LAWRENCE OF ARABIA
By Marc S. Sanders The moment finally arrived where I was able to see David Lean’s epic, also regarded as my colleague Miguel’s favorite film, Lawrence Of Arabia. It truly is an eye-opening spectacle, and one of the most beautiful pictures I have ever seen, especially enhanced by an up-to-date Blu Ray restoration. With a…
MIDNIGHT COWBOY
By Marc S. Sanders There’s an irony to John Schlesinger’s Midnight Cowboy. At first, the film centers on a Texas bumpkin eager to relocate to New York City and succeed as a hustler. Upon his arrival though, he could not appear any more virginal. The cowboy’s name is Joe Buck, portrayed by Jon Voight in…
THE BREAKFAST CLUB
By Marc S. Sanders The outcry of teen angst in the 1980s comes through predominantly in the dramatic talking piece called The Breakfast Club. I look at the film as a mature interpretation of Charles Schultz’ Peanuts Gang actually, and maybe an extension of some of the themes found in Steven Spielberg’s E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial. …
LEGAL EAGLES
By Marc S. Sanders In Legal Eagles, Robert Redford plays a promising district attorney named Tom Logan, who becomes ensnared by Debra Winger, playing a private defense lawyer named Laura Kelly. Laura is representing Chelsea Deardon (Daryl Hannah), a mysterious, but alluring twenty-something accused of stealing a priceless piece of art. Murder eventually comes into…
MAN OF STEEL (2013)
by Miguel E. Rodriguez Director: Zack SnyderCast: Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Michael Shannon, Diane Lane, Russell Crowe, Kevin Costner, Laurence FishburneMy Rating: 9/10Rotten Tomatometer: 56% (damn…haters gonna hate) PLOT: The last son of a dead planet finds a home on Earth and, thanks to enhanced senses and powers, becomes its mightiest defender when an ancient…
12 MONKEYS
By Marc S. Sanders Bruce Willis is a time traveler from an ugly dystopian future in 12 Monkeys. His name is James Cole and his mission is to uncover why all but one percent of the world’s human population perished from a mysterious virus in the year 1996. Director Terry Gilliam specializes in disorienting his…
ELVIS (2022)
By Marc S. Sanders Baz Luhrmann’s take on the legacy of Elvis Presley will certainly grab your attention, even if the director refuses to carry an attention span of his own lasting longer seven seconds. Having watched the celebrated film from 2022 for a second time, eight months after my first viewing, I see more…
BOY AND THE WORLD (Brazil, 2013)
by Miguel E. Rodriguez DIRECTOR: Alê AbreuCAST: Vinicius Garcia, Alê Abreu, Lu HortaMY RATING: 10/10ROTTEN TOMATOMETER: 93% Certified FreshPLOT: A little boy goes on an adventurous quest in search of his father.Filmmaker Brad Bird, the mind behind The Iron Giant, Ratatouille, and The Incredibles, once said something that occurred to me multiple times while I…
ENTER THE DRAGON (Hong Kong, 1973)
by Miguel E. Rodriguez DIRECTOR: Robert ClouseCAST: Bruce Lee, John Saxon, Jim KellyMY RATING: 8/10ROTTEN TOMATOMETER: 95% Certified FreshEveryone’s a Critic Category: “Watch a ‘B’ Movie”PLOT: A Shaolin martial artist travels to an island fortress to spy on an opium lord under the guise of attending a fighting tournament.I have just finished watching the quintessential…
PLAY MISTY FOR ME
By Marc S. Sanders Before Fatal Attraction and countless other stalker/possessive lover thrillers that continue to monopolize all kinds of entertainment mediums, there was Clint Eastwood’s directorial debut, Play Misty For Me. Watching it for the first time in modern day, I can say that it pushes all the standard buttons of this kind of…
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