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Lincoln lives up to reputation as an outstanding historical drama. Director Steven Spielberg reveals the personal and political struggles that Lincoln faced during the last four months of his final presidential term. Lincoln was determined to have Congress pass the … Continue reading
A new version of The Great Gatsby starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Carey Mulligan will be released on Christmas 2012. I loved reading F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel on which the movies are based—one of the few “assigned” readings I enjoyed in … Continue reading
In the tradition of Hitchcock, director Stanley Donen weaves a story of international intrigue. When an Arab prime minister recruits Professor Pollock (Gregory Peck) to unravel a hieroglyphic code which is at the heart of an assassination plot, Pollock must … Continue reading
Dr. Martin Harris (Liam Neeson) has arrived in Berlin with his beautiful wife Elizabeth (January Jones). Dr. Harris is to speak at a biotech conference, but panics when he realizes that he left his briefcase with his lecture notes at … Continue reading
Raymond Chandler’s timeless character Marlowe has been immortalized in film by actors such as Humphrey Bogart (in The Big Sleep) and Dick Powell (in Murder, My Sweet). In this 1969 release based on Chandler’s 1949 novel The Little Sister, James … Continue reading
Spotlight: Robert B. Parker’s Jesse Stone movies Jesse Stone (Tom Selleck) is a former cop from L.A. who now serves as the police chief of Paradise Bay, Maine. Stone is a troubled soul with a broken marriage (and heart) who … Continue reading
Army of Shadows = L’Armee des Ombres (1969) Produced in France in 1969, Director Jean-Pierre Melville’s film was not available in the U.S. until 2007. The “army of shadows” is a group of French Resistance fighters who must use their … Continue reading
Fair Game (2010) PG-13 Sometimes life is stranger than fiction. Fair Game relates the true story of CIA operative Valerie Plame (Naomi Watts). When Plame’s husband ex-Ambassador Joe Wilson (Sean Penn) publishes a New York Times opinion piece disputing the … Continue reading
To Catch a Thief (1955) What’s not to like about this Hitchcock film? John Robie (Cary Grant) is a reformed jewel thief living in seclusion on the French Riviera. A rash of robberies along the Rivera’s upscale resorts has all … Continue reading
The Lives of Others = Das Leben der Anderen (2006) A gripping portrayal of East Berlin, The Lives of Others reveals what happens to a society when its citizens are under constant surveillance. Hauptmann, a playwright, has escaped the pervasive … Continue reading
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