Author: John Spry
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“In the Name of the Father” (1993) Drama Running Time: 133 minutes Written by: Terry George and Jim Sheridan Directed by: Jim Sheridan Featuring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Emma Thompson and Pete Postlethwaite Gerry Conlon: “I’m an innocent man. I spent 15 years in prison for something I didn’t do. I watched my father die in a British prison for something he didn’t do. And this…
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“The Field” (1990) Drama Running Time: 103 minutes Written and directed by: Jim Sheridan Featuring: Richard Harris, John Hurt, Sean Bean, Brenda Fricker, Frances Tomelty and Tom Berenger “Bull” McCabe: “There’s another law stronger than the common law.” Father Doran: “What’s that?” “Bull” McCabe: “The law of the land.” Critical Commentary “The Field” is a 1990 drama film directed by Jim Sheridan. Set in rural Ireland, the…
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“My Left Foot” (1989) Running Time: 103 minutes Drama Written by: Shane Connaughton and Jim Sheridan Directed by: Jim Sheridan Featuring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Ray McAnally, Brenda Fricker, Fiona Shaw, Adrian Dunbar and Ruth McCabe Christy Brown: “What’ll we drink to?” Mary: “Let’s drink to Dublin.” Christy Brown: “To Dublin? Why?” Mary: “Because Christy Brown was born there.” Critical Commentary “My Left Foot” is…
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“Dirty Dancing: The Keepsake Limited Edition” Drama Running Time: 96 minutes Written by: Eleanor Bergstein Directed by: Emile Ardolino Featuring: Patrick Swayze, Jennifer Grey, Jerry Orbach and Cynthia Rhodes Baby: “Me? I’m scared of everything. I’m scared of what I saw, I’m scared of what I did, of who I am, and most of all I’m scared of walking out of this room…
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Trailer: “Killers of the Flower Moon” (2023) The first official trailer has finally been released for Martin Scorsese’s upcoming period drama “Killers of the Flower Moon” which has its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival this week. The story unfolds in 1920s Oklahoma and depicts the serial murder of members of the oil-wealthy Osage…
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“World Without End” (2012) Drama Eight Episodes Written by: John Pielmeier based on the book by Ken Follett Directed by: Michael Caton-Jones Featuring: Cynthia Nixon,Miranda Richardson, Ben Chaplin, Peter Firth, Charlotte Riley and Tom Weston-Jones “We’re all good when it suits us, he used to say: that doesn’t count. It’s when you want so badly to do something wrong—when you’re about to make…
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Trailer: “Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning – Part One” (2023) Paramount Pictures has finally released the full-length trailer for Christopher McQuarrie’s highly anticipated “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One” (2023). The seventh overall film in the “Mission: Impossible” franchise, regulars Tom Cruise, Rebecca Ferguson, Simon Pegg and Ving Rhames return in the new adventure which…
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“The Pillars of the Earth” (2010) Drama Eight Episodes Written by: John Pielmeier based on the book by Ken Follett Directed by: Sergio Mimica-Gezzan Featuring: Ian McShane, Rufus Sewell, Matthew Macfayden, Eddie Redmayne, Hayley Atwell and Sarah Parish Lord Stephen: “There’s Gloucester.” Archbishop: “The king’s bastard? He will never inherit.” Lord Stephen: “There’s the king’s legitimate daughter, Maud.” Archbishop: “A child. And female.”…
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“The Brotherhood” (1968) Drama Running Time: 96 minutes Written by: Lewis John Carlino Directed by: Martin Ritt Featuring: Kirk Douglas, Alex Cord, Irene Papas and Luther Adler Critical Commentary “The Brotherhood” is a crime drama film directed by Martin Ritt and starring Kirk Douglas, Alex Cord, and Irene Papas. The story revolves around a young man named Frank Ginetta (Alex Cord) who…
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Trailer: “Fast X” Universal Pictures has unveiled their final trailer for “Fast X,” the tenth entry in the “Fast and Furious” franchise. Whilst the last one was oddly solemn and reflective, this is much more like the films with bombast, family talk, and ridiculous physics. Over many missions and against impossible odds, Dominic Toretto (Vin…
