Le repos du guerrier
Synopsis: A young heiress tries to help a young man who has attempted suicide by having an affair with him, ignoring pleas of her fiancée and friends. After two separations […]
Tag Archives: Drama
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, vol. 3
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, vol. 3, by Philip K. Dick and Tony Parker 8.0 Well, this is the best volume yet! It takes a completely different course than […]
Irma la Douce
Synopsis: “Audaciously funny! A brilliant comedy!” -Los Angeles Times This bawdy, Academy Award®-winning farce, which reunites The Apartment’s Lemmon and MacLaine (in a Best Actress Oscar®-nominated performance), is a “charming […]
The Tale of One Bad Rat
The Tale of One Bad Rat, by Bryan Talbot 7.5 ‘The Tale of One Bad Rat’ is a story dealing with incest, and the psychological toll it takes on its […]
Scrooge (1951)
Synopsis: Alastair Sim’s tour-de-force performance as the ultimate miser, Ebenezer Scrooge, has almost single-handedly made this beloved version of Charles Dickens’ story into one of the best-loved Christmas films of […]
It’s a Wonderful Life
Synopsis: Voted the #1 Most Inspiring Film Of All Time by AFI’s 100 Years… 100 Cheers, It’s A Wonderful Life has had just that. With the endearing message that “no […]
A Christmas Carol (2009)
Synopsis: From Walt Disney Pictures comes the magical retelling of Charles Dickens’ beloved tale — Disney’s Christmas Carol, the high-flying, heartwarming adventure for the whole family, starring Jim Carrey. When […]
Star Wars Holiday Special
Synopsis: An All-New Television Special. Luke Skywalker and Han Solo battle evil Imperial forces to help Chewbacca reach his imperiled family on the Wookiee planet – in time for Life […]
MW
MW, by Osamu Tezuka 7.5 I picked this brick up solely on Tezuka’s reputation. I can’t say that I’m a big fan, having only explored a few of his works […]
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Synopsis: They Sold their Souls for the Treasure of the Sierra Madre John Huston won the Academy Award for writing and directing this powerful saga that pits gold and greed […]
There Will Be Blood
Synopsis: This widely acclaimed masterpiece and must see American epic features the Academy Award winning performance of Daniel Day-Lewis (Best Actor, 2007). Daniel Plainview and son are independent oil men, […]
High Noon
Synopsis: Gary Cooper won the Oscar for the Best Actor in this classic tale of a lawman who stands alone to defend a town of righteous cowards in the greatest […]
How the West Was Won
Synopsis: With courage, sinew and conflict: that’s how the west was won. With three directors, five interlocked stories, some of movie history’s most legendary action scenes and a constellation of […]
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