The Best Picture of 1989 is....."Driving Miss Daisy." It is the story of a friendship between an elderly Jewish widow in Atlanta and her African-American driver, superbly directed by Bruce Beresford ("Crimes of the Heart" 1986), from a screenplay by Alfred Uhry, adapted from his own 1987 [..]
Blackboard Jungle (1955)
"Blackboard Jungle" is a drama about a man who takes a job as an English teacher in an interracial and inner-city school, and experiences difficulties with erratic behavior by some of the students. He is urged by his wife and others to seek other employment, but he [..]
Where Angels Fear to Tread (1991)
"Where Angels Fear to Tread" is a British drama film about a thirty-something English widow who moves to a small town in Tuscany to escape her domineering in-laws. She falls in love with a 20-year-old Italian man, and when they find out, they send family and friends [..]
Gods of Egypt (2016)
"Gods of Egypt" is a fantasy action-adventure film based on ancient Egyptian deities, with the story centering on conflicts and battles between two "divine" brothers and their friends and relatives. Australian producer-director Alex Proyas ("I, Robot" 2004) filled this movie with a large amount of action [..]
Bob Marley: One Love (2024)
"Bob Marley: One Love" is a biopic whose subject matter is the life of Bob Marley, the most prominent pioneer of reggae music in the 1960's and 1970's. Director Reinaldo Marcus Green ("Joe Bell" 2020) does a good job of putting together this biography, with a believable [..]
The War of the Roses (1989)
"The War of the Roses" is a black comedy movie about a wealthy couple whose marriage disintegrates into a tit-for-tat battle over the mansion they both occupy. The story in fact goes to extremes but expert direction by Danny De Vito keeps the storyline on track and [..]
War, Inc. (2008)
"War, Inc." is a political action-comedy movie about a fictional Middle Eastern country that is run by an American corporation purely for profit. Unfortunately for the corporate entity, a local official is standing in the way of its total control and they send in a hitman to [..]
Glory (1989)
"Glory" is the true story of an African-American unit of the Union Army during the Civil War. The movie depicts the soldiers of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment from its formation to their heroic actions at the Second Battle of Fort Wagner in South Carolina in 1863. [..]
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)
"Star Trek V: The Final Frontier" continues the story of the Enterprise crew after the events of "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home." First-time director William Shatner developed the storyline of a renegade Vulcan named Sybok hijacking the Enterprise to go on a search for God in [..]
Postcards from the Edge (1990)
The wit and humor of Carrie Fisher is on full display in "Postcards from the Edge." It is basically the story of her relationship with her mother, the legendary star Debbie Reynolds; Fisher wrote the screenplay adapted from her own 1987 tome of the same name. [..]