American Beauty

Movie Name: American Beauty Year of Release: 1999 Director: Sam Mendes Stars: Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch, Wes Bentley, Chris Cooper, Mena Suvari, Peter Gallagher, Allison Janney, Scott Bakula, Sam Robards, John Cho, Ara Celi Genre: Drama Score out of ten (whole numbers...

The Truman Show

Movie Name: The Truman Show Year of Release: 1998 Director: Peter Weir Stars: Jim Carrey, Laura Linney, Noah Emmerich, Natascha McElhone, Ed Harris, Holland Taylor, Peter Krause, Paul Giamatti, Adam Tomei, Philip Baker Hall, Harry Shearer, Brian Delate Genre: Drama Score out of ten...

Anomalisa

Movie Name: Anomalisa Year of Release: 2015 Director: Charlie Kaufman, Duke Johnson Stars: David Thewlis, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tom Noonan Genre: Animation, Drama Score out of ten (whole numbers only): 8 Synopsis & Review: Director and writer Charlie Kaufman is back, alongside...

The Thin Red Line

Movie Name: The Thin Red Line Year of Release: 1998 Director: Terrence Malick Stars: Sean Penn, Adrien Brody, Jim Caviezel, Ben Chaplin, George Clooney, John Cusack, Woody Harrelson, Elias Koteas, Nick Nolte, John C. Reilly, John Travolta, Dash Mihok, Jared Leto, Nick Stahl, Miranda Otto,...

Snake Eyes

Movie Name: Snake Eyes Year of Release: 1998 Director: Brian De Palma Stars: Nicolas Cage, Gary Sinise, Carla Gugino, John Heard, Stan Shaw, Kevin Dunn, Michael Rispoli, Joel Fabiani, Luis Guzman, David Anthony Higgins Genre: Action, Crime Score out of ten (whole numbers only):...

The Siege

Movie Name: The Siege Year of Release: 1998 Director: Ed Zwick Stars: Denzel Washington, Annette Bening, Bruce Willis, Tony Shalhoub, Sami Bouajila, Mark Valley, Jack Gwaltney, David Proval, Lance Reddick Genre: Action, Thriller Score out of ten (whole numbers only): 7 Watch it on...

Best films of 2015

2015 saw a bunch of franchises restart, by basically going back to their original molds and trying to capture the original magic (see "Jurassic World" and "Star Wars: The Force Awakens"). Some were incredibly successful, others not so much (see the latest installment of the "Terminator" saga). Netflix also started dabbling in releasing features, and some truly interesting independent films made their...

The Revenant

Movie Name: The Revenant Year of Release: 2015 Director: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Domhnall Gleeson, Will Poulter, Forrest Goodluck, Paul Anderson, Robert Moloney, Lukas Haas, Joshua Burge, Fabrice Adde Genre: Drama Score out of ten (whole numbers...

Shakespeare in Love

Movie Name: Shakespeare in Love Year of Release: 1998 Director: John Madden Stars: Gwyneth Paltrow, Joseph Fiennes, Geoffrey Rush, Ben Affleck, Judi Dench, Tom Wilkinson, Colin Firth, Simon Callow, Imelda Staunton, Jim Carter, Martin Clunes, Antony Sher, Mark Williams Genre: Comedy, Romance Score...

Music with an Impact - 2015

2015 came and went, and allowed for some great artists to come back with deep and insightful albums, such as Bjork's "Vulnicura", without a question my favorite album of the year that has passed. It was also the year that Radiohead gifted us with one of the most fantastic James Bond tracks, which sadly wasn't used by the producers. All and all, it was a fantastic year with some truly remarkable...

The Hateful Eight

Movie Name: The Hateful Eight Year of Release: 2015 Director: Quentin Tarantino Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Walton Goggins, Demian Bichir, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, Bruce Dern, Channing Tatum, James Parks, Dana Gourrier, Zoe Bell, Gene Jones, Keith Jefferson,...