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Fat Man and Little Boy (1989)
"Fat Man and Little Boy" is an epic war film about the Manhattan Project, the secret Allied effort to develop the first nuclear weapons during World War II. Director Roland Jaffe ("The Killing Fields" 1984), who co-wrote the screenplay with Bruce Robinson, failed to make a top-rate [..]
Day One (1989)
"Day One" is a made-for-television docudrama about the Manhattan Project, the research and development of the atomic bomb during World War II. Director Joseph Sargent ("The Karen Carpenter Story" 1989) and teleplay writer David W. Rintels examined the relationship between General Leslie Groves and physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer [..]
Dad (1989)
"Dad" is a comedy-drama family film about a man's relationship with his elderly father and his teenage son. These three generations of fathers and sons are superbly depicted by Jack Lemmon, Ted Danson, and Ethan Hawke. The group had skillful direction, production, and screenwriting by Gary [..]
Cousins (1989)
"Cousins" is a romantic comedy about two people whose uncle and mother marry, making them step-cousins. They become romantically involved, despite being married to other people. Director Joel Schumacher ("St. Elmo's Fire" 1985) and screenwriter Stephen Metcalfe came up with an empty story billed as a [..]
Out Cold (1989)
"Out Cold" is a dark comedy about a butcher and his wife whose marital problems reach a boiling point, or should I say a freezing point. Director Malcolm Mowbray ("A Private Function" 1984) guided this film with good pacing and plenty of laughs, from a well-written screenplay [..]
Mister Roberts (1955)
"Mister Roberts" is the story of a supply officer aboard a cargo ship in World War II who yearns for a transfer to a battle zone but is thwarted by the mean-spirited captain. Mister Roberts acts as a buffer between him and the crew. This classic [..]
Gun Crazy (1950)
When a gun fanatic (John Dall) and a carnival show sharp shooter (Peggy Cummins) get together, they soon become an expert pair of bank robbers in "Gun Crazy." B-movie director Joseph H. Lewis and screenwriters Dalton Trumbo and MacKinlay Kantor created a fast-moving crime film noir that [..]
See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989)
The third pairing of Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder was in the comedy-thriller "See No Evil, Hear No Evil." It tells the story of a blind man (Pryor) and a deaf man (Wilder) teaming up to foil the activities of a group of murderous thieves. Director [..]
Arms and the Man (1989)
A classic George Bernard Shaw play received first class treatment on the British Broadcasting System. "Arms and the Man," a satire on the romanticizing of love and war and the human condition, was expertly directed by James Cellan Jones in this made-for-television movie. Producer Shawn Sutton [..]
Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
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 [..]