Australia It seems so rare today that we get the super-budgeted, sumptuous epics of the David Lean / Cecil B. DeMille style that when one comes along finally audiences almost seem to take it for granted, as with this 2008 release by director Baz Luhrmann, which certainly paints a romanticized vision of its title country […]
Aviator No doubt about it: Howard Hughes was one of the most fascinating figures of the 20th century, a man of wealth willing to piss away millions in order to do things that advanced both the making of motion pictures as well as the aviation industry (and opened the door for the widespread use of […]
Bachelor Party Before he became a multiple Oscar winner and the Jimmy Stewart of his generation, Tom Hanks was arguably the most underrated comedy star of the 1980s, a decade rife and deep with legendary talent in that particular genre. And he managed to account himself very well with funny and energetic performances in several […]
Back To School Rodney Dangerfield remains one of the oddest ducks in the history of American comedy. A guy whose schtick was developed after a lifetime of failure and depression over seemingly never being able to make it in show business, so that when he finally “made it” using a plethora of funny one liners […]
Back To The Future This truly Immortal Classic, released in 1985 and almost instantly becoming one of the most beloved works in the history of cinema that still retains its enormous popularity today, works so well because in spite of the sci fi / time travel elements, has at its core a moving, touching, and […]
Back To The Future Part 2 Sequels are usually by definition inferior to their originals (with some notable exceptions), but manage to get themselves by at least attempting to recapture SOME of the magic and awe of their predecessors, usually with mixed results depending on certain elements like the passion of the filmmakers involved, the […]
Back To The Future Part 3 The Back To The Future Trilogy remains to this day one of the finest cinematic franchises ever conceived. The first was an extraordinary one of a kind classic, never to be topped, that placed an emphasis on love of one’s family over the scientific paradoxes of time travel (with […]
Backdraft Used to be a time when the name “Ron Howard” being promoted as the director of a major movie would be a sort of curiosity piece for audiences who would come out to see if the beloved Opie (not to mention the immeasurably dorky and awkward teenage boy from American Graffiti and Happy Days) […]
Bad Dreams We all remember how The Golden Age Of Horror in the 80s with their various lucrative franchises and iconic villains in many ways defined what made the genre so entertaining at the time, but what was also interesting was the trend of one shot, “one off” horror movies that nonetheless were MARKETED at […]
