Starring: F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce Directed by: Milos Forman (One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Man on the Moon) Plot: Antonio Salieri, now confined to an asylum, tells the incredible story of the rise of wunderkind Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in Vienna. But is it any good? All I really knew about this film was [...]
Starring: Robert de Niro, Joe Pesci, Cathy Moriarty Directed by: Martin Scorsese Plot: Jake La Motta, a US middle-weight champ, watches his boxing career rise and fall again as his temper causes his life to crumble around him. But is it any good? I put off seeing Raging Bull for a long time. I’d heard [...]
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Danny DeVito, Louise Fletcher Directed by: Milos Forman Plot: Upon arrival at a mental institution, a brash rebel rallies the patients together to take on the oppressive Nurse Ratched, a woman more a dictator than a nurse. But is it any good? It’s difficult to write anything about Cuckoo’s Nest without spoiling [...]
Starring: Roberto Benigni, Nicholetta Braschi, Giustino Durano Directed by: Roberto Benigni Plot: An Italian man uses humour to win over the love of his life, then a few years later that humour comes in handy again as he must steer his young son through the horror of a Nazi death camp. But is it any [...]
Starring: Steve McQueen, Richard Attenborough, James Garner, Charles Bronson Directed by: John Sturges Plot: A German POW camp houses some of the war’s most skilled escape artists. Not prone to twiddling their thumbs, several hundred hatch a plot to break free. But is it any good? I was watching the opening credits of The Great [...]
> Starring: Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Orson Welles Directed by: Orson Welles Plot: A Mexican narcotics expert and his young American wife put their honeymoon on hold in an American border town when they become embroiled in a frame-up. But is it any good? I am the kind of person who will physically tie someone [...]