Category: Reviews
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“The Getaway” (1994) Drama / Action Running Time: 116 minutes Written by: Walter Hill and Amy Holden Jones Directed by: Roger Donaldson Featuring: Alec Baldwin, Kim Basinger, Michael Madsen, Jennifer Tilly, Richard Farnsworth and James Woods Carol: “I’m not spending the next twenty years without you.” There are some films that exist almost entirely in the shadow…
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“Unlawful Entry” (1992) Drama Running Time: 112 minutes Written by: Lewis Colick Directed by: Jonathan Kaplan Featuring: Kurt Russell, Ray Liotta and Madeleine Stowe Officer Pete Davis: “Arrest you? I could kill you.” There is something particularly effective about a thriller that takes an ordinary source of security and turns it into a source of fear. In Unlawful…
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“Wild at Heart” (1990) Drama Running Time: 124 minutes Written & Directed by: David Lynch Featuring: Nicolas Cage, Laura Dern, Willem Dafoe, Crispin Glover, Diane Ladd, Isabella Rossellini and Harry Dean Stanton Lula: “This whole world’s wild at heart and weird on top.” David Lynch’s Wild at Heart is one of those films that seems to become more fascinating…
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“1408” (2007) Horror Running Time: 104 minutes Written by: Matt Greenberg, Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski Directed by: Mikael Håfström Featuring: John Cusack, Samuel L. Jackson, Mary McCormack and Tony Shalhoub Room 1408: “Even if you leave this room, you can never leave this room!” Few Stephen King adaptations have surprised audiences quite like 1408. Released in 2007…
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“Dark Blue” (2002) Drama Running Time: 118 minutes Written by: David Ayer Directed by: Ron Shelton Featuring: Kurt Russell, Brendan Gleeson, Scott Speedman, Michael Michele, Lolita Davidovich and Ving Rhames Det. Sgt. Eldon Perry Jr.: “That’s my daddy’s gun… and the only reason this city’s here is because they built it with bullets!” There are crime thrillers…
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“Ruby” (1992) Drama Running Time: 110 minutes Written by: Stephen Davis Directed by: John Mackenzie Featuring: Danny Aiello, Sherilyn Fenn and Arliss Howard Sheryl Ann DuJean: [to Ruby] “I’m Candy Cane, fresh out of nowhere. An hour ago you billed me as Las Vegas hot sauce. Tomorrow you headline me as a virgin schoolgirl from Carolina. I’m…
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“The Fourth Protocol” (1987) Drama / Thriller Running Time: 119 minutes Written by: Frederick Forsyth Directed by: John Mackenzie Featuring: Michael Caine, Pierce Brosnan, Ned Beatty, Ian Richardson and Joanna Cassidy Tom McWhirter: “Don’t tell me you reached your limit, Jimmy boy.” Valeri Petrofsky: “I usually try to keep my limit to a gallon or so.” During…
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“The Honorary Consul” (1983) Drama Running Time: 114 minutes Written by: Christopher Hampton Directed by: John Mackenzie Featuring: Michael Caine, Richard Gere, Bob Hoskins and Elpidia Carrillo Colonel Perez: “I have to take every possibility into account, doctor. Even a crime of passion.” Dr. Eduardo Plarr: “Passion? I’m an Englishman.” When discussing the career of director John…
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“The Long Good Friday” (1980) Drama Running Time: 114 minutes Written by: Barrie Keeffe Directed by: John Mackenzie Featuring: Bob Hoskins, Helen Mirren, Dave King, Bryan Marshall, Derek Thompson and Eddie Constantine Harold: “What I’m looking for is someone who can contribute to what England has given to the world: culture, sophistication, genius. A little bit more…
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“Vampire Circus” (1972) Horror Running Time: 87 minutes Written by: Judson Kinberg Directed by: Robert Young Featuring: Adrienne Corri, Laurence Payne, Thorley Walters, John Moulder-Brown, Anthony Higgins and Lynne Frederick Michael: “The Circus of Nights! A hundred delights!” Few studios are as synonymous with Gothic horror as Hammer Films. During the late 1950s and throughout the 1960s,…
