I’ve always considered Alfred Hitchcock one of the greatest directors in the history of cinema. As such, I find it impossible to say which of his more the fifty films is the best. However, I can say that 1959’s North…
A wanderer in the desert, Hogan (Clint Eastwood) is on his way to meet Mexican rebels when he stumbles across Sister Sara (Shirley MacLaine), a nun being attacked by three drunken bandits. The two end up going the same way…
The top grossing film of 1954, White Christmas retains classic holiday status, even though the main story has very little to do with Christmas. The film stars Danny Kaye and Bing Crosby as army buddies Bob Wallace and Phil Davis,…
Clint Eastwood made his directorial debut in 1971 with Play Misty for Me. Shot in just twenty-one days, Eastwood stars as Dave Garber, a popular late night disc jockey for a small station in Caramel, California. One night, a regular…
By the time A Nightmare on Elm Street was released in 1984, the slasher flick phenomenon was already in full swing. Halloween and the Friday the 13th films had already made Michael Meyers and Jason Voorhees leading icons of the…
Set in 1920’s China, Farewell My Concubine opens with a boy named Douzi abandoned by his prostitute mother at a Peking Opera school. There, he receives training that borders on abuse. Douzi is taught to play the female parts. While…
Originally aired on NBC over two consecutive nights in November 1984, Fatal Vision puts the spotlight on the usually serene Fort Bragg, North Carolina. There, on February 17, 1970, Captain Jeffrey MacDonald, M.D., (Gary Cole) breathlessly phoning police to report…
With films like Passenger 57, Executive Decision, Con Air and Air Force One scoring at the box office, the second half of the 1990’s was the age of the Action in an Airplane subgenre. All of them featured all featured…
Based on the acclaimed short story by Annie Proulx, Brokeback Mountain was adapted into a beautifully articulate screenplay by Diana Ossana and Larry McMurtry. While considered one of the best scripts around, the story of a love affair between to…
I would never claim that Risky Business ranks up there with classics such as Casablanca, Bonnie and Clyde or even Rocky. However, the film that is largely credited with making Tom Cruise a star deserves a place in film history,…