The Godfather III: Mea Maxima Culpa
Andy García and Al Pacino. Photo: Paramount If you are a die-hard fan of the Godfather films you are supposed to hate the third one, but I find that very…
The Godfather II: From Rags to Riches
Al Pacino. Photo: Paramount The Godfather was an incredible achievement by Francis Ford Coppola. Making a sequel that meets at least some of the expectations is difficult enough, but actually…
The Godfather: Paying in Blood
Marlon Brando. Photo: Paramount There's a scene in You've Got Mail (1998) where Tom Hanks says, "The Godfather is the sum of all wisdom. The Godfather is the answer to…
Manderlay
After leaving Dogville, Grace (Bryce Dallas Howard) passes a Southern plantation where the owner still keeps slaves and decides to teach everyone there a lesson about democracy. Lars von Trier's…
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii, 1941; the attack on Pearl Harbor is coming, and two fighter pilots (Ben Affleck, Josh Hartnett) are at odds over an attractive nurse (Kate Beckinsale). This was meant to…
Gandhi: The Smiling Revolution
Ben Kingsley. Photo: Columbia Richard Attenborough knows his epics and I bet he's watched Lawrence of Arabia (1962) more than once. In similar fashion, this film opens with Mahatma Gandhi's…
Slumdog Millionaire: Lucrative Life Lessons
Dev Patel and Freida Pinto. Photo: Searchlight Pictures A mass of energy. That's what screenwriter Simon Beaufoy claims to have picked up from his meetings with street children in India,…
A Swedish Love Story: Celebrating Youth
Ann-Sofie Kylin and Rolf Sohlman. Photo: Europa Film A few minutes into Roy Andersson’s lauded, now classic film debut, there’s a distinct Bo Widerberg touch. In the late 1960s, Andersson…
Frost/Nixon: A President’s Disgrace
Michael Sheen and Frank Langella. Photo: Universal Ladies and gentleman, welcome to a bout not easily forgotten. In one corner we have David Frost, a TV presenter looking to enter…
Patton: Worrisome Warrior
George C. Scott. Photo: 20th Century Fox When I mentioned on Facebook the other day that I had been watching Patton, a friend of mine at work said that he…