All articles from: December, 2010

Annie Hall (1977)

Annie Hall is a romantic comedy from Woody Allen.  It won the Academy Award for best picture.  The story revolves around a pessimist New Yorker and his girlfriend who longs to be a free-spirited Californian. This movie seemed very appealing after the first five minutes, but it did not deliver for me.  It felt repetitive [...]

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What’s Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)

What’s Eating Gilbert Grape is based on a book of the same name.  It is the story of a young man being eaten by his lack of a life in poor Middle America. I liked this movie.  The acting was pretty good.  DiCaprio does a really good job as the mentally handicapped little brother.  This [...]

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The Way We Were (1973)

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The Way We Were is a romantic drama starring Barbara Streisand and Robert Redford.  It is the story of two lovers who are polar opposites. I really did not expect too much from this movie.  I was preparing for some terrible Nicholas Sparks style romantic crap.  This movie has all the classic elements of opposites [...]

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36 Hours (1965)

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36 Hours (1965) was directed by George Seaton.  Seaton wrote and directed the classic Miracle on 34th Street (1947). Major Jefferson Pike (James Garner)knows the plans for D-Day, he  is sent to Lisbon to check with a German double agent he has recruited. In Lisbon Pike is drugged and captured by the Germans.  They fly [...]

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