Archived Results for December, 2009
(Total Found: 79)
"Every Picture Tells a Story ... Don't It:" Part V
Goose Creek State Park reminds me of my youth on warm summer days along the shores of the Pamlico, where no one lived. Where only the natural world knows the terrain; that what inhabits the forest.
December 31st, 2009
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.
December 30th, 2009
A Christmas Story
Jean Shepherd's humorist view a of one family's Christmas skewed toward the bizarre in a very cold northern Indiana - very industrial, very middleclass, and of course, very funny.
December 30th, 2009
John Adams
"John Adams survives" were the final words of John Adams' nemesis turned enduring confidant, Thomas Jefferson, while the genius Virginian was on his deathbed.
December 30th, 2009
Inkheart
Fairy tales do come true, but oh what a winding and precarious road they can take.
December 30th, 2009
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.
December 30th, 2009
The Royal Tenenbaums
"The Royal Tenenbaums" is the Wes Anderson / Owen Wilson classic that put their fine films on the radar screen for me.
December 30th, 2009
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.
December 30th, 2009
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.
December 30th, 2009
In the Loop
This British Comedy, hailed by some as the best in years, is all talk and little believable substance.
December 30th, 2009
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.
December 28th, 2009
The Proposal
Finally, a romantic comedy that works. I generally do not like romantic comedies. Often they exhibit too little comedy, and are too unbelievable.
December 28th, 2009
Ong Bak 2
The melodramatic nature of Orientals is the nexus of the Thai martial arts film that features Tony Jaa.
December 28th, 2009
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.
December 28th, 2009
