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, […]
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, […]
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. […]
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, […]
Rating: 3½ stars (out of 4) Unforgiven (1992): Dir. Clint Eastwood. Written by: David Web Peoples. Starring: Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, Jaimz Woolvett, and Richard Harris. Rated R for Rated R for language, […]
Well folks, we’re well into 2014 at this point, and the offerings look fairly slim as of yet (with the notable exception of The Lego Movie, and I still need to see Wes Anderson’s Grand […]
It’s time to honor the men and women whose performances made great movies greater (and the not-so great movies bearable) with their presences. But before we get to my favorites, I need to gripe. […]
Rating: 3 stars (out of 4) The Silence of the Lambs (1991): Dir. Jonathan Demme. Written by: Ted Tally. Based upon the novel of the same name by Thomas Harris. Starring: Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, […]
Rating: 3 stars (out of 4) Dances with Wolves (1990): Dir. Kevin Coster. Written by: Michael Blake, based upon his novel of the same name. Starring: Costner, Graham Greene, Mary McDonnell, Rodney A. Grant, and […]
Rating: 2 stars (out of 4) Driving Miss Daisy (1989): Dir. Bruce Beresford. Written by: Alfred Uhry. Based upon the play of the same name by Uhry. Starring: Jessica Tandy, Morgan Freeman, Dan Aykroyd, Patti […]