Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Classic Reviews

Classic Movie Review: ‘Mirror’ Reflects Ourselves

Director: Andrei TarkovskyWriters: Aleksandr Misharin, Arseniy Tarkovskiy, Andrei TarkovskyStars: Margarita Terekhova, Filipp Yankovskiy, Ignat Daniltsev Synopsis: A dying man in his forties remembers his past. His childhood, his mother, the war, personal moments...

Classic Movie Review: ‘Solaris’ Unmoors the Audience

Director: Andrei TarkovskyWriters: Stanislaw Lem, Fridrikh Gorenshteyn, Andrei TarkovskyStars: Natalya Bondarchuk, Donatas Banionis, Jüri Järvet Synopsis: A psychologist is sent to a station orbiting a distant planet in order to discover what has...

Classic Movie Review: ‘Andrei Rublev’ is a Masterpiece on the Impermanence of Art

Directors: Andrei TarkovskyWriters: Andrey Konchalovskiy, Andrei TarkovskyStars: Anatoliy Solonitsyn, Ivan Lapikov, Nikolay Grinko Synopsis: The life, times, and afflictions of the fifteenth-century Russian iconographer St. Andrei Rublev. This film was viewed as part of...

Classic Movie Review: ‘Ivan’s Childhood’ Obliterates Innocence

Directors: Andrei Tarkovsky and Eduard AbaloyWriters: Vladimir Bogomolov, Mikhail Papava, and Andrei TarkovskyStars: Nikolay Burlyaev, Valentin Zubkov, Evgeniy Zharikov Synopsis: During WWII, Soviet orphan Ivan Bondarev strikes up a friendship with three sympathetic...

Film at 25 Movie Review: ‘Alien: Resurrection’ Remains a Flawed, Baffling Franchise Entry

Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet Writer: Joss Whedon Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Winona Ryder, Ron Perlman, Brad Dourif Synopsis: 200 years after her death, Ellen Ripley is revived as a powerful human/alien hybrid clone. Along with a crew of space pirates, she...

Film at 25: “Mimic” a Rare Misfire in Guillermo Del Toro’s Remarkable Career

Director: Guillermo Del Toro Writers: Guillermo Del Toro, Matthew Robins Starring: Mira Sorvino, Jeremy Northam, Charles S. Dutton, Josh Brolin Synopsis: Three years ago, entomologist Dr. Susan Tyler genetically created an insect to kill cockroaches...

Movie Review: ‘Vengeance’ Is An Enjoyable, Unfocused Comedy from B.J. Novak

Director: B.J. Novak Writer: B.J. Novak Stars: B.J. Novak, Boyd Holbrook, Dove Cameron, Issa Rae, Ashton Kutcher, and J. Smith-Cameron.  Synopsis: A radio host from New York City attempts to solve the murder of a...

Film at 25: ‘Air Force One’ is Still an Entertaining Thrill Ride

Director: Wolfgang Petersen Writer: Andrew W. Marlowe Stars: Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman, Glenn Close Synopsis: Communist radicals hijack Air Force One with the U.S. President and his family on board. The Vice President negotiates from...

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