Long Day’s Journey Into Night

In 1912, the Tyrone family grapple with addiction, illness and delusion as day turns to night in Monte Cristo Cottage, Connecticut. The most classic screen adaptation of one of the…

Blue Velvet: Quite an Earful

Kyle MacLachlan and Isabella Rossellini. Photo: De Laurentiis Entertainment Group In his annual movie guide, Leonard Maltin expresses amazement at how Blue Velvet was a critically lauded film. Roger Ebert wrote about…

Dune 

Sometime in the future, somewhere in the universe, the Emperor is planning to have a young man (Kyle MacLachlan), who could pose a threat, killed. David Lynch’s greatest failure has…

Beverly Hills Cop II

Upon learning that a friend (Ronny Cox) of his has been shot, Detroit cop Axel Foley (Eddie Murphy) goes to Beverly Hills once again to find the culprits, who happen…

Gentleman’s Agreement: Walk in My Shoes

Dorothy McGuire, Gregory Peck and John Garfield. Photo: 20th Century Fox This film caused quite a stir on its arrival, but ended up winning an Oscar for Best Picture. Still,…