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Reckless is a Christmas story for all of us who like our holiday fare spiced with bizarre characters and strange plot twists. This black comedy, directed by Norman Rene (Longtime Companion, Prelude to a Kiss) and written by his frequent colla...
U.S. Release Date: -
MPAA Rating: "R" (Sexual Situations, Violence, Profanity)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Norman Rene
Cast: Mia Farrow, Scott Glenn, Mary-Louise Parker, ...
Rather than go through the pointless exercise of splitting performances into different categories, this year I have elected simply to take the ten most memorable performances and give them equal weight. They are arranged alphabetically; no ranking ...
In recent years, I have taken to splitting my end-of-the-year comments into three sections. Before addressing the best ten performances of the year, however, I want to make a general comment about the overall quality of the 2007 product. This is the...
Okay, let me get this out of the way to start with. Who's not on this mixed lead/supporting actor list? Heath Ledger. It's not that I have something against the late performer or his work in The Dark Knight. In fact, I believe it was about the ...
What constitutes a great performance? It's an interesting question that should be addressed when one considers best/favorite performances of any year (or other period). For me, a good performance is when an actor/actress does his/her job with aplomb...
Ten 2018 performances that I remember (and eight of them are women).
(Spoilers, but hey, it’s 40 years old!)Many movies look much different when watched years after their release but few have aged in quite the way that Saturday Night Fever has. When the movie first debuted in the winter of 1977, it rode the rising...
U.S. Release Date: 1977-12-16
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content, Nudity)
Genre: Drama
Director: John Badham
Cast: John Travolta, Karen Lynn Gorney, Barry Miller, ...
Serendipity is a romantic comedy from British director Peter Chelsom (Hear My Song, The Mighty) that pairs quirky, likable John Cusack with rising star Kate Beckinsale. All of the usual adjectives apply: sweet, cute, delightful, romantic, etc. Alas...
U.S. Release Date: 2001-10-05
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: ROMANCE/COMEDY
Director: Peter Chelsom
Cast: John Cusack, Kate Beckinsale, Jeremy Piven, ...
In 1998, there have been two films about space debris on a collision course with Earth, two animated insect movies, and now two tales about life during the reign of Queen Elizabeth. Granted, there's a yawning chasm in tone between the dark, treach...
U.S. Release Date: 1998-12-11
MPAA Rating: "R" (Sexual Situations, Nudity, Profanity)
Genre: COMEDY/DRAMA
Director: John Madden
Cast: Gwyneth Paltrow, Joseph Fiennes, Geoffrey Rush, ...