"True Lies" is an action-comedy picture in which Arnold Schwarzenegger portrays a government agent who tries to balance his top secret spy job with his private life as a suburban husband and father. Director-screenwriter James Cameron puts all of his usual professionalism into this film, which has [..]
Doubting Thomas (2018)
"Doubting Thomas" is an independent film about a white couple who give birth to a black baby. The ensuing reactions by friends and relatives lead to a big family revelation, and tests relationships, including the married couple involved. Director Will McFadden, in his theatrical movie debut, [..]
Dolly Parton’s Christmas on the Square (2020)
"Dolly Parton's Christmas on Square" is a holiday musical film about a wealthy woman who announces that she will be evicting the residents of a town by selling the land to a mall developer. The announcement sends the town folk into an uproar, in a story that [..]
Basic Instinct (1992)
Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone starred in the popular crime drama "Basic Instinct" back in 1992. The film did have some thrilling moments due to capable direction by Paul Verhoeven ("Total Recall" 1990) and a well-penned screenplay by Joe Eszterhas. Douglas plays a police detective who [..]
A River Runs Through It (1992)
Producer-director Robert Redford ("Ordinary People" 1980) created a fine drama called "A River Runs Through It," the story of two sons of a Presbyterian minister set in the era between the two world wars (1918-1941). This motion picture seems to have everything: A marvelous [..]
Pure Country (1992)
"Pure Country" is a western music drama featuring the film debut of country singer George Strait. While Strait and the cast turned in respectable performances, the screenplay by Rex McGee featured a slow and convoluted storyline with unfocused direction by Christopher Cain, leading to a very unmemorable [..]
Forever Young (1992)
"Forever Young" tells the story of a man who voluntarily goes into cryonic freezing for one year because his girlfriend goes into a coma, to avoid watching her die. Due to unforeseen circumstances, he wakes up 53 years later to a situation vastly different than what he [..]
The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980)
"The Gods Must Be Crazy" is a story about a Bushman from an isolated tribe in the Kalahari Desert of Botswana, named Xi, who discovers a glass Coca-Cola bottle dropped from an airplane and believes it to be a gift from their gods. The bottle causes nothing [..]
How Do You Know (2010)
"How Do You Know" is a romantic comedy film about a woman who is caught in a love triangle with two men: One is a baseball player and the other is a businessman under indictment for stock fraud. Producer-director-screenwriter James L. Brooks ("Broadcast News" 1987) put [..]
How to Be a Latin Lover (2017)
"How to Be a Latin Lover" is a movie comedy about a man who has spent most of his adult life married to a wealthy older woman, and then must learn to support himself when she divorces him. Director Ken Marino and screenwriters Chris Spain and Jon [..]