OBPC #61: Rain Man, 1988
Rating: 3 stars (out of 4) Rain Man (1988): Dir. Barry Levinson. Written by: Ronald Bass and Barry Morrow, from a story by Morrow. Starring: Tom Cruise, Dustin Hoffman, Valeria Golino, Gerald R. Molen, and […]
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OBPC #60: The Last Emperor, 1987
Rating: 2 stars (out of 4) The Last Emperor (1987): Dir. Bernardo Bertolucci. Written by: Mark Peploe and Bertolucci. Based upon the book From Emperor to Citizen by Aisin-Gioro Puyi. Starring: John Lone, Joan Chen, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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: […]