. Written by: Eric Roth. Based upon the novel of the same nameby Winston Groom. Starring: Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise, Sally Field, […]