Director-screenwriter Oliver Stone ("Talk Radio" 1998) put together a biopic about Jim Morrison and his rock band "The Doors." Stone's apparently accurate depiction of Morrison and his vices made for a very long two-and-a-half hours in the picture show: Morrison's alcoholism and drug addiction and his [..]

"Grand Canyon" is a drama film about relationships between people from diverse areas of Los Angeles. Producer-director Lawrence Kasdan ("Silverado" 1985) made this something of an updated version of his 1983 movie "The Big Chill," another touchy-feely movie about people's feelings, inner thoughts, and friendships. He [..]

"Toy Soldiers" is an action film about terrorists taking over an all-male boarding school and holding hostages, including students and staff. They did not count on some resourceful pranksters among the student body who would fight back. Director Daniel Petrie Jr., in his big screen debut, [..]

Back in 1991, Julia Roberts starred in a spellbinding psychological thriller called "Sleeping with the Enemy." This tightly written and even more tightly directed picture had very little down time in its 97 minutes, thanks to screenwriter Ronald Bass and director Joseph Ruben ("Dreamscape" 1984). It [..]

"When it Was a Game" is a nostalgic look back at Major League Baseball from the 1930's to the 1960's. The entire three hours of this original HBO made-for-television movie consists of 8mm and 16mm film shot by players, their families, and fans, mostly in color. [..]

"Boyz n the Hood" follows the lives of three friends from childhood through their teen years in South Central Los Angeles. First-time director-screenwriter John Singleton skillfully directed the cast depicting the dangers of modern urban life, with Cuba Gooding Jr., Ice Cube, and Morris Chestnut in the [..]

Outstanding chemistry between Richard Dreyfuss and Bill Murray are featured front-and-center in the comedy movie "What About Bob?" This story about a needy patient who follows his psychiatrist on vacation is loaded with laughs, thanks to a skillfully written screenplay by Tom Schulman and crisp direction by [..]

Three friends in New York City decide to take a different kind of vacation and get away from it all at a dude ranch in New Mexico, where they will go on a cattle drive to Colorado. The comedy, and some drama, proceeds from there in "City [..]

The Best Picture of 1991 is....."The Silence of the Lambs," a macabre thriller movie about a young FBI agent who is hunting a serial killer, and seeks advise from another serial killer, who is imprisoned, and also happens to be a psychiatrist. Riveting performances by Jodie Foster [..]

"The Fabulous Baker Boys" is a romantic comedy-drama musical film that tells the story of two brothers who are singing partners in an aging lounge act suffering from sagging popularity. They decide to hire a woman vocalist to increase their viability, and get more than they bargained [..]