Christmas Story While the word classic is a word that gets applied to a good number of films deservedly, sometimes the burden of repetition can overwhelm certain ones to the point that the quality of the film itself can actually become diluted (witness Psycho and its “major twist” that has been forever spoiled for future […]
Chronicles Of Narnia: Prince Caspian Despite the fact that the story borrows generously from other action / fantasy tales (most notably Shakespeare’s Hamlet) this adaptation of C.S. Lewis’ second story in the franchise is pretty much an equal to The Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe. The four Pevensie siblings return from the previous film […]
Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe The Chronicles Of Narnia movies was the type of project that most likely was inspired by the success of The Lord Of The Rings franchise and with good reason: Original authors C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien were known to have been good friends when they […]
Chronicles Of Narnia: Voyage Of The Dawn Treader Is there any doubt that the Narnia franchise is the absolute cream of the modern day crop of children’s movies? Featuring positive, life-affirming themes, Christian-based allegories of strength, faith, and good will, and likable characters (both animal and human) that kids of all ages can relate to, […]
C.H.U.D. One of the more interesting failures of the 80s horror scene, this little opus telling the tale of homeless people living under New York City who mutate into cannibal mutants suffers greatly from the struggles that went on behind the camera: The script was rewritten several times to the point that stars John Heard, […]
Cinderella Man Those of us who lived and suffered through the Obama Recession truly have NO idea what it was like to go through the REAL Great Depression of the 1930s, when people starved to death on the streets and violence amongst the squalor was an everyday occurrence. This film from 2005, intended to be […]
City Heat This project, much anticipated back in 1984, marked the first (and only) team-up between the two biggest movie stars in the world at that time, Clint Eastwood and Burt Reynolds. And while there are several ways the film could have been MUCH better, one can’t fault the two lead performances. Clint and Burt […]
City Lights Charlie Chaplin remains not only the undisputed biggest name in silent movie history, but arguably remains at or near the top when it comes to being considered the single greatest movie star of all time. Such was his level of power and prestige in Hollywood that when the movies were switching over to […]
Class Of 1984 When released in 1982, this unsung classic painted quite the apocalyptic vision of the future of American public education, unheard of at the time, where schools would soon become inundated with gang violence and drug dealing, along with the now de facto standard of metal detectors for the incoming students. Director Mark […]