All posts tagged "movie drama"
Movies
Movie Review: The Lovely Bones
April 22, 2025The novel opens with a striking, abrupt proclamation: “My name is Salmon, like the fish; first...
Gay and Lesbian
Movie Review: A Single Man
April 18, 2025Based on Christopher Isherwood’s novel, the film is set in the 1960s and takes place over...
Movies
Movie Review: The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
April 15, 2025Robin Wright plays Pippa, a beautiful, pastel-clad homemaker nearing her 50s. As the movie opens, her...
Movies & TV
Movie Review: Me and Orson Welles
April 15, 2025Based on the novel by Richard Kaplow, Welles stars Efron as Richard Samuels, a student and...
Movies
Movie Review: Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire
April 15, 2025Comedian Mo’Nique, best known for urban comedies like Phat Girlz and Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins, gives...
Movies
Movie Review: The Maid
April 11, 2025It’s in this last third of the film that Catalina Saavedra’s performance as Raquel carries the...
Movies
Movie Review: Amelia
April 11, 2025Furthermore, Nair chooses to play it safe by directing an uninspiring paint-by-numbers biopic complete with voice-overs...
Movies & TV
100 Greatest Gangster Films: Charley Varrick, #78
January 8, 2025Few filmgoers noticed Charley Varrick when it came out in 1973. After all, The Godfather, that...
Movies
100 Greatest Gangster Films: King of New York, #77
January 3, 2025Christopher Walken plays—as only Walken can—Frank White, a drug dealer whose release from prison sets the...
Movies
100 Greatest Gangster Films: Al Capone, #76
December 30, 2024Rod Steiger offers one of the best portrayals of the legendary “Scarface” in this straightforward account...