“The Accused” (S1 E229) The Accused is a 1988 American legal drama film directed by Jonathan Kaplan, written by Tom Topor and starring Jodie Foster, Kelly McGillis, Bernie Coulson, Leo Rossi, Ann Hearn, Carmen Argenziano, Steve Antin and Tom O’Brien. In the film Sarah Tobias, a young waitress, is gang-raped by three men at a local bar. She and deputy district attorney Kathryn Murphy set out to prosecute…
Category: 🎬Movie Reviews🎬
🎬Movie Reviews🎬: “Leaving Las Vegas”
“Leaving Las Vegas” (S1 E216) “Leaving Las Vegas” is a 1995 American romantic drama film written and directed by Mike Figgis, and based on the semi-autobiographical 1990 novel of the same name by John O’Brien. Nicolas Cage stars as a suicidal alcoholic in Los Angeles who, having lost his family and been recently fired, has decided to move to Las…
🎬Movie Reviews🎬: “Going Under”
“Going Under” (S1 E185) “Going Under” is a 2004 drama film about a married man and a partnered dominatrix who form a personal relationship and begin seeing each other outside her workplace. The film stars Geno Lechner and Roger Rees and was co-written and directed by psychotherapist Eric Werthman. Its first public showing was in 2004 at the…
🎬Movie Reviews🎬: “Eyes Wide Shut”
“Eyes Wide Shut” (S1 E160) “Eyes Wide Shut” is a 1999 erotic mystery psychological drama film directed, produced and co-written by Stanley Kubrick. Based on the 1926 novella Traumnovelle (Dream Story) by Arthur Schnitzler, the story is transferred from early 20th-century Vienna to 1990s New York City. The film follows the sexually charged adventures of Dr. Bill…
🎬Movie Reviews🎬: “9-1/2 Weeks”
“9-1/2 Weeks” (S1 E154) “9-1⁄2 Weeks” is a 1986 American erotic romantic drama film directed by Adrian Lyne with a screenplay by Sarah Kernochan, Zalman King and Patricia Louisianna Knop. The film is based on the 1978 memoir of the same name by Austrian-American author Ingeborg Day. It stars Kim Basinger as Elizabeth McGraw and Mickey Rourke as John Gray. McGraw is a…
🎬Movie Reviews🎬: “Blue Velvet”
“Blue Velvet” (S1 E139) “Blue Velvet” is a 1986 American neo-noir mystery thriller film written and directed by David Lynch. Blending psychological horror with film noir, the film stars Kyle MacLachlan, Isabella Rossellini, Dennis Hopper, and Laura Dern, and is named after Bobby Vinton’s 1963 song of the same name. The film concerns a young college student who, returning home to…
🎬Movie Reviews🎬: “Brokeback Mountain”
“Brokeback Mountain” (S1 E128) “Brokeback Mountain” is a 2005 American romantic drama film directed by Ang Lee and produced by Diana Ossana and James Schamus. Adapted from the 1997 short story of the same name by Annie Proulx, the screenplay was written by Ossana and Larry McMurtry. The film stars Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Anne Hathaway, and Michelle Williams and depicts the complex…
🎬Movie Reviews🎬: “Professor Marston and the Wonder Women”
“Professor Marston and the Wonder Women” (S1 E116) “Professor Marston and the Wonder Women” is a 2017 American biographical drama film about American psychologist William Moulton Marston, who created the fictional character Wonder Woman. The film, directed and written by Angela Robinson, stars Luke Evans as Marston, Rebecca Hall as his legal wife Elizabeth and Bella Heathcote as the Marstons’ polyamorous life partner, Olive Byrne, JJ Feild, Oliver Platt and Connie…
🎬Movie Reviews🎬: “Fried Green Tomatoes at The Whistle Stop Cafe”
“Fried Green Tomatoes at The Whistle Stop Cafe” (S1 E115) “Fried Green Tomatoes at The Whistle Stop Cafe” is a 1991 American comedy-drama film based on the 1987 novel “Fried Green Tomatoes at The Whistle Stop Cafe” by Fannie Flagg. Directed by Jon Avnet and written by Flagg and Carol Sobieski, it stars Kathy Bates, Jessica Tandy, Mary Stuart Masterson, and Mary-Louise…
🎬Movie Reviews🎬: “Dog Day Afternoon”
“Dog Day Afternoon” (S1 E114) “Dog Day Afternoon” is a 1975 American biographical neo-noir crime drama film directed by Sidney Lumet, written by Frank Pierson, and produced by Martin Bregman and Martin Elfand. Starring Al Pacino, John Cazale, James Broderick, and Charles Durning, it chronicles the events following a bank robbery committed by Sonny Wortzik (Pacino) and Salvatore Naturale (Cazale). “Dog…
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