RELEASED: 2012RUNTIME: 130 minsWRITTEN BY: Jeff NicholsDIRECTED BY: Jeff NicholsSTARRING: Matthew McConaughey, Tye Sheridan, Sam Shepard, Michael Shannon, Joe Don Baker, Ray McKinnon A refreshing, engrossing and very well written old fashioned, backwoods adventure with great performances and a lot…
RELEASED: 1954RUNTIME: 112 minsWRITTEN BY: John Michael Hayes, Cornell WoolrichDIRECTED BY: Alfred HitchcockSTARRING: James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey, Thelma Ritter, Raymond Burr, Judith Evelyn, Ross Bagdasarian Not sure whether to go with a 3.5 or a 4 for this…
RELEASED: 2017RUNTIME: 113 minsWRITTEN BY: Paul SchraderDIRECTED BY: Paul SchraderSTARRING: Ethan Hawke, Amanda Seyfried, Cedric the Entertainer, Victoria Hill, Philip Ettinger, Michael Gaston, Bill Hoag I was really enjoying it until the last act turns everything upside down and I’m…
RELEASED: 1989RUNTIME: 100 minsWRITTEN BY: Cameron CroweDIRECTED BY: Cameron CroweSTARRING: John Cusack, Ione Skye, John Mahoney, Lili Taylor, Amy Brooks, Pamela Adlon, Jason Gould, Loren Dean Another 80s coming of age classic. I love Cameron Crowe’s writing and Cusack and…
RELEASED: 1979RUNTIME: 93 minsWRITTEN BY: Walter Hill, David Shaber, Sol YurickDIRECTED BY: Walter HillSTARRING: Michael Beck, James Remar, David Patrick Kelly, Dorsey Wright, David Harris, Deborah Van Valkenburgh This movie is flat out ridiculous, which is exactly what I wanted…
RELEASED: 2000RUNTIME: 113 minsWRITTEN BY: John Cusack, Nick Hornby, D.V. DeVincentis, Steve Pink, Scott RosenbergDIRECTED BY: Stephen FrearsSTARRING: John Cusack, Iben Hjejle, Todd Louiso, Jack Black, Lisa Bonet, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Joan Cusack, Tim Robbins I wish that the characters were…
RELEASED: 2003RUNTIME: 102 minsWRITTEN BY: Sofia CoppolaDIRECTED BY: Sofia CoppolaSTARRING: Bill Murray, Scarlett Johansson, Giovanni Ribisi, Anna Faris, Akiko Takeshita, Fumihiro Hayashi, Kazuyoshi Minamimagoe Loved the themes, the score and the performances but damn this movie is just too slow.…
RELEASED: 2013RUNTIME: 134 minsWRITTEN BY: John Ridley, Solomon NorthupDIRECTED BY: Steve McQueenSTARRING: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, Lupita Nyong'o, Benedict Cumberbatch, Paul Dano, Sarah Paulson It wasn’t all that groundbreaking to me but overall, this is a decent, well-made and very…
RELEASED: 1977RUNTIME: 93 minsWRITTEN BY: Woody Allen, Marshall BrickmanDIRECTED BY: Woody AllenSTARRING: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts, Carol Kane, Paul Simon, Shelley Duvall, Janet Margolin One of the most New York Jewish (with a capital J) movies ever made…