The Town – Day Eighteen – #40movies40days
Town, directed by Ben Affleck, revisits Good Will Hunting territory. It’s good solid entertainment.
Continue readingBright Star – Day Seventeen – #40movies40days
Bright Star starts a bit slowly but builds and burns with a growing intensity. The longing, the loss, the passion and the separated lovers make it a classic Power of Idealism film with two young Power of Idealism lovers.
Continue readingIn A Lonely Place – Day Sixteen – #40movies40days
This is the classic Humphrey Bogart film you’ve probably never seen. It’s director Curtis Hanson’s favorite film.
Continue readingRabbit Proof Fence – Day Fifteen – #40movies40days
The Rabbit Proof Fence is a powerful story of survival, hope and the triumph of the human spirit. Three young girls walk 1,500 miles to return to their mother and aboriginal homelands.
Continue readingArranged – Day Fourteen – #40movies40days
Arranged is the story of Rochel, an observant Orthodox Jewish woman, and Nasira, a devout Muslim woman. The two form an unlikely friendship at the public school where they both teach fourth graders.
Continue readingNothing But The Truth – Day Twelve – #40movies40days
“Nothing But the Truth” is a finely-crafted film of people and ideas. It is charged with incredible emotional urgency.
Continue readingThe Wages of Fear – Day Eleven – #40movies40days
The Wages of Fear (the French title is: Le Salaire de la Peur) is a directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot and stars a young Yves Montand. It’s a classic French thriller as fresh and contemporary today as it was the day it was made (almost 60 years ago).
Continue readingPonyo – Day Ten – #40movies40days
The film tells the story is about a curious “daughter of the sea” (Ponyo) who is rescued by a very young boy. Sosuke must promise to love Ponyo in whatever form she appears to him.
Continue readingThe Deer Hunter – Day Nine – #40movies40days
The Deer Hunter doesn’t hold up after 20+ years. Strong performances by a very young Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken and Meryl Streep are not enough to salvage the film.
Continue readingDefiance – Day Eight – #40movies40days
Defiance tells the remarkable story of Jewish Polish Partisan Fighters who survived World War II by living on the run in the forest.
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