Forgotten Classics
Reviews of films that are the best of all time. These films are ones that we suggest you see before you expire.
Pulp Fiction
Lightweight Subject is Built into a Heavyweight Classic Just the film title itself, "Pulp Fiction" denotes a lightweight film. If one dissects the story, the message, the importance of the film, "Pulp Fiction" comes up light. Under most circumstances most people should ask themselves why they could
January 1st, 2011
E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial
Director Steven Spielberg chooses relatively unknown actors for his cast to go one step further to create a sense of familiarity in the audience.
January 1st, 2011
It's a Wonderful Life
Major Capra was fresh from his stint in the U.S. Army Signal Corps. Colonel Stewart had just provided the U.S. Army Air Corps his best years. And these two great patriots made one great film.
January 1st, 2011
Taxi Driver
Travis Bickle is "God's lonely man," peering at New York through the rear-view mirror of his taxi cab. Though he tries to make sincere human connections, Bickle finds himself lonelier.
January 1st, 2011
The Royal Tenenbaums
"The Royal Tenenbaums" is the Wes Anderson / Owen Wilson classic that put their fine films on the radar screen for me.
January 1st, 2011
Unforgiven
Clint Eastwood directs this classic, for which he won the Oscar, and he proved, once again, in his role as former gun for hire, William Munny, that he is also a great actor.
January 1st, 2011
The Godfather: Part II
Michael Corleone, the youngest son of the venerable Don, grew into the role of the crime family's Godfather, but it was never a good fit.
January 1st, 2011
The Godfather
This Francis Ford Coppola classic, about a man trying to hold his family together while seeking the American Dream, launched the careers of a number of America's greatest actors.
January 1st, 2011
Band of Brothers
They came from all over the United States to become part of something new - the 101st Airborne. These young Americans learned how to fight, but moreover, they learned to be brothers.
January 1st, 2011
Vanilla Sky versus Open Your Eyes
Vanilla Sky, as the remake of the Spanish film Open Your Eyes, is one of the most misunderstood films of that decade, and is generally faded as the lesser film as the remake.
January 1st, 2011
Cold Mountain
Inman is driven toward his inevitable purpose in this love story set against the backdrop of the Civil War in Virginia and North Carolina.
January 1st, 2011
Once Upon a Time in the West
Once Upon a Time in the West is a surreal exploration of an Italian director's view of the lawless West.
January 1st, 2011
Big Fish
One of the 10 best films in the last 25 years is the film that offers each of us a unique perspective into our well considered lives.
January 1st, 2011
Sling Blade
This tiny independent film is an enigma. It is also one of the ten most important indies in the last 25 years for one reason: It could not have survived, and prospered without its singular visionary.
January 1st, 2011