Wacky British comedies are usually fairly noteworthy, but few people seem to know about The Tall Guy (1989) despite its stellar cast and memorable sequences. The star is gangly Jeff Goldblum, a go-to guy in the mid-1980s whose career moved […]
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The Bedroom Window (1987) ☆ ☆ ☆
Although I’ve never cared for Steve Guttenberg as an actor, I must admit he fits the bill in the mystery / suspense thriller The Bedroom Window (1987). Guttenberg plays a yuppie architect whose casual affair with the boss’ wife (Isabelle […]
Continue reading »My Life as a Dog (1985) ☆ ☆ ☆ 1/2
Before Swedish director Lasse Hallström moved to America and became a major success with such films as What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, The Cider House Rules and Chocolat, he made his name with a remarkable little movie titled My Life as […]
Continue reading »Zelig (1983) ☆ ☆ ☆
One of Woody Allen’s most interesting cinematic experiments is Zelig (1983). The year before This is Spinal Tap made “mockumentary” a buzzword term, Allen had fun with the concept of a nondescript man (played by Allen) so unhappy with his […]
Continue reading »A Small Circle of Friends (1980) ☆ ☆ ☆ 1/2
I first saw A Small Circle of Friends (1980) while I was in college, and as it is about a trio of friends whose lives change dramatically when they attend college, the film really resonates with me. Although critics disparage […]
Continue reading »Black Sunday (1977) ☆ ☆ ☆ 1/2
Before author Thomas Harris imagined his signature character Hannibal Lecter, he wrote a novel about an act of terrorism occurring at the one of the biggest spectacles in America, the Super Bowl. The resulting movie of the same name is […]
Continue reading »Battleship (2012) ☆ ☆
I’ll admit that I’ve not been a fan of bringing board games to cinematic life, but I was actually looking forward to seeing how Hasbro’s game “Battleship” would morph into an alien invasion movie. Sadly, the board game is still […]
Continue reading »The Lucky One (2012) ☆ ☆ 1/2
It isn’t easy to make a realistic movie about relationships that ventures from the battlefields of Iraq to the bayou country of Louisiana, tells a romantic story with powerful sexual tension and yet is only rated PG-13. The Lucky One suffers […]
Continue reading »Marvel’s The Avengers (2012) ☆ ☆ ☆ 1/2
Not to be confused with the classic British television series, or the abominable American movie re-imagining of the classic British television series, Marvel’s The Avengers is intended to be the greatest superhero movie of all, chiefly because it brings together no less […]
Continue reading »Monsieur Lazhar (2011) ✰ ✰ ✰
This perceptive, engaging French Canadian film explores the ways in which a school tragedy affects its students and teachers (but not, interestingly, the parents). After a popular teacher hangs herself in an empty classroom, a small Montreal public school is […]
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