Starring: Kim Basinger, Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce
Directed by: Curtis Hansen (who also directed 8 Mile)
Plot: A shooting at an all-night diner is investigated by three LA policemen in their own unique ways. Corrupt underbelly of ’50s LA is revealed.
But is it any good?
I re-watched LA Confidential last night for this first time since […]
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway
Directed by: Roman Polanski
Plot: A private detective investigating an adultery case stumbles on to a scheme of murder that has something to do with water.
But is it any good?
This had been on my must-see list for a long time, but I must admit to being a little disappointed. It has a […]
Starring: Edward Norton, Edward Furlong
Directed by: Tony Kaye
Plot A former Neo-Nazi tries to prevent his younger brother going down the same road that he did.
But is it any good?
I saw American History X when it was released in 1998, but couldn’t bear to watch it again, so forgive me if my memories of it aren’t […]
Starring: James Stewart, Jean Arthur
Directed by: Frank Capra
Plot: A naive man is appointed to fill a vacancy in the US Senate. His plans promptly collide with political corruption, but he doesn’t back down.
But is it any good?
This is an absolute gem of a movie, and I’d never even heard of it. This is why I’m […]
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Directed by: Elia Kazan
Starring: Marlon Brando, Eva Marie Saint, Karl Malden
Plot: An ex-prizefighter turned longshoreman struggles to stand up to his corrupt union bosses, helped by a priest and the sister of a murdered co-worker.
But is it any good?
On the Waterfront must be thanked for finally teaching me where the quote: “I coulda had class…I […]
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 that awful Falco single […]
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 people rave about it […]
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 the plot, so I’ll […]
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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 down and make them watch […]
