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Every film franchise needs an installment where the stakes get higher and the outlook gets a lot bleaker, dropping lower into the darkness. Star Wars has Empire Strikes Back, The Hunger Games has Catching Fire and the new Star Trek series has this film. The opening gambit exhibits all the problems t read more

1. The French Connection 2. The Conversation 3. Hoosiers 4. Superman 5. Bonnie and Clyde 6. Unforgiven 7. The Royal Tenenbaums 8. I Never Sang for my Father 9. Superman II 10. Get Shorty 11. Crimson Tide 12. Night Moves 13. No Way Out 14. Mississippi Burning 15. Young Frankenstein read more

“Come on Frank. Let’s face it. Who can trust a cop who don’t take money?” This is the state of affairs in the police department that green police academy grad Frank Serpico (Al Pacino) finds himself thrown into. At first, he is unaware of it all as he moves up the ranks as a read more

To say this is an affecting film would be an understatement, because if you want, to be honest, it is truly heart wrenching and painful to watch. From the beginning moments, this film brought to mind a modern-day hybrid of The 400 Blows with a bit of The Bicycle Thief mixed in. However, comparisons read more

Every film franchise needs an installment where the stakes get higher and the outlook gets a lot bleaker, dropping lower into the darkness. Star Wars has Empire Strikes Back, The Hunger Games has Catching Fire and the new Star Trek series has this film. The opening gambit exhibits all the problems t read more

1. Night of the Hunter 2. Out of the Past 3. Cape Fear 4. Friend of Eddie Coyle 5. The Lusty Men 6. Home From the Hill 7. El Dorado 8. The Longest Day 9. Farewell, My Lovely 10. Angel Face 11. Pursued 12. Thirty Seconds over Tokyo 13. Crossfire 14. Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison 15. Story of G.I. Joe 16. read more

1. Night of the Hunter 2. Out of the Past 3. Cape Fear 4. Friend of Eddie Coyle 5. The Lusty Men 6. Home From the Hill 7. El Dorado 8. The Longest Day 9. Farewell, My Lovely 10. Angel Face 11. Pursued 12. Thirty Seconds over Tokyo 13. Crossfire 14. Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison 15. Story of G.I. Joe 16. read more

1. Goldfinger 2. From Russia with Love 3. Dr. No 4. The Man Who Would Be King 5. The Last Crusade 6. The Untouchables 7. The Hill 8. The Hunt For Red October 9. Marnie 10. The Red Tent 11. Time Bandits 12. Thunderball 13. Murder on the Orient Express read more

To the casual viewer Cinema Paradiso can seem like a plodding film, but this pacing is almost necessary, since it reflects the passing of the years for one individual. It has been 30 years since Toto left his home town as a young man never to return. Now he gets a call from the mother he never talks read more

It’s a film about a despicable world which promotes despicable people and despicable behavior. That’s the world of the real estate salesmen in Glengarry Glen Ross. Here are men who use any mode necessary to close deals as they say. They finagle, lie, cheat and even steal because those ar read more

1. Goldfinger 2. From Russia with Love 3. Dr. No 4. The Man Who Would Be King 5. The Last Crusade 6. The Untouchables 7. The Hill 8. The Hunt For Red October 9. Marnie 10. The Red Tent 11. Time Bandits 12. Thunderball 13. Murder on the Orient Express read more

To the casual viewer, Cinema Paradiso can seem like a plodding film, but this pacing is almost necessary since it reflects the passing of the years for one individual. It has been 30 years since Toto left his hometown as a young man never to return. Now he gets a call from the mother he never talks read more

It’s a film about a despicable world which promotes despicable people and despicable behavior. That’s the world of the real estate salesmen in Glengarry Glen Ross. Here are men who use any mode necessary to close deals as they say. They finagle, lie, cheat and even steal because those ar read more

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I didn’t laugh at James L. Brook’s Broadcast News like I would your typical comedy (This is no Anchorman). However, I did find myself chuckling, in spite of myself, because these characters are humans and as humans they are screw ups, petty people, and have errors in judgment. The humor read more

The slash of a sharpened knife grabs our attention and from that point on there is no turning away from City of God. The story is fed to us by Rocket, a character we initially no very little about except he will help us make sense of all that follows. The setting of the story is the slums of Brazil read more

This film should really be called Planes, Train, Automobiles, buses, trucks, burnt-out cars and …well you get the idea. This John Hughes comedy is set during the Thanksgiving holiday and it has a plot foretelling, Home Alone, although acted out in reverse. Let me explain. Instead of being stuc read more

Starring Sean Connery as Ian Fleming’s character James Bond, Agent 007, this installment has him facing off with Goldfinger. After an entertaining opening sequence, Bond is given the assignment of keeping an eye on Auric Goldfinger, a powerful man with a insatiable desire for gold. Along the way he read more

I didn’t laugh at James L. Brook’s Broadcast News like I would your typical comedy (This is no Anchorman). However, I did find myself chuckling, in spite of myself, because these characters are humans and as humans, they are screw ups, petty people, and have errors in judgment. The humor read more

The slash of a sharpened knife grabs our attention and from that point on there is no turning away from City of God. The story is fed to us by Rocket, a character we initially know very little about except he will help us make sense of all that follows. The setting of the story is the slums of Brazi read more