The Bishop’s Wife
RELEASED: 1947RUNTIME: 109 minsWRITTEN BY: Robert E. Sherwood, Robert Nathan, Leonardo BercoviciDIRECTED BY: Henry KosterSTARRING: Cary Grant, Loretta Young, David Niven, Monty Woolley, James Gleason, Gladys Cooper, Elsa Lanchester, Sara Haden It isn’t all that well paced and sometimes I…
The Royal Tenenbaums
RELEASED: 2001RUNTIME: 110 minsWRITTEN BY: Owen Wilson, Wes AndersonDIRECTED BY: Wes AndersonSTARRING: Gene Hackman, Anjelica Huston, Ben Stiller, Gwyneth Paltrow, Luke Wilson, Owen Wilson, Bill Murray I love the performances (especially Gene Hackman’s), the themes, the production design and Wes…
Trading Places
RELEASED: 1983RUNTIME: 116 minsWRITTEN BY: Herschel Weingrod, Timothy HarrisDIRECTED BY: John LandisSTARRING: Dan Aykroyd, Eddie Murphy, Jamie Lee Curtis, Ralph Bellamy, Don Ameche, Denholm Elliott, Kristin Holby, Paul Gleason Eddie Murphy is comedy gold and this movie is so much…
Adam Sandler: 100% Fresh
RELEASED: 2018RUNTIME: 73 minsWRITTEN BY: Adam SandlerDIRECTED BY: Steven BrillSTARRING: Adam Sandler, Rob Schneider, Dan Bulla A pretty solid comedy special. It gets a little quiet during the middle but there are some really good jokes and songs here.
Miracle on 34th Street
RELEASED: 1947RUNTIME: 96 minsWRITTEN BY: George Seaton, Valentine DaviesDIRECTED BY: George SeatonSTARRING: Maureen O'Hara, John Payne, Edmund Gwenn, Gene Lockhart, Natalie Wood, Porter Hall, William Frawley Warm, magical and an ingenious premise. One of the best Christmas movies of all time.
Hamlet
RELEASED: 1996RUNTIME: 242 minsWRITTEN BY: William Shakespeare, Kenneth BranaghDIRECTED BY: Kenneth BranaghSTARRING: Kenneth Branagh, Derek Jacobi, Julie Christie, Richard Briers, Kate Winslet, Nicholas Farrell, Michael Maloney, Rufus Sewell We watched this in school and it’s absolutely terrible. I love Kenneth…
6 Underground
RELEASED: 2019RUNTIME: 127 minsWRITTEN BY: Rhett Reese, Paul WernickDIRECTED BY: Michael BaySTARRING: Ryan Reynolds, Mélanie Laurent, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Ben Hardy, Adria Arjona, Dave Franco, Corey Hawkins This is just the usual Michael Bay garbage. I gotta admit it gets better…
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
RELEASED: 2019RUNTIME: 142 minsWRITTEN BY: J.J. Abrams, Chris Terrio, Colin Trevorrow, Derek ConnollyDIRECTED BY: J.J. AbramsSTARRING: Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Anthony Daniels, Naomi Ackie 21 Dec, 2019 This review may contain spoilers. Ok…