Monday, May 6, 2024

Classic Reviews

Classic Film Review: ’10 Things I Hate About You’ Revels in Translating Shakespearean Emotion to the Big Screen

Director: Gil Junger Writers: Karen McCullah and Kirsten Smith Stars: Heath Ledger, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Julia Stiles Synopsis: A pretty, popular teenager can't go out on a date until her ill-tempered older sister does. Shakespeare may have been an...

Classic Review: ‘Dracula’ Remains Chillingly Beautiful

Director: Tod Browning Writer: Garrett Fort Stars: Bela Lugosi, Helen Chandler, Dwight Frye, and Edward Van Sloan Synopsis: The villainous Count Dracula uses his vampiric powers to terrorize the people of Carfax Abbey and threaten...

Classic Review: ‘The Rock’ Is Starship Troopers Without The Irony

Director: Michael Bay Writers: David Weisberg, Mark Rosner, and Douglas Cook Stars: Ed Harris, Nicolas Cage, Sean Connery, and Michael Biehn Synopsis: An FBI agent and a criminal have to learn how to get along...

Classic Review: Reckoning with Elephant, 18 Years Later

Released in 2003, “Elephant” covers a fictionalized version of the Columbine school massacre through the perspectives of ten students who witness two of their classmates commit a school shooting. The title of...

Classic Review: ‘Once Upon a Time in the West’ Is A Visual Feast

Director: Sergio Leone Writers: Dario Argento, Bernardo Bertolucci and Sergio Leone Stars: Claudia Cardinale, Henry Fonda, Jason Robards and Charles Bronson Synopsis: Frank (Henry Fonda) decides that he wants to strike it rich by building...

Classic Review: ‘Rio Bravo’ Is Howard Hawks’s Typically Unpretentious Western

Director: Howard Hawks Writers: Jules Furthman and Leigh Brackett Stars: John Wayne, Dean Martin, Angie Dickinson, Ricky Nelson and Walter Brennan Synopsis: When gunslinger Joe Burdette (Claude Akins) kills a man in a saloon, Sheriff...

Classic Palme D’Or Review: ‘The Mission’ Pits Faith Against an Empire (1986)

For generations, men and women have traveled the globe to explore their faith and spread their ideologies. Battles in the name of God take many forms. An introspective exploration of the soul...

Classic Film Review: ‘The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance’ Is Still Depressingly Relevant

Director: John Ford Writers: James Warner Bellah and Willis Goldbeck Stars: John Wayne, James Stewart, Lee Marvin, Vera Miles, John Carradine, and Andy Devine Synopsis: Liberty Valance, a dangerous cowboy, threatens the residents of a...

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