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“Last Train from Gun Hill” (1959) Western Running Time: 90 minutes Written by: James Poe Directed by: John Sturges Featuring: Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn and Earl Holliman Gun Hill Sheriff Bartlett: “Far as I’m concerned, you can go out on the street and get yourself killed anytime you want to, but, you know something, 40 years from now the weeds’ll grow just…
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“Man on a Swing” (1974) Drama Running Time: 110 minutes Written by: David Zelag Goodman Directed by: Frank Perry Featuring: Cliff Robertson, Joel Grey, Dorothy Tristan, Elizabeth Wilson and George Voskovec Critical Commentary “Man on a Swing” is a 1974 mystery-thriller film directed by Frank Perry, starring Cliff Robertson, Joel Grey, and Dorothy Tristan. The movie is based on the true story of…
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“China Gate” (1957) Drama Running Time: 111 minutes Written and Directed by: Samuel Fuller Featuring: Gene Barry, Angie Dickinson, Nat King Cole and Lee Van Cleef Critical Commentary “China Gate” is a 1957 war film directed by Samuel Fuller. The movie is set in French Indochina during the First Indochina War, where a group of soldiers led by Captain Caumont…
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“Johnny Got His Gun” (1971) Drama Running Time: 111 minutes Written and Directed by: Dalton Trumbo Featuring: Timothy Bottoms, Jason Robards, Donald Sutherland, Diane Varsi and Kathy Fields Joe: “Inside me, I’m screaming and yelling and howling like a trapped animal… and nobody pays any attention. If I had arms, I could kill myself. If I had legs, I could run away.…
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“Cutter’s Way” (1981) Drama Running Time: 109 minutes Written by: Jeffrey Alan Fiskin based on Cutter and Bone by Newton Thornburg Directed by: Ivan Passer Featuring: Jeff Bridges, John Heard, Lisa Eichhorn and Ann Dusenberry Alex Cutter: “I watched the war on TV like everybody else. Thought the same damn things. You know what you thought when you saw a picture of a young woman…
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“Conquest of Space” (1955) Science Fiction Running Time: 93 minutes Written by: James O’Hanlon Directed by: Byron Haskin Featuring: Walter Brooke, Eric Fleming and Mickey Shaughnessy Sergeant Imoto: “Some years ago, my country chose to fight a terrible war. It was bad, I do not defend it, but there were reasons. Somehow those reasons are never spoken of. To the Western…
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Trailer: “Meg 2: The Trench” (2024) Warner Bros. Pictures has released the official trailer for “Meg 2: The Trench,” the sequel to the 2018 blockbuster starring Jason Statham taking on a giant prehistoric shark. Boasting multiple massive Megs, the new film sees Statham and action star Wu Jing lead a daring research team on an…
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Trailer: “Dune: Part Two” (2023) Warner Bros. Pictures has premiered the first official trailer for Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi epic “Dune: Part Two” – the release coming exactly six months out from the film’s release on November 3rd and follows in the wake of the first poster reveal yesterday. The sprawling tale adapts the back half…
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Trailer: “Oppenheimer” (2023) Universal Pictures has premiered the official trailer for Christopher Nolan’s big-budget biopic “Oppenheimer”. Nolan’s story is based on Kai Bird and Martin Sherwin’s Pulitzer Prize-winning biography “American Prometheus” with both authors credited as writers along with Nolan himself. Cillian Murphy plays J. Robert Oppenheimer, the American physicist who was dubbed the ‘father…
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“Supernova” (2020) Drama Running Time: 93 minutes Written and directed by: Harry Macqueen Featuring: Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci Lilly: “You’re still you Tusker. You’re still the guy he fell in love with.” Tusker: “No. I’m not. I just look like him.” “Supernova” is a 2020 drama film directed by Harry Macqueen and starring Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci. The…
