Born: May 17, 1936 in Dodge City, KS Died: May 27, 2010 in Los Angeles, CA Notable Works: Easy Rider (1969) Blue Velvet (1986) Speed (1994) Academy Award Nominations: 1970 Best Original Screenplay for Easy Rider 1987 Best Supporting Actor for Hoosiers Personal Favorite: Red Rock West (1993) Hopper began his long career by playing small roles in…
Harvey Keitel
Born: May 13, 1939 in Brooklyn, NY Notable Works: Mean Streets (1973) Bad Lieutenant (1992) Pulp Fiction (1994) Academy Award Nominations: 1991 Best Supporting Actor for Bugsy Personal Favorite: Reservoir Dogs (1992) Harvey Keitel is one of the most respected and accomplished actors of the past 50 years. Before Martin Scorsese’s lengthy partnership with Robert De Niro,…
Orson Welles
Born: May 6, 1915 in Kenosha, WI Died: October 10, 1985 in Los Angeles, CA Notable Works: Citizen Kane (1941) The Magnificent Ambersons (1943) Touch of Evil (1958) Academy Award Nominations: 1942 Best Actor for Citizen Kane 1942 Best Director for Citizen Kane 1942 Best Original Screenplay for Citizen Kane (won) 1971 Honorary Award (won) Personal Favorite: The…
Hail, Caesar! (2016)
A Little Background: Directors Joel & Ethan Coen just can’t make bad films. Hail, Caesar! marks their seventeenth full feature, dating back to 1984, when they debuted the neo-noir thriller Blood Simple. Of course, every director has their head-scratchers, but even The Ladykillers and The Hudsucker Proxy have their moments of charm and brilliance. With this…
Wes Anderson
Born: May 1, 1969 in Houston, TX Notable Works: The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) Academy Award Nominations: 2002 Best Original Screenplay for The Royal Tenenbaums 2010 Best Animated Picture for Fantastic Mr. Fox 2013 Best Original Screenplay for Moonrise Kingdom 2015 Best Picture for The Grand Budapest…
Favorite Eleven Films of 2011
Favorite Eleven Films of 2011 Moneyball The Artist The Descendants Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy The Ides of March Take Shelter Hugo Drive Midnight in Paris Super 8 Attack the Block Honorable Mentions: Warrior, 50/50, and Win Win
The Jungle Book (2016)
A Little Background: The story of The Jungle Book has always meant a lot to me. The very first time I ever went to see a movie in the theaters, it was a re-showing of the 1967 animated classic. I absolutely loved it. I had the soundtrack on cassette and would listen to it with…
Prince
Born: June 7, 1958 in Minneapolis, MN Died: April 21, 2016 in Chanhassen, MN I just wanted to write a short post today to pay tribute to the great Prince Rogers Nelson. Also known as Jamie Starr, Christopher, Alexander Nevermind, The Purple One, Joey Coco, O(+>, and The Artist Formerly Known as Prince. While he did…
Super 8 (2011)
A Little Background: After watching this the other day, I felt compelled to write something up on it. This wasn’t the first time I had seen it, I went to see it twice in the theater and probably four or five times since then. I still believe that this film is the best tribute to…
Favorite Six Films for Tax Day
The Untouchables (1987) Shawshank Redemption (1994) The Firm (1993) The Producers (1967) The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) Catch Me If You Can (2002)
Adrien Brody
Born: April 14, 1973 in New York, NY Notable Works: The Pianist (2002) King Kong (2005) The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) Academy Award Nominations: 2003 Best Actor for The Pianist (won) Personal Favorite: The Village (2004) After working with Terrence Malick, Spike Lee, and Barry Levinson in the late 1990s, it was only a matter…
Vincent Gallo
Born: April 11, 1961 in Buffalo, NY Notable Works: Arizona Dream (1992) Palookaville (1995) Buffalo ’66 (1998) Personal Favorite: The Funeral (1996) The character of Paul Leger in Arizona Dream is one of my favorite movie characters of all time. Gallo joins Johnny Depp, Jerry Lewis, Faye Dunaway, and Lili Taylor in one of the…
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