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,
Hollywood has been trying to make movie stars out of musicians for decades. In 1987, Madonna was everywhere, with a string of pop hits, and fans hanging on to her every word. She could do no wrong, except when it
Based on Jack Finney’s novel, Invasion of the Body Snatchers and directed by future Clint Eastwood favorite Don Siegel (Riot in Cell Block 11), Invasion of the Body Snatchers unfolds in a normal, average American small town. Yes, Santa Mira
Hot off the success of The Last Picture Show, What’s Up, Doc? and Paper Moon, Peter Bogdanovich elegantly directs the surprisingly bland Daisy Miller. Based on Henry Miller’s novel of the same name, the author was always interested in the