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Jason Bourne (2016)
"Jason Bourne" comes out of hiding and living off the grid to uncover truths about his family and a hidden past while trying to avoid a high-tech manhunt by the CIA. Director Paul Greengrass ("Bloody Sunday" 2002) put together an exciting Bourne film which returns Matt [..]
Kindergarten Cop (1990)
"Kindergarten Cop" is a comedy-action film about an LAPD detective going undercover as a kindergarten teacher in a small Oregon town to try and locate the ex-wife and son of a dangerous drug dealer. The laughs proceed from there, fairly well managed by director Ivan Reitman [..]
Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)
"Sands of Iwo Jima" is an epic war film following a squad of U. S. Marines from training to the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II. Director Allan Dwan ("Brewster's Millions" 1945) struck an excellent balance between personal drama of the soldiers to authentic [..]
Life with Father (1947)
"Life with Father" is a comedy film about a stockbroker in the 1880's trying to run his household with corporate efficiency, only to meet resistance from his wife and four sons. In addition, she finds out that her husband was never baptized as a child in the Episcopal [..]
One Way Passage (1932)
"One Way Passage" is a romantic drama film about a condemned murdered and a terminally ill woman who fall in love aboard a cruise ship. Director Tay Garnett and screenwriters Wilson Mizner and Joseph Jackson gave this film a definite Pre-Code feel with a cynical world view where [..]
Fort Apache, The Bronx (1981)
Paul Newman plays an aging police officer working in a violent area of New York City in "Fort Apache, The Bronx." Director Daniel Petrie ("Rocket Gibraltar" 1988) did his best at putting together a picture with good production values and a wonderful script by Heywood Gould. [..]
Stand and Deliver (1988)
Edward James Olmos delivers a tour de force performance as Jaime Escalante, a real-life math teacher who inspires troubled inner-city students in East Los Angeles to master advanced calculus in "Stand and Deliver." Director Ramon Menendez did an excellent job at the helm of this biopic, [..]
The Mighty Ducks (1992)
"The Mighty Ducks" is a sports comedy film about an attorney who get a DUI and is sentenced to community service coaching a hopeless youth hockey team. He has difficulties motivating the kids to win a championship, and the comedy and drama proceeds from there. In [..]
Maid in Manhattan (2002)
"Maid in Manhattan" is a romantic comedy about a maid who is mistaken for a wealthy socialite by a New York politician. The comedy and drama proceeds from there, only to fall flat on its face due to sloppy directing by Wayne Wang ("The Joy Luck [..]
You, Me and Dupree (2006)
"You, Me and Dupree" is a comedy film about a couple returning to Los Angeles from their Hawaii honeymoon when they allowed a friend to move in with them who is down on his luck, including losing his job. Numerous misadventures proceed from there, sparking all [..]