Absolutely beautiful cinematography captures a humanistic tale of forgiveness in the film "An Unfinished Life." Retired rancher Einar Gilkyson (Robert Redford) still feels the emotional effects in dealing with the loss of his son Griffin, over a [...]
When successful businessman Wayne Hayes (Robert Redford) kisses his wife Eileen (Helen Mirren) goodbye one morning and begins to drive off to work, everything seems normal. But when a man named Arnold Mack (Willem Dafoe) stops him at the end of his [...]
Every once in a while movies show up that literally screams at you. ’The Chase’ is such a film and the message it screams is ’Humans should not be allowed to bear weapons, because they are too dumb!’ I feel that adequately describes the essence of [...]
When movies like "Midnight Express" hit theaters in 1978 it was very convenient to think that the sort of abuse, torture and brutalizing violence would only apply to jails in countries like Turkey, China, or the third world. Well, to make sure [...]
Paranoia and double-crosses have always been staples of espionage films. We’ve all seen spy movies where a character gets duped by someone that they could trust — typically someone who turned out to be the enemy. Well, what if you were a spy and [...]
It has been too long that Robert Redford appeared in a movie and as a result "The Last Castle" – along with "Spy Game" – was a movie I was really looking forward to. It is the story of highly decorated army general Eugene Irwin [...]
A few quick notes before we proceed. I am not that fond of Robert Redford, Barry Levinson, or watching baseball. Having said all of that, whenever I watch ’The Natural’, I’m newly amazed at how much I admire the film. The film is a shining example [...]
Honored with four Academy Awards in 1969, George Roy Hill’s "Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid" is still one of the most beloved buddy-movies of a great many film fans. Not only did it practically start the genre, but it still stands out as [...]
In 1985 Sydney Pollack’s epic "Out Of Africa" was nominated for 11 Academy Awards and eventually won 7 of them, including that for "Best Picture". Interestingly, lead actress Meryl Streep lost hers as "Best Actress" to [...]