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“Nouvelle Vague” (2025) Drama Running Time: 106 minutes Written by: Holly Gent and Vincent Palmo Directed by: Richard Linklater Featuring: Guillaume Marbeck, Zoey Deutch and Aubry Dullin Jean-Luc Godard: “We control our thoughts, which mean nothing. Not our emotions, which mean everything.” Few movements in cinema have had as profound an influence on filmmaking as the French…
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“Lust, Caution” (2007) Drama Running Time: 158 minutes Written by: Wang Hui-ling and James Schamus Directed by: Ang Lee Featuring: Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Tang Wei, Anupam Kher, Joan Chen, Wang Leehom and Shyam Pathak Kuang Yu Min: “We must all pitch in. Our soldiers are fighting for their lives at the front… while these Hong Kongers continue…
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“The Fabulous Baker Boys” (1989) Drama Running Time: 114 minutes Written and directed by: Steve Kloves Featuring: Jeff Bridges, Michelle Pfeiffer and Beau Bridges Jack Baker: “You let that guy turn us into clowns tonight. We were always small time, but we were never clowns.” Some films announce themselves with spectacle. Others quietly slip into your memory…
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“Summertime” (1955) Drama Running Time: 100 minutes Written by: David Lean and H. E. Bates Directed by: David Lean Featuring: Katharine Hepburn, Rossano Brazzi, Darren McGavin and Isa Miranda Renato de Rossi: “You are like a hungry child who is given ravioli to eat. ‘No’ you say, ‘I want beefsteak!’ My dear girl, you are hungry. Eat…
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“Hobson’s Choice” (1954) Drama Running Time: 107 minutes Written by: Wynyard Browne, David Lean and Norman Spencer Directed by: David Lean Featuring: Charles Laughton, John Mills, Brenda de Banzie, Daphne Anderson and Prunella Scales Maggie Hobson: “I’ve been watching you for a long time and everything I’ve seen I’ve liked. I think you’ll do for me.” Hobson’s…
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“The Sound Barrier” (1952) Drama Running Time: 117 minutes Written by: Terence Rattigan Directed by: David Lean Featuring: Ralph Richardson, Ann Todd, Nigel Patrick, John Justin and Denholm Elliott Tony Garthwaite: “What’s so ruddy peculiar about the speed of sound? We all know exactly what it is, don’t we? 750 miles per hour at ground level. Now…
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“Madeleine” (1950) Drama Running Time: 114 minutes Written by: Ann Todd, Ivan Desny, Norman Wooland and Leslie Banks Directed by: David Lean Featuring: Ann Todd, Claude Rains and Trevor Howard Scots Divine: “The wicked shall be destroyed! This daughter of a rich man in her devilry defied the most sacred laws of God and man. She dresses…
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“Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse” (1991) Documentary Running Time: 96 minutes Written by: Fax Bahr and George Hickenlooper Directed by: Fax Bahr and George Hickenlooper Featuring: Eleanor Coppola, Francis Ford Coppola, Robert Duvall, Dennis Hopper, George Lucas, John Milius and Martin Sheen Francis Ford Coppola: “My greatest fear is to make a really shitty, embarrassing, pompous…
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“The Passionate Friends” (1949) Drama Running Time: 91 minutes Written by: Eric Ambler, Stanley Haynes, David Lean and H. G. Wells Directed by: David Lean Featuring: Ann Todd, Claude Rains and Trevor Howard Howard Justin: “Don’t you see that you two together are dangerous? You just have to keep away from one another. In the future, I’m…
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“Spellbinder” (1998) Horror Running Time: 99 minutes Written by: Tracy Tormé Directed by: Janet Greek Featuring: Timothy Daly, Kelly Preston and Rick Rossovich Mrs. White: [referring to Miranda] “We want her back.” Jeff Mills: “What is this, some kind of joke?” Mrs. White: “Take this as a warning. There won’t be another.” There are certain films that…
