Category: Reviews
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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…
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“Supercar” (1961-1962) Science Fiction Thirty Nine Episodes Created by: Gerry Anderson & Reg Hill Featuring: David Graham, George Murcell, Graydon Gould, Sylvia Anderson and Cyril Shaps Doctor Beaker: Curious, most curious! The rubbish people do write. What can this man possibly know about ‘Neurotic Anxieties in the New England Squirrel’? For fans of classic British television, Gerry Anderson’s pioneering…
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“The Last Seduction” (1994) Drama Running Time: 110 minutes Written by: Steve Barancik Directed by: John Dahl Featuring: Linda Fiorentino, Peter Berg and Bill Pullman Mike Swale: “I’m trying to figure out whether you’re a total fucking bitch or not.” Bridget Gregory: “I am a total fucking bitch.” Few films from the 1990s have aged as well…
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“No Other Choice” (2025) Drama Running Time: 139 minutes Written by: Park Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Don McKellar and Lee Ja-hye Directed by: Park Chan-wook Featuring: Lee Byung-hun, Son Ye-jin, Park Hee-soon, Lee Sung-min, Yeom Hye-ran and Cha Seung-won “Losing your job is not the problem; the problem is with how you deal with it.” Park Chan-wook’s No Other…
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“The Lawnmower Man” (1992) Science Fiction Running Time: 108 / 142 minutes Written by: Brett Leonard and Gimel Everett Directed by: Brett Leonard Featuring: Jeff Fahey, Pierce Brosnan, Jenny Wright, Geoffrey Lewis and Austin O’Brien Dr. Lawrence Angelo: “This is all so new.” Jobe Smith: “It’s not new. I realized that nothing we’ve been doing is new.…
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“Alligator” (1980) Horror Running Time: 91 minutes Written by: John Sayles Directed by: Lewis Teague Featuring: Robert Forster, Robin Riker, Michael Gazzo, Jack Carter, Dean Jagger, Sidney Lassick, Perry Lang, Sue Lyon, Angel Tompkins and Henry Silva Bob: “We got a big toe in the morgue once. Nothing else; just a big toe. Never found the rest…
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“Together” (2025) Horror Running Time: 102 minutes Written & directed by: Michael Shanks Featuring: Dave Franco and Alison Brie Tim: “It’s called diazepam now! It works quicker if you snort it!” Together is a 2025 body-horror film directed by Michael Shanks, starring real-life couple Alison Brie and Dave Francoas Millie and Tim — a long-term couple whose relationship is already strained…
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“Rain Man” (1988) Drama Running Time: 135 minutes Written by: Barry Morrow and Ronald Bass Directed by: Barry Levinson Featuring: Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise and Valeria Golino Charlie: “What you have to understand is, four days ago he was only my brother in name. And this morning we had pancakes.” At its heart, Rain Man remains a deeply affecting…
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“Malcolm X” (1992) Drama Running Time: 202 minutes Written by: Arnold Perl and Spike Lee Directed by: Spike Lee Featuring: Denzel Washington, Angela Bassett, Albert Hall, Al Freeman Jr., Delroy Lindo and Spike Lee Malcolm X: “You may be shocked by these words, but I have eaten from the same plate, drunk from the same glass and…
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“In the Heat of the Night” (1967) Drama Running Time: 110 minutes Written by: Stirling Silliphant Directed by: Norman Jewison Featuring: Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates and Lee Grant Chief Gillespie: “Just once in my life, I’m gonna own my temper. I’m telling you that you’re gonna stay here. You’re gonna stay here if I have…
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“The Hurt Locker” (2008) Drama Running Time: 131 minutes Written by: Mark Boal Directed by: Kathryn Bigelow Featuring: Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Evangeline Lilly, Ralph Fiennes, David Morse and Guy Pearce Opening Quote by Chris Hedges: “The rush of battle is often a potent and lethal addiction, for war is a drug.” Kathryn Bigelow’s The Hurt…
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“Crocodile Dundee” (1986) Comedy Running Time: 141 minutes Written by: Paul Hogan, Ken Shadie and John Cornell Directed by: Peter Faiman Featuring: Paul Hogan, Linda Kozlowski, Mark Blum, David Gulpilil, Michael Lombard and John Meillon Michael J. “Crocodile” Dundee: “Well, you see, Aborigines don’t own the land.They belong to it. It’s like their mother. See those rocks?…
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“F1” (2025) Drama Running Time: 155 minutes Written by: Ehren Kruger Directed by: Joseph Kosinski Featuring: Brad Pitt, Damson Idris, Kerry Condon, Javier Bardem and Tobias Menzies Sonny Hayes: “We do what everybody does, we lose.” Joseph Kosinski’s highly anticipated film, F1, delivers on the promise of a visceral, immersive, and truly cinematic racing experience. Fresh off…
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“Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One” (2023) Action Running Time: 170 minutes Written by: Christopher McQuarrie and Erik Jendresen Directed by: Christopher McQuarrie Featuring: Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Vanessa Kirby, Esai Morales, Pom Klementieff, Mariela Garriga and Henry Czerny Luther Stickell: “Our lives are not defined by any one action. Our lives are the sum of our…
