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Apocalypse Now
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Jan 19, 2011
I’ve heard the line that this film isn’t about Vietnam, rather it is Vietnam. Ravaged in violence, wrapped in madness, soothed with beautiful scenery and laced with drugs; that sounds about right. In Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now, Captain Benjamin Willard (Martin Sheen) is in Saigon, read more
Norma Rae
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Jan 18, 2011
In 1974, union organizer Eli Zivkovich came to Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, met Crystal Lee Sutton and together they got the local overworked and underpaid textile workers to join the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union. The film Norma Rae tells their story, borrowing some harrowing read more
Kramer vs. Kramer (3)
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Jan 18, 2011
In this day and age, divorce and single parenting are more common than ever, but no one will say that either are easy. In Kramer vs. Kramer, Ted (Dustin Hoffman) is a hardworking husband and father, whose wife, Joanna (Meryl Streep) is so depressed and unsatisfied with herself that she decides to read more
Breaking Away
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Jan 17, 2011
Being a Purdue Alum, Breaking Away can be hard to watch at times with that IU fight song and all. During the film, my black and gold blood started to boil with jealousy. IU has Oscar nominated Breaking Away, Notre Dame has my childhood favorite, Rudy. All I could find under a keyword search on read more
Schindler’s List (2)
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Jan 16, 2011
Nearly ten years ago, my first trip to Europe included a visit to Dachau, a once functioning concentration camp, now a Holocaust memorial. At that age, I had only read about the Holocaust in Eli Wiesel’s Night, The Diary of Anne Frank and our watered-down explanations in history books. Walking read more
In the Name of the Father
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Jan 15, 2011
In Belfast Ireland, Gerry Conlon (Daniel Day Lewis) is not a model citizen. In the first few scenes of the film, we’re shown how he’s a petty thief, stealing scrap metal and then inciting a riot against the IRA. With all the trouble he’s stirring up, Gerry’s father, Giuseppe (Pete Postlethwaite) read more
The Remains of the Day
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Jan 15, 2011
Think about the role of a good butler for a moment. They are nearly silent, emotionless, promptly serving and constantly moving about but trying not to draw any attention. You would hardly notice a good butler. Mr. Stevens takes that a step further and focuses on his work so much, that he hardly read more
The Fugitive
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Jan 14, 2011
Ah, what a relief it is to watch a fast paced, red-blooded, action-thriller. Thank you, Academy. In The Fugitive, Harrison Ford plays Dr. Richard Kimble, who has just been wrongly accused and sentenced to death row for the murder of his wife. We are shown his innocence as he remembers the scene read more
The Piano
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Jan 13, 2011
Ada (Holly Hunter) is a mute from Scotland in the 1850’s. Her father has arranged for her to marry Alisdair Stewart (Sam Neil), a wealthy man in New Zealand. After the long journey, she, her daughter Flora (Anna Paquin) and her piano wait on the rainy beach for Stewart. It’s a long hike through read more
The Godfather (2)
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Jan 12, 2011
It is nearly impossible today to have no knowledge of The Godfather. Even if you haven’t seen the film, you have probably seen some parody or heard a line taken from the film. Surely you’ve heard of an offer you can’t refuse? My earliest memory of this film would have to be around age seven, read more
The Emigrants
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Jan 11, 2011
This Swedish film by Jan Troell is not available to me on DVD. However, I have found it on Youtube with no subtitles. After watching a bit, I realized that with no English to aid me it was going to be hard to really write something of value about this film. If I get real heartfelt requests to read more
Cabaret (3)
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Jan 11, 2011
In 1930’s Berlin, the Kit-Kat Cabaret runs like a miniature Moulin Rouge with seedy characters and suggestive performances. Sally (Liza Minnelli) is one of the club’s most popular entertainers and has dreams of moving up into films. That is, if sex and booze don’t get her first. When she read more
Sounder
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Jan 10, 2011
Sounder is the name of the Morgan family’s faithful hound dog. They live as sharecroppers in Louisiana during The Depression. Nathan (Paul Winfield) and Rebecca (Cicely Tyson) have three children and their oldest child David Lee (Kevin Hooks) is becoming more and more dependable with age. After read more
Deliverance
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Jan 9, 2011
Four suburban men decide to take a canoe trip down the Cahulawassee River just before the land is flooded and turned into a lake. It’s all the idea of wilderness enthusiast Lewis (Burt Reynolds), the other three would just as well play golf. Ed (Jon Voight) seems to be closest to Lewis and wonders read more
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Jan 8, 2011
My brother and I had one more trip to the Beach Theater to finish up our beloved Lord of the Rings trilogy. Though our sister had endured the past two installments, she had had enough of our nerd time. She missed out, big time. Return of the King one-uped it’s predecessors in every way. Battles read more
Seabiscuit (2)
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Jan 7, 2011
The beginning of Seabiscuit paints a perfect image of America from the invention of the automobile, the progress of the assembly line, through the roaring twenties and then plunging into the devastation of the depression. The idea of people packing what’s left of their lives in their car, their read more
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2)
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Jan 6, 2011
During the Napoleonic wars, ‘Lucky’ Jack Aubrey (Russell Crowe) is captain of the H.M.S. Surprise. He and his crew are on a mission in the Atlantic, off the coast of South America to find and capture or destroy the Archeron, a French privateer. Right away in the film, we are thrust into an epic read more
Lost in Translation (2)
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Jan 5, 2011
Imagine Tokyo, blazing electronic signs all over, but so few get their messages across to someone who only speaks English. To be bombarded with so many messages, images and people you don’t understand can be crazy, scary and isolating. You feel lost. That’s exactly what’s going on with Charlotte read more
Mystic River
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Jan 4, 2011
Clint Eastwood’s Mystic River is a thriller, wrapped in a murder mystery, guided by a haunting childhood experience. Set in Boston, the film begins with three boys playing street hockey and lose their last ball in the storm drain. With no game to play, young Jimmy finds some drying cement and read more
The Human Comedy (Found from 1943)
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Jan 3, 2011
On the surface, The Human Comedy is a story about the Macauleys, an American family during WWII. The father (Ray Collins) has died two years ago, but provides narration in his afterlife. Oldest son Marcus (Van Johnson) is away from home serving in the army, leaving middle teenage son Homer (Mickey read more